Editing BAe Dynamics

{{Short description|Former division of British Aerospace}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2012}}
{{unreferenced|date=May 2019}}
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| name           = British Aerospace Dynamics Group
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| type           = Subsidiary
| fate           = Merged with [[Matra]] in 1996
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| successor      = [[Matra BAe Dynamics]]
| foundation     = 1977
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| defunct        = August 1996
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| area_served    = UK
| industry       = Defence, Spacecraft
| products       = Missiles, Satellites
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| parent         = [[British Aerospace]]
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'''British Aerospace Dynamics Limited''' (BADL or '''BAe Dynamics''') was a division of [[British Aerospace]].

==History==
British Aerospace was created in April 1977 by the merger of the [[British Aircraft Corporation]], [[Hawker Siddeley Aviation]], [[Hawker Siddeley Dynamics]] and [[Scottish Aviation]].

===Formation===
There were two companies in the formation:
* BAC (Guided Weapons)
* [[Hawker Siddeley Dynamics]]

The missile, weapon systems and space businesses of these companies were merged into British Aerospace Dynamics Limited (BADL), a wholly owned subsidiary of BAe.

In December 1979, [[Euromissile|Euromissile Dynamics Group]] was formed with [[Aérospatiale]] of [[Toulouse, France]] and [[Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm|MBB]] of [[Ottobrunn]].

===Subsidiary company===
On 1 January 1992, British Aerospace Defence Ltd began trading as a wholly owned subsidiary of BAe. Previously separate defence companies now operated as divisions of that subsidiary:
* British Aerospace (Dynamics) Ltd
* British Aerospace (Military Aircraft) Ltd,
* [[Royal Ordnance plc]]
* British Aerospace Systems and Services Division (BAe SSD)

In 1994, the BAe Dynamics subsidiary [[British Aerospace Space Systems]] was sold to [[Matra Marconi Space]].

===Merger with Matra===
In 1996, BAe Dynamics' guided weapons division was merged with a division of [[Matra Defense]] to form the then largest European missile manufacturer, [[Matra BAe Dynamics]]. This group now forms part of [[MBDA]].

==Products==
===Missiles===
* [[ALARM (missile)]], built with [[Marconi Space and Defence Systems]]
* [[Rapier (missile)]] SAM, designed earlier by [[British Aircraft Corporation|BAC]] (Guided Weapons), and developed with [[Marconi Space and Defence Systems]] (the Blindfire radar), and was superior to the comparative [[Roland (missile)|Roland]]
* [[Sea Dart (missile)]], designed earlier by [[Hawker Siddeley Dynamics]]
* [[Sea Eagle (missile)]] ASM
* [[Sea Skua]] ASM
* [[Sea Wolf (missile)]] SAM
* [[Skyflash]] AAM

===Satellites===
* [[Giotto (spacecraft)]], approached [[Halley's Comet]] in March 1986 (made at Filton)
* [[Orbital Test Satellite]]
* [[Skynet (satellite)]], built with MSDS

==References==
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