France readies €1 billion Aerofund Four for take-off  

The French government is readying a billion euro strong fourth iteration of its Aerofund to support the countries aerospace sector with a key focus on protecting business that protect the supply chain. According to Reuters four companies would stump up around a fifth of the fund’s €1billion euro target – Airbus, Dassault Aviation, Sarfran, and Thales – with an additional €100 billion from French development bank BPI to put in another €100 billion.  There is also a €200 proposal from private equity firm Ticehau Capital with the remainder to come from as yet unconformed private sector sources. No final decision has