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British Aerospace plc
Company type
  • Statutory corporation (1977–1980)
  • Public (1980–1999)
IndustryAerospace
Predecessor
  • British Aircraft Corporation
  • Hawker Siddeley
  • Scottish Aviation
Founded29 April 1977; 47 years ago (1977-04-29)
Defunct30 November 1999; 24 years ago (1999-11-30)
FateMerged with Marconi Electronic Systems
SuccessorBAE Systems
Headquarters
Farnborough, Hampshire
,
United Kingdom
ProductsAircraft
Subsidiaries
  • Rover Group (1988–1994)
  • Britten-Norman (1998)
Websitebae.co.uk (archived)

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] It purchased Marconi Electronic Systems, the defence electronics and naval shipbuilding subsidiary of the General Electric Company, in 1999 to form BAE Systems.

  1. ^ "Sites." British Aerospace. Retrieved 31 August 2011. "British Aerospace plc Warwick House, Farnborough Aerospace Centre, Farnborough, Hampshire GU14 6YU."

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