FounderDuels

British Aerospace vs Wilkinson Sword

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.

Wilkinson Sword is the older of the two, founded in 1772 — 205 years before British Aerospace.

Founded
1977
1772
Status
Closed 1999
Active
Headquarters
Farnborough, United Kingdom
High Wycombe, United Kingdom
Industry
weapons industry
weapons industry
Founders
Not recorded
Henry Nock
Legal form
joint-stock company
Not recorded

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