BAE Systems Australia

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BAE Systems Australia Limited

Type	Private
Founded	1953
Headquarters	Adelaide, Australia
Industry	Aerospace and defence
Parent	BAE Systems plc
Website	www.baesystems.com.au

BAE Systems Australia is an Australian defence contractor formed by the merger of British Aerospace Australia and GEC-Marconi Systems, respectively the Australian subsidiaries of British Aerospace and Marconi Electronic Systems. This was the result of the merger of these parents on 1999-11-30 to create BAE Systems plc. BAE Systems Australia is part of BAE's Customer Solutions & Support unit.^[1]

1 British Aerospace Australia
2 GEC-Marconi Systems
3 References
4 External links

[edit] British Aerospace Australia

British Aerospace Australia was established (under a different name) in 1953.

BAe Australia doubled in size in April 1996 with the purchase of AWA Defence Industries (AWADI).^[2] AWADI was formed in October 1988 by the merger of the defence electronics business of AWA Ltd, Thorn EMI Electronics Australia and Fairey Australasia.^[3]

In November 1997 Siemens announced it would sell its Siemens Plessey defence electronics group to British Aerospace and DASA. The sale, completed in April 1998, saw Siemens' Australian business Siemens Plessey Electronic Systems Pty Ltd in Australia (SPESA) merged into BAe Australia.^[4]

[edit] GEC-Marconi Systems

[edit] References

^ Customer Solutions and Support: About Us. BAE Systems plc. Retrieved on 2006-12-11.
^ Milne, Chris. "Defence force on warpath", The Advertiser, Nationwide News Pty Ltd., 1996-07-12. Retrieved on 2006-12-11.
^ Milne, Chris. "$12,500m defence work", The Advertiser, Nationwide News Pty Ltd., 1988-10-18. Retrieved on 2006-12-11.
^ "DASA, BAe take over Siemens defense electronics units", Aerospace Daily, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 1998-04-17, p. 98. Retrieved on 2006-12-11.