Airbus boss warns UK risks European space role over Skynet choice

Airbus chief Guillaume Faury has written to Prime Minister Andy Burnham warning that giving Britain's Skynet military satellites to Lockheed Martin could cost the UK a key role in Europe's space industry for decades. Skynet 6 will carry the armed forces' most sensitive communications to 2042. The final decision rests with Burnham and Chancellor John Healey.