The boss of Airbus has told Andy Burnham that choosing its US rival Lockheed Martin to manufacture military satellites could cost the UK a key role in the European space industry, intensifying a last-minute lobbying effort for the £2.4bn contract.(空客老板告诉安迪·伯纳姆，选择美国对手洛克希德·马丁制造军事卫星可能使英国失去在欧洲航天工业中的关键角色，这加剧了围绕24亿英镑合同的最后游说。)
空客老板已告知安迪·伯纳姆，若选择其美国竞争对手洛克希德·马丁公司来制造军事卫星，英国可能失去在欧洲航天工业中的关键地位，这加剧了围绕这份价值24亿英镑合同的最后一刻游说。
It is understood that(据悉) Guillaume Faury, the chief executive of France-headquartered(总部位于) Airbus, has written to the prime minister suggesting that the choice of provider(供应商) of the Skynet system could have effects for decades to come(未来数十年) on the UK’s strength in military satellites in Europe, in an effort to(试图) tip the contract away from(使合同从……转走) its US rival.
据悉，总部位于法国的空客首席执行官纪尧姆·福里已致信首相，暗示“天网”系统供应商的选择可能对未来数十年英国在欧洲军事卫星领域的实力产生影响，试图让合同从美国竞争对手手中转走。
Yet politicians in north-east England have lobbied(游说) in favour of(支持) the Lockheed Martin bid(投标), which would include a new factory in Durham.
然而，英格兰东北部的政界人士却游说支持洛克希德·马丁的投标，该投标将包括在达勒姆新建一座工厂。