Sylvia Pfeifer

@sylviapfeifer.bsky.social

Industry correspondent @FT focused on aerospace & defence

206 Followers | 9 Following | 25 Posts | Joined: 08.01.2025 | 1.6359

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UK soldiers treated for hearing concerns after operating ‘safe’ armoured vehicle Ajax declared operational this week after years of delays to a programme that is set to cost £6.3bn

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07.11.2025 16:33 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Investors confront top of European defence start-up ‘hype cycle’ Concern mounts that not all newcomers to the sector since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine will survive

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14.10.2025 06:08 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Western companies warn of China rare-earth supply chain chaos Executives predict Beijing’s tighter controls will lead to production delays and higher prices

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14.10.2025 06:08 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

UK appoints weapons chief to fix wasteful defence spending Rupert Pearce’s appointment comes as government seeks to deliver pledge to drive growth through increased military spending

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13.10.2025 13:13 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Can Paris and Berlin rescue their joint fighter jet project? Franco-German power struggle threatens €100bn weapons programme

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02.10.2025 13:56 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Battle for the seabed: defence groups take aim at underwater security Disruption to gas pipelines and telecoms cables have focused policymakers’ minds on protecting submarine assets

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26.08.2025 07:58 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Lockheed Martin in talks over historic seabed mining rights US defence group says there is ‘large interest’ in its eastern Pacific licences as companies vie for critical minerals

www.ft.com/content/53ae...

14.07.2025 11:28 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

British-made Typhoon production grinds to a halt raising fears about UK defence skills Work on final assembly line has wound down after dearth of new orders for the combat aircraft

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06.07.2025 07:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Boeing set to take over Spirit in Northern Ireland as buyer talks fail Deal opens prospect of awkward cohabitation between US planemaker and European rival Airbus in Belfast

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01.07.2025 17:43 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Lockheed Martin approaches UK government with air defence pitch Talks with British officials come as US looks to build ‘Golden Dome’ missile shield

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19.06.2025 07:20 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Europe’s air defence dilemma: can Franco-Italian system rival US Patriot? New SAMP-T system on display at Paris Air Show seeks buyers amid Europe’s efforts to re-arm

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18.06.2025 07:15 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Airbus says dispute with Dassault is threatening fighter jet project Pan-European group says politicians may need to resolve impasse over governance of Europe’s biggest defence project

www.ft.com/content/a38f...

17.06.2025 17:17 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

How Kelly Ortberg is piloting Boeing from crisis to cash Despite positive data points, trust between the planemaker and its shareholders, customers and regulators remains fragile

www.ft.com/content/dbb1...

09.06.2025 13:04 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

EU eyes tariffs on Boeing jets in retaliation plan Measures would take effect if insufficient progress is made to reduce US levies

www.ft.com/content/4245... - via @andybounds.bsky.social and ian johnson

07.05.2025 11:23 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

British Steel’s Chinese owner says UK government must ‘respect’ its rights Jingye makes first comments after ministers seized control of struggling company

Scoop with @lucyfisher.ft.com www.ft.com/content/5f78...

16.04.2025 12:36 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Why did the UK rush to save British Steel and what happens next? The government now has the tricky task of running a costly and complex industrial operation

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13.04.2025 11:12 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Rolls-Royce in talks over UK subsidies for new engine development FTSE 100 group believes the £3bn narrow-body project could deliver a step change in British economy

SCOOP: www.ft.com/content/007d...

03.04.2025 04:31 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Turning round Rolls-Royce: ‘If you don’t score quickly, you lose people’ How CEO Tufan Erginbilgiç restored growth at the 119-year-old British engineering group

www.ft.com/content/2995...

24.03.2025 05:48 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Spanish defence champion accuses General Dynamics of ‘destroying’ arms maker in battle for control Madrid-backed military contractor Indra has attacked US defence giant’s ownership of Santa Bárbara Sistemas

www.ft.com/content/83ac...

18.03.2025 08:20 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Missile maker MBDA fields more calls from EU nations seeking non-US options European group in talks with region’s militaries amid worries over US withdrawing from traditional defence role

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17.03.2025 17:14 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Can Europe’s defence groups step up if Donald Trump pulls back? Region’s arms companies have been soaring but the US president’s approach could turbocharge their ascent

on.ft.com/4irEKi6

06.03.2025 07:28 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Europe needs to ‘up its game’ on defence, says Airbus chief Aerospace group in talks with Thales and Leonardo over consolidating satellite activities

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20.02.2025 14:35 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

European defence industry’s search for scale Boosting the bloc’s defences will be among the discussions at Munich’s security conference this week

With Donald Trump back in the White House - can Europe's defence industry scale up to help Ukraine and re-arm itself? on.ft.com/4b68f6P

13.02.2025 17:30 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Airbus chief urges closer ties between Europe’s rival fighter jet projects Guillaume Faury says potential areas of synergies amid budgetary constraints include development of drones and sensors

Will be interesting to see how this plays out - will Europe's two rival fighter jet programmes converge? www.ft.com/content/fc50...

16.01.2025 13:14 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

US defence industry braced for tech shake-up under Trump Uncertainty over spending and fears of disruption from new players weigh on shares of large contractors

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16.01.2025 13:13 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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