BAe Dynamics
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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Defence, Spacecraft |
| Founded | 1977 |
| Defunct | August 1996 |
| Fate | Merged with Matra in 1996 |
| Successor | Matra BAe Dynamics |
Area served | UK |
| Products | Missiles, Satellites |
| Parent | British Aerospace |
British Aerospace Dynamics Limited (BADL or BAe Dynamics) was a division of British Aerospace.
History[edit]
British Aerospace was created in April 1977 by the merger of the British Aircraft Corporation, Hawker Siddeley Aviation, Hawker Siddeley Dynamics and Scottish Aviation.
Formation[edit]
There were two companies in the formation:
- BAC (Guided Weapons)
- Hawker Siddeley Dynamics
The missile, weapon systems and space businesses of these companies were merged into British Aerospace Dynamics Limited (BADL), a wholly owned subsidiary of BAe.
In December 1979, Euromissile Dynamics Group was formed with Aérospatiale of Toulouse, France and MBB of Ottobrunn.
Subsidiary company[edit]
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)
In 1994, the BAe Dynamics subsidiary British Aerospace Space Systems was sold to Matra Marconi Space.
Merger with Matra[edit]
In 1996, BAe Dynamics' guided weapons division was merged with a division of Matra Defense to form the then largest European missile manufacturer, Matra BAe Dynamics. This group now forms part of MBDA.
Products[edit]
Missiles[edit]
- ALARM (missile), built with Marconi Space and Defence Systems
- Rapier (missile) SAM, designed earlier by BAC (Guided Weapons), and developed with Marconi Space and Defence Systems (the Blindfire radar), and was superior to the comparative Roland
- Sea Dart (missile), designed earlier by Hawker Siddeley Dynamics
- Sea Eagle (missile) ASM
- Sea Skua ASM
- Sea Wolf (missile) SAM
- Skyflash AAM
- Trigat
Satellites[edit]
- Giotto (spacecraft), approached Halley's Comet in March 1986 (made at Filton)
- Orbital Test Satellite
- Skynet (satellite), built with MSDS
