New Offset Contracts a Boost to Local Industry: Major contracts from both Airbus Industrie and General Electric during late September and early October will provide a considerable long-term boost to the local aerospace industry. Airbus signed contracts worth $10m with both Hawker de Havilland and British Aerospace Australia for work associated with the new A320

It’s Time to Get Serious About Our Aerospace Industrial Future This year’s Farnborough air show, which is fully reviewed elsewhere in this edition, highlighted more than anything the need for collaboration in launching, developing and building tomorrow’s range of aerospace hardware. Almost every country and every firm, offering airframes or engines, nowadays has a collaborative