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British Aerospace plc (BAe) was a British aircraft, munitions and defence-systems manufacturer that was formed in 1977. Its head office was at Warwick House in the Farnborough Aerospace Centre in Farnborough, Hampshire . [ 1 ]
BAE Systems plc is a British multinational aerospace, defence and information security company, based in London, England. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It is the largest manufacturer in Britain as of 2017. [ 6 ] It is the largest defence contractor in Europe [ 7 ] and the seventh-largest in the world based on applicable 2021 revenues. [ 8 ]
The British aerospace industry has made many important contributions to the history of aircraft and was solely, or jointly, responsible for the development and production of the first aircraft with an enclosed cabin (the Avro Type F), the first jet aircraft to enter service for the Allies in World War II (the Gloster Meteor), [10] the first ...
On 1 January 1992, British Aerospace Defence Ltd began trading as a wholly owned subsidiary of BAe. Previously separate defence companies now operated as divisions of that subsidiary: British Aerospace (Dynamics) Ltd; British Aerospace (Military Aircraft) Ltd, Royal Ordnance plc; British Aerospace Systems and Services Division (BAe SSD)
BAE Systems Inc. (formerly BAE Systems North America) is an American subsidiary of multinational defense, security, and aerospace company BAE Systems plc.The American subsidiary operates under a Special Security Agreement which allows it to work on some of the most sensitive United States defense programs despite its foreign ownership. [2]
On 1 May 1998, Evans was appointed Chairman of British Aerospace plc. In 1997 he joined the Board of United Utilities plc as a Non-Executive Director and was appointed Chairman on 1 January 2001. In 1998, he became a Non Executive Director of NatWest plc and resigned in February 2000. In 2001, Evans was installed as the second Chancellor of The ...
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Royal Ordnance plc was bought by British Aerospace (BAe) in April 1987, which became BAE Systems in 1999. The name Royal Ordnance was retained for almost another twenty years; and the sites retained their former names, either as Royal Ordnance or later RO Defence sites. The Royal Ordnance name was dropped in 2004 and after having traded as Land ...