type private industry aerospace and defence founded 1953 headquarters edinburgh parks australia number of employees approximately 4 000 1 parent bae systems plc website www.baesystems.com en aus home bae systems australia a subsidiary of bae systems plc is one of the largest defence contractors in australia . it was formed by the merger of british aerospace australia and gec marconi systems and expanded by the acquisitions of armor holdings in 2007 and tenix defence in june 2008 . contents 1 history 2 products and services 2.1 naval 3 corporate and community 4 references 5 external links history edit bae systems australian heritage dates back to testing of the first generation air defence missile systems at the woomera test range in the early 1950s . weapons testing at woomera began in 1953 by the bristol aeroplane company and the english electric company . both companies merged to become the british aircraft corporation bac . in 1977 bac was nationalised and operations in australia were renamed british aerospace australia . british aerospace australia doubled in size in april 1996 with the purchase of awa defence industries awadi . 2 awadi was formed in october 1988 by the merger of the defence electronics business of awa ltd thorn emi electronics australia and fairey australasia . 3 bae systems was formed on 30 november 1999 following the merger of british aerospace with the general electric company s gec defence arm marconi electronic systems . bae systems australia expanded with its parent company s acquisition of armor holdings in 2007 and doubled in size with the purchase of tenix defence in june 2008 . products and services edit bae systems australia provides many products and services to the australian defence force adf including fast jet support military flight training autonomous systems guided weapons naval air defence and communications command & support . bae systems australia operates two business units . aerospace and maritime & integrated systems m & is . naval edit bae systems inherited the canberra class landing helicopter dock project from tenix defence . on 22 october 2008 bae systems was selected to continue with the royal australian navy s guided missile frigate maintenance contract ffg ims . bae systems replaced the existing company thales australia on 1 january 2009 . this contract is expected to run until the last guided missile frigate hmas newcastle is decommissioned in 2021 . bae systems bid for work on the hobart class destroyers was rejected in may 2009 when the air warfare destroyer alliance subcontracted 70 % of construction of the destroyers to nqea australia and the forgacs group . 4 however on 29 june 2009 the work allocated to nqea was transferred to bae systems australia due to the former being unable to meet its financial obligations to the project . 5 6 bae systems will build a total of 36 blocks for the three destroyers at its williamstown shipyard . these are the hull machinery compartments and bow and stern sections of the ships . 7 corporate and community edit bae systems australia is headquartered at edinburgh parks south australia . as of 19 november 2015 update the company employs approximately 4 000 people australia wide . 8 bae systems australia s partner charity is the royal flying doctor service of australia . the company supports efforts by staff to raise money and awareness of their partner charity . references edit 1 milne chris 1996 07 12 . defence force on warpath . the advertiser . nationwide news pty ltd. access date requires url help milne chris 1988 10 18 . 12 500m defence work . the advertiser . nationwide news pty ltd. access date requires url help http www.ausawd.com article newsdetail.aspx p 16 & id 22 http www.ausawd.com article newsdetail.aspx p 16 & id 23 capital circle . http www.baesystems.com newsroom newsreleases autogen 10952911013.html 2 v t e bae systems plc subsidiaries and divisions bae systems australia bae systems india bae systems saudi arabia intelligence & security maritime services maritime naval ships maritime submarines military air & information regional aircraft support solutions bae systems inc. electronics intelligence & support land & armaments southeast shipyards joint ventures fnss savunma sistemleri a. . 49 % air astana 49 % eurofighter gmbh 33 % mbda 37.5 % cta international 50 % category external links edit 3 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bae systems australia & oldid 724118889 categories bae systems subsidiaries and divisionsdefence companies of australiamanufacturing companies established in 1953companies based in adelaideaustralian subsidiaries of foreign companiesaerospace companies of australiahidden categories pages using citations with accessdate and no urluse dmy dates from november 2011use australian english from november 2011all wikipedia articles written in australian englisharticles containing potentially dated statements from november 2015all articles containing 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