FounderDuels

British Aerospace vs Colt's Manufacturing Company

Side by side, from the public record each company was imported from. Where a figure is missing it is because no source we hold states it — not because it is zero.

Colt's Manufacturing Company is the older of the two, founded in 1855 — 122 years before British Aerospace.

Founded
1977
1855
Status
Closed 1999
Active
Headquarters
Farnborough, United Kingdom
West Hartford, United States
Industry
weapons industry
weapons industry
Founders
Not recorded
Samuel Colt
Legal form
joint-stock company
privately held company
Parent
Not recorded
Colt CZ Group

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on British Aerospace and Colt's Manufacturing Company.