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As a flood of debt sales by US tech companies ripples through the credit market, it seems to be triggering an inadvertent rise in risk metrics for some of the world’s safest firms.

MDA Space raises full-year guidance on strong order momentum and strategic acquisitions, despite near-term cash flow headwinds.

An “all-British” autonomous fighter jet will use an American engine following a clash between defence giants BAE Systems and Rolls-Royce over costs, The Telegraph can reveal.

The FTSE 100 Index has already hit record intraday highs in the past two days, reaching 10979.24 at one stage on Thursday.

The window of opportunity “is closing” for Germany to join Britain’s £50bn next-generation stealth-jet programme, one of the project’s most senior figures has warned.