BAE Systems has sold a 25% share in space firm Astrium

BAE Systems has sold a 25% share in space firm Astrium, along with its part of U.K. military communications satellite venture Paradigm, to EADS. Troubled BAE took a substantial loss on the two moves, which it explained by saying that "space is not our core business."

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