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Footage shows £100m fighter accelerating up ramp of HMS Queen Elizabeth only for pilot to eject at the moment it reaches the top

Footage has shown a British F-35B fighter jet failing to take off from the HMS Queen Elizabeth and dropping into the Mediterranean.

The FTSE 250-listed defence group this month became a takeover target for two US firms. Parker-Hannifin - an Ohio-based aerospace giant - put forward a £6.3bn bid earlier this month..

Private equity swoops on British defence giant: Ministers told to block £2.6bn takeover of Ultra Electronics by Cobham owner Advent The defence group's board said it was minded to back the offer of 3500p per share from US buyout firm Advent  The approach by Advent came through Cobham, another UK defence firm it bought last year in a bitterly-contested deal   Any deal is likely to trigger an official review due to the highly-sensitive technology Ultra supplies to the armed forces, particularly the Royal Navy In a bid to ensure the deal goes through, Advent has said it is prepared to make n...

The maiden deployment of a UK carrier strike group led by the Royal Navy’s new 65,000 tonne HMS Queen Elizabeth has been on the cards for months but this is the first time the MoD has detailed the destinations, ships, aircraft and submarines involved.