Rolls-Royce pins fortunes on UAVs and emerging civil markets

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A strengthening worldwide market for civil and military helicopters is responsible for keeping senior executives at engine-maker Rolls-Royce jubilant–but n

By Ian J. Twombly

March 14, 2007

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