BAE Systems Australia
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| BAE Systems Australia Limited | |
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| Type | Private |
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| 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]
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[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.
Subsidiaries: BAE Systems Air Systems • BAE Systems Customer Solutions & Support • BAE Systems Insyte • BAE Systems Regional Aircraft • BAE Systems Submarine Solutions • BAE Systems Surface Fleet Solutions • BAE Systems Underwater Systems • MBDA UK
BAE Systems Inc.: BAE Systems Customer Solutions • BAE Systems Land and Armaments • BAE Systems Electronics and Integrated Solutions
Joint ventures: Air Astana (49%) • Eurofighter GmbH (33%) • MBDA (37.5%) • Saab (20.5%) • SELEX Sensors and Airborne Systems (25%)
Annual Revenue: GB£15,411 million (
FY 2005) • Employees: 100,100 (2005) • Stock Symbol: LSE: BA. • Website: www.baesystems.com
