- BAE Systems Air Systems
BAE Systems Air Systems is a business unit of
BAE Systems responsible for the design, development and production of BAE's majormilitary aircraft programmes. In 2004 "Janes Defence Weekly " described BAE Systems Air Systems as the last such company in the UK. BAE Systems Air Systems forms the bulk of the former BAE Systems Military Aircraft and Aerostructures. [cite web| url = http://www.advantagewm.co.uk/downloads/aerospace-supply-chain-report.pdf| title = 11th September 2001: Impact on the West Midlands Aerospace Supply Chain| accessdate = 2007-01-03| author = Mair & Mair UK Research Partnership Ltd | date = July 2002| format = PDF| publisher = Advantage West Midlands| pages = 5]The company is has four main UK sites, Warton and Samlesbury,
Lancashire ; Brough,Yorkshire ; and Woodford,Cheshire .BAE Systems Air Systems has five major programmes; Typhoon (as part of the Eurofighter consortium), Nimrod,
F-35 Lightning II , Hawk and Autonomous Systems and Future Capability (Air). The latter is a division responsible for design and development of UAVs such as the Taranis.As of 1st January 2007 the Air Systems business unit was merged with the
CS&S MASS business unit to form Military Air Solutions.References
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