British Aerospace vs Rheinmetall AG

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.

Rheinmetall AG is the older of the two, founded in 1889 — 88 years before British Aerospace.

Founded: 1977; 1889
Status: Closed 1999; Active
Headquarters: Farnborough, United Kingdom; Düsseldorf, Germany
Industry: weapons industry; weapons industry
Founders: Not recorded; Heinrich Ehrhardt
Employees: Not recorded; 28,054
Legal form: joint-stock company; Aktiengesellschaft
Listed on: Not recorded; Frankfurt Stock Exchange
Parent: Not recorded; Röchling Group
Website: bae.co.uk; rheinmetall.com/de

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