On 22 April 1987 BAe acquired Royal Ordnance, the British armaments manufacturer, for £ 190 million.

Heckler & Koch GmbH was folded into this division when BAe acquired it in 1991.

In 1991 BAe acquired a 30 % interest in Hutchison Telecommunications through a stock swap deal, where Hutchison was given a controlling stake of 65 % in BAe ’ s wholly owned subsidiary-Microtel Communications Ltd.

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

On 19 July 1994 it acquired British Aerospace Space Systems ( a subsidiary of BAe Dynamics with 900 workers ) for £ 56 million.

BAe and DASA acquired the British and German divisions of the operation respectively.

In addition to acquiring Buzz slots at London Stansted Airport, Ryanair acquired the leases of all 6 of the Boeing 737s and sub-leased 4 of the BAe 146s from KLM.

In July 2001 Albanian Airlines started upgrading its fleet by gradually removing its Tupolev aircraft and acquired its first BAe 146.

BAe acquired the Siemens Plessey's defence businesses in UK, while DASA acquired the German part of the operations.

BAe acquired part, were eventually amalgamated into BAE Systems-formed by the 1999 merger of BAe and Marconi Electronic Systems ( MES ).

In July 1991, the Hong Kong based conglomerate-Hutchison Whampoa through a stock swap deal with BAe, acquired a controlling stake of 65 % in Microtel, who by then had won a license to develop a Personal communications network ( PCN ) in United Kingdom.

On November 11, 1998 BAe acquired Sema's interest in the company for £ 77 million and merged it into British Aerospace Defence Ltd. BAe's naval capabilities increased dramatically in the next year, its acquisition of Marconi Electronic Systems to form BAE Systems saw it take control of Marconi Marine's shipyards ; VSEL ( Barrow-in-Furness ), Govan ( Glasgow ) and YSL ( Scotstoun ).

In January 2006, Atlantic acquired the first of an order for 5 BAe ATP freighter aircraft.

These new BAe 146 aircraft were then acquired by Pacific Southwest Airlines ( PSA ).

Some commercial aircraft with turboprop engines include the Bombardier Dash 8, ATR 42, ATR 72, BAe Jetstream 31, Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia, Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner, Saab 340 and 2000, Xian MA60, Xian MA600, and Xian MA700, Fokker 27, 50 and 60.

Mid-range airliners seen at London City include the ATR 42 ( both − 300 and − 500 variants ), ATR 72, Airbus A318, DHC Dash 8, BAe 146, Dornier 328, Embraer ERJ 135, Embraer 170, Embraer 190 and Fokker 50.

The company was formed in 1991 and dissolved in November 1998 when BAe purchased SEMA's 50 % share.

BAe cut 47 % of its workforce ( 60, 000 out of 127, 000 ), 40, 000 of which were from the regional aircraft division.

The Orange shareholding was a legacy of the 30 % stake in Hutchison Telecommunications ( UK ) Ltd when Hutchison exchanged its own shares for a mobile phone company ( Microtel Communications Ltd ) from BAe.

In July 1991, the Hong Kong based conglomerate-Hutchison Whampoa through a stock swap deal with BAe, acquires a controlling stake of 65 % in Microtel, who by then had won a license to develop a mobile network in United Kingdom.

The formation of Matra BAe Dynamics was followed in 1997 by the acquisition of a 30 % share of LFK, an EADS susbsidary.

The BAe 146 provided a 60 % increase in range compared with the Andover, and a larger interior capacity for more passengers.

BAe saw its share price fall below 100p for the first time.

UKAMS would become a wholly owned subsidiary of BAe Dynamics in 1998.

When Scottish Aviation merged with British Aerospace as a result of the Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act, BAe maintained aircraft production at the site until 1998, primarily updates of the Jetstream line.

Between 1998 and 2000 EuroLOT also operated two 18-seat BAe Jetstream 31 aircraft.

When the newspaper industry relocated their charter departure point for Scottish islands to Inverness in 1998, Highland won the contract to provide two BAe Jetstream 31 aircraft per day for this task.

Even this version had room for improvement, leading British Aerospace and the Italian firm Alenia to develop advanced versions of Sparrow with better performance and improved electronics as the BAe Skyflash and Alenia Aspide, respectively.

British Aerospace ( BAe ) licensed the AIM-7E2 technology in the 1970s, producing the Skyflash missile.

An upgraded version with active radar seeker, called Active Sky Flash was proposed by BAe and Thomson-CSF, but did not receive funding because the RAF opted for other missiles.

A cheaper redesign, Interim HOTOL or HOTOL 2, to be launched from the back of a modified Antonov An-225 transport aircraft, was offered by BAe in 1991 but that too was rejected.

It is also the home base for Merlin Squadrons embarked upon Royal Navy warships, the Westland Sea King AEW variant helicopter, a Search And Rescue ( Sea King, again ) helicopter flight, and some BAe Hawk T. 1 trainer jets used for training purposes by the Royal Navy.

Main tasks were the assembly and licence production of Fouga Magister trainers, Saab Draken fighters and BAe Hawk trainers.

In 2001, Aerospatiale-Matra's missile group was merged with Matra BAe Dynamics and the missile division of Alenia Marconi Systems to form MBDA.

British Aerospace plc ( BAe ) was a UK aircraft, munitions and defence-systems manufacturer.

In 1979 BAe officially joined Airbus, the UK having previously withdrawn support for the consortium in April 1969.

On 26 September 1985, the UK and Saudi Arabian governments signed the Al Yamamah contract, with BAe as prime contractor.

With Alenia Aeronautica, CASA and DASA, BAe formed Eurofighter GmbH in 1986 for the development of the Eurofighter Typhoon.

In 1988 BAe purchased the Rover Group which was being privatised by the British government.

In August 1991, BAe formed a naval systems joint venture, BAeSEMA, with the Sema Group.

1991 also saw BAe begin to experience major difficulties.

On 25 September 1991 BAe directors led by CEO Richard Evans ousted the Chairman Professor Sir Roland Smith in a move described by The Independent as " one of the most spectacular and brutal boardroom coups witnessed in many years.

In 1992 BAe formed Avro RJ Regional Jets to produce the Avro RJ series, an evolution of the BAe 146.