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Snecma Aerospace is the manufacturer of engines for aircraft and rockets is the oldest engine maker in the world and #4 among engine makers worldwide behind GE Aircraft Engines, Rolls-Royce, and Pratt & Whitney. Nearly a century of acquisitions have added aircraft equipment and services to its offerings. The Messier-Dowty unit is a leader among landing gear companies, and Messier-Bugatti is Europe’s braking systems leader. The French government controls Snecma and put a 35% stake of it on the market in 2004; later that year, Snecma agreed to be bought by electronics make |