British Aerospace

British Aerospace was a British aircraft manufacturer, now part of BAe Systems.

Founded 1977 from British Aircraft Corporation, Hawker Siddeley Aviation, Hawker Siddeley Dynamics and Scottish Aviation.

In 1979, joined the Airbus consortium.

In 1999, merged with Marconi Electronic Systems to form BAe Systems.

See also: Aircraft - Hawker Siddeley Company.