Brussels, 08/10/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 8 October, the European Commission authorised financial support of €63.6 million granted by France to the DEFI Composite research and development (R&D) programme. This is being implemented by a consortium of 46 partners led by the aircraft manufacturer Airbus France. The objective of the programme is to establish an industrial technology cluster that will develop and test methods for the design and production of complex structural...