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British Aerospace vs Vickers Limited

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.

Vickers Limited is the older of the two, founded in 1828 — 149 years before British Aerospace.

Founded
1977
1828
Status
Closed 1999
Closed 1927
Headquarters
Farnborough, United Kingdom
London, United Kingdom
Industry
weapons industry
weapons industry
Founders
Not recorded
Edward Vickers, George Naylor
Legal form
joint-stock company
limited company
Website
bae.co.uk
Not recorded

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