What are the company's key historic milestones?
April 1977 British Aerospace formed as a nationalised corporation by merger of:
British Aircraft Corporation;
Hawker Siddley Aviation;
Hawker Siddley Dynamics;
Scottish Aviation
| January 1981 | British Aerospace formed as a public limited company (plc) |
| February 1981 | UK Government sold 51.57% of its shares to the public |
| May 1985 | UK Government sold its remaining shares but kept a SPECIAL £1 share to ensure Company continues under UK control |
| April 1987 | Royal Ordnance plc acquired for £190m |
| August 1988 | Rover Group plc acquired for £150m. Sold March 1994 to BMW |
| August 1989 | Arlington Securities plc acquired for £278m. Sold October 1998 for £285m |
| August 1993 | British Aerospace plc finalises a £1.5 billion 5-year revolving credit facility to refinance its existing bank lines and extend its debt maturity profile |
| July 1997 | British Aerospace acquired 49% of STN Atlas for £90m |
| October 1997 | British Aerospace acquires Siemens Plessey (UK & Australia) for £319m |
| January 1998 | GEC acquires TRACOR |
| April 1998 | British Aerospace acquires 35% of Saab for £269m |
| January 1999 | British Aerospace and GEC agree to merger British Aerospace with GEC's Marconi Electronic Systems business |
| November 1999 | BAE SYSTEMS formed |
| December 1999 | BAE SYSTEMS acquires Govan shipyard |
| January 2000 | BAE SYSTEMS acquires Watkins-Johnson Telecommunications Group |
| February 2000 | BAE SYSTEMS acquires Fetometrics |
| June 2000 | Airbus Integrated Company announced |
| September 2000 | BAE SYSTEMS acquires Control Systems for $510m |
| November 2000 | BAE SYSTEMS acquires AES for $1.67b |
| December 2000 | Creation of Aircraft Services Group by the merger of Aviation Services and Regional Aircraft |
| April 2001 | BAE SYSTEMS, EADS and Finmeccanica announce they have signed an agreement to form a joint venture in missile systems. Joint venture to be called MBDA |
| BAE SYSTEMS sells BAE SYSTEMS Canada Inc. to ONCAP | |
| BAE SYSTEMS sells Flight Simulation and Training Inc. to CAE Canada | |
| July 2001 | New Airbus integrated company formed called Airbus SAS. BAE SYSTEMS holds 20% |
| December 2001 | MBDA SAS created through the merger of Matra BAe Dynamics, Aerospatiale Matra Missile and the guided weapons business of AMS on 18th December. BAE SYSTEMS holds 37.5% |
| New AMS joint venture created through the merger of existing AMS joint venture with the Combat and Radar Systems business on 18th December 2001. The new business is equally owned by Finmeccanica and BAE SYSTEMS | |
| January 2002 | Establishment of BAE SYSTEMS Capitalenterprise |
| April 2002 | BAE SYSTEMS receives three Queen's Awards for Enterprise |
| BAE SYSTEMS completes the sale of camouflage, concealment and deception business at Lillington, North Carolina | |
| July 2002 | BAE SYSTEMS and Segway LLC announce partnership to market Segway Human Transporter in the UK |
| August 2002 | BAE SYSTEMS completes sale of chaff and flare business to Esterline Technologies |
| September 2002 | BAE SYSTEMS and VT Group extend shareholding in Flagship |
| October 2002 | BAE SYSTEMS acquires Condor Pacific Industries |
| November 2002 | BAE SYSTEMS completes sale of communications equipment facility at Gaithersburg to Integrated Defense Technologies, Inc. |
| BAE SYSTEMS completes the acquisition of Corbett Technologies | |
| December 2002 | BAE SYSTEMS completes the sale of Heckler & Koch |
| BAE SYSTEMS completes acquisition of Condor Pacific Industries | |
| January 2003 | EADS acquires BAE SYSTEMS 25 percent stake in Astrium |
| February 2003 | BAE SYSTEMS Announces Agreement With The MOD To Re-structure Nimrod And Astute Contracts |
| March 2003 | BAE SYSTEMS Re-aligns Its Naval Businesses; |
| BAE SYSTEMS Completes Acquisition Of MEVATEC Corporation | |
| BAE SYSTEMS Completes Acquisition Of Advanced Power Technologies, Inc. | |
| BAE SYSTEMS Announces Creation Of Platform Solutions Business | |
| August 2003 | BAE SYSTEMS And Rheinmetall Agree Restructuring Of STN Atlas Joint Venture |
| September 2003 | BAE SYSTEMS Completes Purchase Of GKN’S 29% Stake In Alvis |
| May 2004 | BAE SYSTEMS Completes Acquisition Of STI Government Systems |
| August 2004 | BAE SYSTEMS Completes Acquisition Of Boeing Commercial Electronics Unit |
| BAE SYSTEMS Completes Acquisiton Of Practical Imagineering | |
| September 2004 | BAE SYSTEMS Completes Acquisiton Of Alvis Plc |
| October 2004 | BAE SYSTEMS Completes Acquisition Of DigitalNet |
| November 2004 | BAE SYSTEMS Completes Acquisition Of Alphatech |
| April 2005 | Completion Of Eurosystems Transaction |
| June 2005 | BAE SYSTEMS Completes Acquisition Of United Defense Industries; Creates Global Land Systems Enterprise |
| October 2006 | BAE SYSTEMS Completes Acquisition Of National Sensor Systems |
| July 2007 | BAE SYSTEMS completes acquisition of Armor Holdings Inc |
| August 2007 | BAE SYSTEMS agrees to the sale of its Inertial Products business |
