BAe Dynamics
{{Short description|Former division of British Aerospace}}
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{{Use British English|date=February 2012}}
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| name = British Aerospace Dynamics Group
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| type = Subsidiary
| fate = Merged with Matra in 1996
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| successor = Matra BAe Dynamics
| foundation = 1977
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| defunct = August 1996
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| area_served = UK
| industry = Defence, Spacecraft
| 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.
=Formation=
There were two companies in the formation:
- BAC (Guided Weapons)
- Hawker Siddeley Dynamics
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=
- ALARM (missile), built with Marconi Space and Defence Systems
- Rapier (missile) SAM, designed earlier by BAC (Guided Weapons), and developed with Marconi Space and Defence Systems (the Blindfire radar), and was superior to the comparative Roland
- Sea Dart (missile), designed earlier by Hawker Siddeley Dynamics
- Sea Eagle (missile) ASM
- Sea Skua ASM
- Sea Wolf (missile) SAM
- Skyflash AAM
=Satellites=
- Giotto (spacecraft), approached Halley's Comet in March 1986 (made at Filton)
- Orbital Test Satellite
- Skynet (satellite), built with MSDS
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Category:BAE Systems subsidiaries and divisions
Category:British companies established in 1977
Category:Companies disestablished in 1996
Category:Aerospace companies of the United Kingdom
Category:Guided missile manufacturers
Category:Spacecraft manufacturers