In 2002 the renamed BAE Systems resold HK to a group of private investors, who created the German group holding company ( HK Beteiligungs-GmbH ).

In 2000, HK was contracted to refurbish the SA80 rifle ( AR-18 based also used in the G36 ) for the British Army, since at the time HK was a subsidiary of BAE Systems who had acquired Royal Ordnance Factory.

In addition, Vehicle Emergency Escape ( VEE ) windows, developed by BAE Systems are currently being fielded for use on the M1114 uparmored HMMWV, with 1, 000 kits ordered.

The U. S. military is currently evaluating a new form of protection, developed by BAE Systems as well as systems designed by the Army, which are already in theater.

* 1999 – British Aerospace agrees to acquire the defence subsidiary of the General Electric Company plc, forming BAE Systems in November 1999.

* 1999 – British Aerospace and Marconi Electronic Systems merge to form BAE Systems, Europe's largest defense contractor and the fourth largest aerospace firm in the world.

* BAE Systems Phoenix, unmanned air vehicle

Saab Military Aircraft and British Aerospace ( now BAE Systems ) formed in 1995 the joint venture company Saab-BAe Gripen AB, to manufacture, market and support Gripen internationally.

From 1998 until 2005 the largest shareholder in Saab was the British aerospace company BAE Systems, following its acquisition of a 35 % stake from Investor AB by its predecessor, British Aerospace.

In January 2005, BAE Systems reduced its shareholding to 20 %.

In March 2010, BAE Systems sold half of its 20 % stake in the company to Investor AB, which then became the major shareholder.

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Although corruption allegations have often been limited to broad undocumented accusations, specific allegations were made in 2007, when it was claimed that the British defence contractor BAE Systems had paid Prince Bandar US $ 2 billion in bribes relating to the Al-Yamamah arms deal.

Patria Hägglunds, a joint venture between Finnish Patria and Swedish BAE Systems Hägglunds manufactures AMOS ( Advanced Mortar System ) which is a 120 mm automatic twin barrelled, breech loaded mortar turret.

During development at the University of Plymouth, in conjunction with BAE Systems and Sumitomo Precision Products, the iBot was nicknamed Fred Upstairs ( after Fred Astaire ) because it can climb stairs: hence the name Ginger, after Astaire's regular film partner, Ginger Rogers, for a successor product.

It balances with the help of dual computers running proprietary software, two tilt sensors, and five gyroscopic sensors developed by BAE Systems ' Advanced Technology Centre.

* United Kingdom: distributed in UK market by BAE Systems, the Segway is classified as a powered vehicle and subject to Road Traffic law, with the effect that, because the Segway is deemed not to meet the required safety standards, it is unlawful to use a Segway anywhere other than on private property with the owner's permission.

Under the terms of the Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act BAC was officially nationalised in 1977 to become part of the British Aerospace group, which exists today in the guise of BAE Systems.

It remains in operation to this day as BAE Systems Submarine Solutions.

This Vickers name lived on in Alvis Vickers, until the latter was acquired by BAE Systems in 2004 to form BAE Systems Land Systems.

* The RAD750 SBC, also produced by BAE Systems, and based on the PowerPC 750 processor, is the successor to the RAD6000.

The RAD750 is a radiation-hardened single board computer manufactured by BAE Systems Electronic Solutions.

* RAD750 products from BAE Systems

* RAD750 Data Sheet ( PDF ), from BAE Systems

The processor has 10. 4 million transistors, is manufactured by BAE Systems using either 250 or 150 nm process and has a die area of 130 mm².

It was demerged from GEC and acquired by British Aerospace ( BAe ) on November 30, 1999 to form BAE Systems.

The Royal Navy plans to operate the F-35 Lightning II | F-35B from the Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carrier | Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier s, replacing the BAE Harrier II | Harrier-equipped Invincible class aircraft carrier | Invincible-class aircraft carrier s. In the Persian Gulf, the RN sustains a number of commitments in support of both national and coalition efforts to stabilise the region.

Unfortunately, the Labour government's cancellation of TSR-2 in 1965 and the disappointing lack of significant orders for VC10s and Concorde saw the factory contract from the early 1970s ; it became part of the newly-formed British Aerospace in 1977 and finally closed in 1988-89, although BAE Systems still retain a logistics centre there today.

The Black Knight prototype unmanned ground combat vehicle being developed by BAE resembles a tank and makes extensive use of components from the Bradley Combat Systems program to reduce costs and simplify maintenance.

AS-90 was designed and built by the Armaments division of Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering ( VSEL, owned by BAE Systems since 1999 ), who provided 179 vehicles from 1992 to 1995 at a cost of £ 300 million.

In 2002 BAE Systems were contracted to upgrade 96 British Army AS-90s to a 52 calibre gun to push the unassisted range to 30 km and with long-range ERA ammunition from 60 to 80 km.

During the test, the Office of Naval Research set a world record by conducting a 33 MJ shot from the railgun, which was built by BAE Systems.

BAE 146 aircraft takes off from London City Airport

The first British firing occurred on 25 May 2001 from a Tornado flying from BAE Warton.

It is popular with engineers and scientists from the nearby BAE Systems site in Warton, which provides some highly paid jobs that underpin the local economy.

Mike Turner, the CEO of BAE Systems, said in August 2005 that BAE and its predecessor had earned £ 43 billion in twenty years from the contracts and that it could earn £ 40 billion more.

BAE was not convicted of bribery, and is thus not internationally blacklisted from future contracts.

Nonetheless, the RSAF announced its intention to purchase the Eurofighter Typhoon from BAE Systems in December 2005.

In January 2008 the Financial Times reported that Accenture and BAE Systems had withdrawn from the procurement process.

* Iklawa-A prototype built by BAE Systems Land Systems South Africa that is based on the Ratel but with the hull and drive train upgraded and the engine moved from the rear to the front

According to British investigations on the Al Yamamah deal, reported by The Guardian, Bandar would have received over $ 1. 5 billion in bribery from BAE Systems, laundered through the Riggs Bank.

No. 4 ( Reserve ) Squadron, ( previously known as No. 4 Squadron, sometimes written as No. IV Squadron ) of the Royal Air Force operates the BAE Hawk T2 in the training role from RAF Valley.

As a result of the 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review, the squadron disbanded in January 2011, only to reform on 24 November 2011, when No. 19 ( R ) Squadron, operating the BAE Hawk T2 from RAF Valley in the tactical weapons training role, was renumbered.

BAE Systems had fought to reverse the decision by announcing it would move manufacture from Sweden to its Newcastle factory.

In December 2005, ThyssenKrupp acquired 60 % of Atlas Elektronik from BAE Systems, with EADS acquiring the remaining 40 %.

Today, Mona is used for circuit practice by BAE Hawks from RAF Valley.

Directional Infrared Counter Measures ( DIRCM ) is a system produced by Elbit Systems, Northrop Grumman, ITT Corporation and BAE Systems to protect aircraft from infrared homing (" heat seeking ") man-portable missiles.