81.   If Thomson becomes the cornerstone of the European defense industry, the upside potential is something.

82.   In an effort to consolidate the defense industry, he announced this month that Tula would become a center for manufacturing small missiles, which means guaranteed state orders.

83.   In addition, there have been various restrictions on transfering technology to India, defense industry executives said.

84.   In late January, Aerospatiale Chief Executive Louis Gallois told Bloomberg that he thought the government needed to speed up efforts to consolidate the French defense industry.

85.   In the shrinking defense industry, only Boeing Co. and Lockheed Martin Corp. would be larger.

86.   Index-listed Elbit Ltd., which manufactures electronic systems for aerospace and defense industries, closed unchanged.

87.   It focuses on winning government contracts for clients in the aerospace and defense industry.

88.   It is a critical step in restructuring the European defense industry to compete with U.S. rivals.

89.   It is also a microcosm of Southern California, sharing the budgetary woes of a bankrupt Orange County and the pains of a dwindling defense industry.

90.   It is the second major acquisition for Boeing in a year that has seen a Pentagon-backed realignment of the U.S. defense industry.