Former division of British Aerospace
British Aerospace Dynamics Group| Company type | Subsidiary |
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| Industry | Defence, Spacecraft |
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| Founded | 1977 |
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| Defunct | August 1996 |
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| Fate | Merged with Matra in 1996 |
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| Successor | Matra BAe Dynamics |
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Area served | UK |
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| Products | Missiles, Satellites |
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| Parent | British Aerospace |
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British Aerospace Dynamics Limited (BADL or BAe Dynamics) was a division of British Aerospace.
History
British Aerospace was created in April 1977 by the merger of the British Aircraft Corporation, Hawker Siddeley Aviation, Hawker Siddeley Dynamics and Scottish Aviation.
There were two companies in the formation:
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
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
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
Missiles
Satellites
References
