British Aerospace vs KNDS Deutschland

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.

British Aerospace is the older of the two, founded in 1977 — 22 years before KNDS Deutschland.

Founded: 1977; 1999
Status: Closed 1999; Active
Headquarters: Farnborough, United Kingdom; Munich, Germany
Industry: weapons industry; weapons industry
Founders: Not recorded; Joseph Anton von Maffei
Employees: Not recorded; 10,000
Legal form: joint-stock company; GmbH & Co. KG
Parent: Not recorded; KNDS
Website: bae.co.uk; knds.de

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on British Aerospace and KNDS Deutschland.