British Aerospace vs Mauser

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.

Mauser is the older of the two, founded in 1811 — 166 years before British Aerospace.

Founded: 1977; 1811
Status: Closed 1999; Closed 2000
Headquarters: Farnborough, United Kingdom; Isny im Allgäu, Germany
Industry: weapons industry; weapons industry
Founders: Not recorded; Wilhelm Mauser
Legal form: joint-stock company; Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung
Parent: Not recorded; Rheinmetall AG
Website: bae.co.uk; mauser.com

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