Firms compete for trade at Farnborough International Airshow

9 July 2012 Last updated at 05:50 ET Help

The Farnborough International Airshow is getting under way, as commercial aerospace continues to defy recession in Europe.

But times are hard for many of the defence companies, as the BBC's Nigel Cassidy reports.

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