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BAe Systems BAe Systems is planning to shed about 450 jobs at its Brough aircraft site near Hull, while a further 134 jobs will go at Woodford near Manchester. 04-Apr-2008 BAe Systems is to sell Flight Systems, the US-based aircraft modifications business with 170 staff, to Calspan Corporation for £31m. 07-Mar-2008 BAe Systems is to close two military vehicle factories in Guildford and Fareham with the loss of up to 102 jobs, in order to transfer Pinzgauer production to South Africa. 25-Jan-2008 BAe Systems is to acquire Tenix Defence, the Australian supplier of military vehicles, defence systems and maritime support services, for up to £356m. 21-Jan-2008 BAe Systems is to acquire MTC Technologies, the US defence technology and logistics group with 3,000 staff, for £226m. 24-Dec-2007 Cobham is to acquire Lansdale, the US-based electronic warfare technology business with 400 staff, from BAe Systems for £120m. 20-Dec-2007 BAe Systems is to invest up to £20m at its military vehicles factory in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in order to win more orders from the Ministry of Defence and secure the future of the 650-strong workforce. 06-Sep-2007 BAe Systems has submitted plans to build a new assembly plant in Barrow, which could create up to 700 jobs at the shipyard and arms factory site. 05-Jul-2007 BAe Systems is to acquire Armor Holdings, the US manufacturer of armoured vehicles, for £2bn. 09-May-2007 BAe Systems is to sell Inertial Products, the supplier of business sensors and measurement units with 810 staff at sites in Plymouth and the US, to affiliates of US private equity firm JF Lehman & Company for £70m. 25-Apr-2007 BAe Systems is to close its munitions factory in Chorley by the end of 2007, with the loss of up to 100 jobs. 15-Nov-2006 BAe Systems is in discussions to merge its shipbuilding business with VT Group, in order to create a combined group with assets of £1bn and shipyards in Barrow, Scotstoun, Govan and Portsmouth. 16-Oct-2006 BAe Systems is planning to create up to 1,000 new jobs at its Lancashire plants in Warton and Samlesbury by 2007, due to rising demand for Eurofighter Typhoon jets. 21-Sep-2006 BAe Systems is to acquire National Sensor Systems, the US supplier of electro-optical sensor systems with 20 staff, for £4.6m. 11-Sep-2006 BAe Systems is to raise at least £3bn from the sale of its 20% stake in Airbus to EADS. 10-Apr-2006 BAe Systems has sold its aerostructures business, which is based in Prestwick and employs 830 people, to Spirit AeroSystems of the US for £80m. 01-Feb-2006 BAe Systems has sold Atlas Elektronik, the German defence electronics business, to Thyssen-Krupp and EADS for £100m. 03-Jan-2006 BAe Systems is to close its engineering and product development facility at Lochside, Edinburgh, early next year, with the loss of 260 jobs. 18-Nov-2005 BAe Systems has confirmed plans to close the former Royal Ordnance site in Bridgwater in 2007 with the loss of 130 jobs, and a site in Chorley will also close with the loss of 70 jobs. 01-Nov-2005 BAe Systems and the North West Development Agency are working on plans to set up a 47-acre aerospace business park at the Samlesbury plant near Preston, which could create thousands of jobs over the next ten years. 12-Sep-2005 BAe Systems is to invest £18m at the Govan and Scotstoun shipyards on the Clyde, including the modernisation of the docks, new offices and the creation of 400 jobs. 31-Aug-2005 BAe is to invest more than £20m in the modernisation of its Barrow shipyard over the next 12 months. 20-May-2005 BAe Systems is to create 100 new jobs in Barrow, having won a £463m order to supply field guns to the US Marine Corps and the US Army. 29-Mar-2005 BAe Systems is to acquire United Defense Industries, the US combat vehicle manufacturer, for £2.1bn. 08-Mar-2005 BAe Systems has reached agreement on a £648m deal to sell most of its avionics business to Finmeccanica of Italy. 31-Jan-2005 BAe Systems is planning to shed 1,396 jobs at 13 of its 70 UK sites, including Manchester, Edinburgh, Rochester, Southampton, Luton and Basildon. 28-Jan-2005 BAe Systems is to shed more than 100 of the 244 jobs at its armoured vehicles factory in Telford. 13-Dec-2004 BAe Systems is to shed up to 63 jobs at its naval shipyards at Scotstoun and Govan. 15-Nov-2004 BAe Systems has announced a £500m deal to outsource the supply and management of its contract technical staff to Xchanging. 25-Oct-2004 BAe Systems is to acquire Alphatech, the US software engineering company with 322 staff, for £49m. 29-Sep-2004 BAe Systems is to acquire DigitalNet, the US supplier of computer systems, for £333m. 13-Sep-2004 GKN is to sell its 50% stake in Aerosystems International, the avionics and software company with 400 staff, to joint venture partner BAe Systems for £14m. 17-Aug-2004 BAe Systems is to acquire Alvis, the tank manufacturer, for £335m, having beaten a rival bid from General Dynamics. 07-Jun-2004 BAe Systems is considering a number of takeover approaches for its warships and submarines business. 26-Apr-2004 BAe Systems is to shed 1,000 jobs at its air systems plants in Warton and Samlesbury in Lancashire over the next two years. 09-Apr-2004 BAe Systems North America is to acquire STI Government Systems, the Hawaii-based supplier of photonics and IT services with 125 staff, for £15m. 07-Apr-2004 BAe Systems is to shed 760 jobs, including 720 of the 3,000 employed at its Barrow shipyard in Cumbria. 05-Apr-2004 BAe Systems and Finmeccanica are to split their defence electronics joint venture into two companies, with BAe taking control of the systems integration business. 23-Mar-2004 BAe Systems is to sell BAe Systems Flight Training, the Spanish civil flying training school with 95 staff, to a management team. 10-Nov-2003 BAe Systems is to shed up to 60 of the 700 jobs at its defence electronics site in Christchurch, including software, hardware and administration staff. 22-Oct-2003 BAe Systems is to shed 280 of the 600 jobs at its aerospace components factory in Plymouth. 15-Oct-2003 BAe Systems has won a £800m contract to supply 66 Hawk jet aircraft to India, securing the future of the 2,500 jobs at its Brough plant for at least five years. 04-Sep-2003 BAe Systems is to acquire a 29% stake in Alvis, the armoured vehicle manufacturer, from GKN for £73m. 25-Aug-2003 BAe Systems is to shed 132 jobs at its Air Systems and Aerostructures operations in Samlesbury, Lancashire. 15-Jul-2003 BAe Systems is to shed 40 jobs at its underwater weapons factory in Waterlooville. 29-May-2003 BAe Systems has announced plans to shed 1,000 jobs at sites in Woodford, Chadderton, Prestwick and Warton, largely as a result of losing work on the Nimrod patrol aircraft programme. 19-Mar-2003 BAe Systems and Rheinmetall of Germany have agreed to break up their STN Atlas electronic systems joint venture, with BAe taking control of the naval technology. 27-Feb-2003 BAe Systems is to acquire Advanced Power Technologies, the US surveillance and information processing company, for about £18m. 18-Feb-2003 BAe Systems and Thales have won a £2.9bn government contract to build two aircraft carriers, with most of the construction work expected to be carried out at yards in Scotland. 31-Jan-2003 BAe Systems has announced plans to restructure its shipbuilding division with the loss of 700 jobs in Barrow and 265 in Clyde. 22-Jan-2003 BAe Systems is to shed up to 86 of the 700 jobs at its aerospace manufacturing business in Plymouth. 13-Jan-2003 Cobham is spending £50m on three acquisitions, including the Blackburn-based land platforms communications division of BAe Systems, SAAB's Applied Composites Division and Drager Aerospace of Germany. 08-Jan-2003 BAe Systems is to shed 450 of the 2,300 jobs at its Brough factory in east Yorkshire, due to a lack of orders for the Hawk trainer jet. 29-Nov-2002 BAe Systems is looking to sell its aerostructures business, which includes 2,000 staff and sites in Lancashire and Ayrshire. 27-Nov-2002 BAe Systems and Thales have both selected Rosyth as the preferred assembly site should they win a contract to build two Royal Navy aircraft carriers, although some of the manufacturing work will be allocated to other yards around the country. 30-Oct-2002 BAe Systems has awarded a £25m contract to Mowlem to build a new office and research centre at the Capability Green business park in Luton. 26-Sep-2002 BAe Systems is to sell its Electronic Warfare Passive Expendables Division in the US to Esterline Technologies for $67m. 16-Jul-2002 Meggitt has acquired a number of military aerospace product lines, including air data transducers, engine management units and flight data recorders, from BAe Systems for £15m. 02-Jul-2002 BAe Systems is to shed 150 jobs at its site in Christchurch, Dorset, later this year. 03-Jun-2002 BAe Systems is to close an aerospace plant at Filton, near Bristol, with the loss of up to 268 jobs. 21-May-2002 BAe Systems is to shed 150 jobs at its Royal Ordnance shell casings factory at Birtley, Gateshead. 25-Apr-2002 Vosper Thornycroft and BAe Systems have received government confirmation that a further three Royal Navy warships will be ordered, securing thousands of jobs at yards in Glasgow and Portsmouth. 19-Feb-2002 BAe Systems has announced that its Silicon Sensing Systems venture will set up a factory in Plymouth to produce micro machined sensor heads for the new Segway Human Transporter invention in the US, creating 200 jobs. 06-Dec-2001 BAe Systems is to close its jet manufacturing operation at Woodford in Cheshire with the loss of 900 jobs, while a further 600 jobs will go in its aero structures business. 28-Nov-2001 BAe Systems has won a £120m contract from the Ministry of Defence to build two amphibious landing ships, which will secure the future of 600 jobs at its Govan shipyard on the Clyde. 20-Nov-2001 BAe Systems has announced plans to shed 260 jobs at its Warton and Samlesbury aircraft plants. 10-Aug-2001 BAe Systems is to shed 1,000 jobs at the Govan and Scotstoun shipyards on the Clyde and a further 150 at Barrow, despite winning part of a £4.5bn contract to build six Type 45 destroyers for the Royal Navy. 11-Jul-2001 BAe Systems is to take a 12% stake in Aviation Partners Worldwide, a new company being formed by Tolmount following the £35m acquisition of Italian BA franchise National Jet Italia. 09-Jul-2001 BAe Systems is forming a joint venture with Boeing to produce military tankers, and the two companies are also exploring other co-operation opportunities. 24-May-2001 BAe Systems is seeking permission to build a £0.5m paint shop at Prestwick Airport, in preparation for development at the site following recent contract announcements. 18-Apr-2001 BAe Systems is to sell its Florida-based flight simulation and training business to CAE for £55m. 15-Feb-2001 BAe Systems is to sell its 54% stake in its Canadian electronic products business to a management team backed by the Oncap investment fund in a £270m deal. 05-Feb-2001 BAe Systems is planning to cut capacity in its military aircraft business, as part of a £525m restructuring programme that will shed up to 3,000 UK jobs. 11-Jan-2001 Cobham is to acquire an electronic fuel systems business from BAe Systems for £64m, in order to expand its flight refuelling subsidiary. 05-Dec-2000 BAe Systems has been chosen as preferred bidder to acquire stakes in the aerospace and ordnance operations of Denel, the South African state-owned arms company. 13-Oct-2000 BAe Systems has completed the acquisition of Lockheed Martin Control Systems for £349m, and expects to complete the acquisition of Lockheed Martin Aerospace Electronics Systems by the end of the year. 26-Sep-2000 BAe Systems has announced plans to expand its Broughton factory in north Wales with the creation of 1,700 jobs, in order to build wings for the new Airbus. 25-Sep-2000 BAe Systems has reached agreement to acquire Lockheed Martin's aerospace electronics business for £1.1bn, and the deal is expected to be completed later this year. 14-Jul-2000 BAe Systems Airbus UK is looking to recruit up to 300 engineers in Derby, Bristol, Portsmouth and other engineering centres, in order to manufacture wings for the new Airbus superjumbo. 14-Jul-2000 Vosper Thornycroft and BAe Systems have won orders worth £1bn to build three warships for the Ministry of Defence, which should secure more than 5,000 jobs at shipyards on the Clyde and in Hampshire. 12-Jul-2000 BAe Systems is forming a joint venture with Xchanging to take on the aerospace group's back office and administration functions, which will involve the transfer of the 1,300-strong human resources department. 07-Jul-2000 BAe Systems is to shed up to 3,800 jobs at sites in Brough, Preston, Cumbria, Govan, Scotstoun, York, Blackburn and Edinburgh, in order to eliminate duplication of functions following its purchase of Marconi's defence business. 15-Jun-2000 BAe Systems is to acquire the US-based control systems business of Lockheed Martin for £320m, and is also interested in a number of electronics operations being auctioned by Lockheed. 28-Apr-2000 BAe Systems has warned that the Govan shipyard on the River Clyde will close unless it wins a £300m shipbuilding order from the Ministry of Defence. 05-Apr-2000 BAe Systems is forming an internet-based joint venture with Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Raytheon, to enable the companies to communicate with suppliers and customers. 28-Mar-2000 BAe Systems is to get a £530m loan from the government to help finance development of the new European super jumbo jet, which will lead to the creation of 8,000 jobs at BAe and its suppliers. 14-Mar-2000 Smiths Industries is to acquire Actuation Systems, the US-based aircraft utilities business, from BAe Systems for £63m. 23-Feb-2000 BAe Systems has dropped plans to form a joint venture between its Royal Ordnance business and Rheinmetall of Germany, and will instead build up its own position in the European munitions sector. 07-Feb-2000 BAe Systems is negotiating a military and civilian aircraft alliance with Finmeccanica of Italy, but is facing competition from European defence group EADS. 27-Jan-2000 BAe Systems is in negotiations with Boeing about the possibility of forming a joint venture to support and maintain military aircraft. 14-Jan-2000 BAe Systems has agreed a deal with the Ministry of Defence that will secure the future of its Royal Ordnance business, in a partnership that will guarantee orders of at least £1bn over the next ten years. 22-Dec-1999 Kvaerner has completed the sale of the Govan shipyard to BAe Systems, saving 1,000 jobs, and discussions are now underway to save 700 jobs at the Kvaerner Energy Plant in Clydebank. 16-Dec-1999 British Aerospace is to be renamed BAe Systems following its acquisition of Marconi Electronic Systems, and up to 1,500 management jobs will be lost. 01-Dec-1999 The information above comes from the UK Activity Report Copyright UK Business Park 1995-2008