Hawker Siddeley Company Details

01 / Overview

Hawker Siddeley

Headquarters

Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom

Founded

1934 (58 years)

Dissolved

1992

Structure

Private Company

Employees

4,500

Portfolio

22 platforms

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🏛 CORPORATE STRUCTURE

Successor British Aerospace

02 / Company Profile

COMPANY IDENTITY Private Company

1934 Founded · 58 years

4,500 Employees

Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom · ⚠ Closed (1992)

PRODUCTION POWER archive data

Weapons & Equipment Produced

Systems Supplied

Operator Countries

Conflict Service

PORTFOLIO BREAKDOWN 8 categories

22 Produced

0 Supplied

Fighter & Attack Aircraft %50 11

Special Mission Aircraft %9 2

Bomber Aircraft %9 2

Transport & Cargo Aircraft %9 2

Air-to-Air Missiles %9 2

Training Aircraft %5 1

Naval SAM %5 1

Air-to-Surface Missiles %5 1

CORPORATE TIES

SUCCESSOR COMPANY ▼ British Aerospace

CLASS LEADER?performance position within category

59This company's product average
(22 products)

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53Archive-wide average
(13517 products)

BUSIEST PRODUCTION AREAMultirole Fighters

This company (6 products)54

Multirole Fightersavg (88 products)67

This company's products perform above the archive average.

03 / Products & Production · 22 platforms

FLAGSHIP PRODUCTthe highest-scoring system in the portfolio

Maritime Patrol & ASW AircraftHawker Siddeley Nimrod1967–20101country

PRODUCT CATALOG 22 platforms

ANTI-RADIATION MISSILES (ARM)

MartelPrime contractor 1970– 5 countries 57

MULTIROLE FIGHTERS

Hawker Siddeley TAV-8A HarrierPrime contractor 45 Hawker Siddeley AV-8A Harrier 1967– 39

AIR SUPERIORITY FIGHTERS

Hunter 1956– 42 Hunter variant 1953– 42

MARITIME PATROL & ASW AIRCRAFT

Hawker Siddeley Nimrod 1967–2010 85

STRATEGIC BOMBERS

Avro VulcanPrime contractor 1956–1965 82

ADVANCED JET TRAINERS (LEAD-IN)

BAE Systems HawkPrime contractor 1976–2022 76

INTELLIGENCE / RECON AIRCRAFT

Nimrod R1 1969–1974 74

GROUND ATTACK / CAS AIRCRAFT

Harrier 1967–2003 68

MULTIROLE FIGHTERS

British Aerospace Sea HarrierPrime contractor 1979–1998 67 Hawker Siddeley AV-8C Harrier 1970–1970 65 TyphoonPrime contractor 1941–1945 56 Harrier 1st Generation 1969–1979 54

TACTICAL TRANSPORTS

Hawker Siddeley HS 780 Andover 1963–1966 65 Andover C1 1965–1966 65

TACTICAL / MEDIUM BOMBERS

Sea FuryPrime contractor 1945–1955 62

SHIP-LAUNCHED SAM / NAVAL AAW

Sea DartPrime contractor 1973–2012 62

MEDIUM-RANGE AAM (MRAAM / BVR)

SkyflashPrime contractor 1978–2006 55 Red TopPrime contractor 1964–1988 43

AIR SUPERIORITY FIGHTERS

de Havilland Sea VixenPrime contractor 1959–1972 43 P.1121 1954–1958 41

COLLABORATING COMPANIES8 joint producers

British AerospaceBritish Aerospace Sea Harrier Hawker AircraftTyphoon NorthropHarrier 1st Generation AvroAvro Vulcan BAE SystemsBAE Systems Hawk Hindustan Aeronautics LimitedBAE Systems Hawk MatraMartel Marconi Electronic SystemsSkyflash

JOINT PRODUCERSfirms it co-produces with

British AerospaceBritish Aerospace Sea Harrier Hawker AircraftTyphoon NorthropHarrier 1st Generation Hawker AircraftSea Fury AvroAvro Vulcan British AerospaceBAE Systems Hawk BAE SystemsBAE Systems Hawk Hindustan Aeronautics LimitedBAE Systems Hawk MatraMartel Marconi Electronic SystemsSkyflash British AerospaceSkyflash British AerospaceHawker Siddeley AV-8C Harrier

04 / Trade & Deals · 7 deals

DEFENSE DEALS7 deals

Year	Buyer	Product / Service	Quantity	Amount	Type	Status
1976	New Zealand	Andover C1	10	—	second-hand	Delivered
1970	United States	Hawker Siddeley AV-8A Harrier	102	—	new-build	Delivered
1970	United States	Hawker Siddeley AV-8C Harrier	102	—	new-build	Delivered
—	United States	Harrier 1st Generation	102	—	new-build	Delivered
—	United States	Harrier	102	—	new-build	Delivered
—	New Zealand	Hawker Siddeley HS 780 Andover	10	—	second-hand	Delivered
—	Spain	Harrier 1st Generation	—	—	new-build	Delivered

05 / Global Reach · 42 countries · 8 conflicts

GLOBAL FOOTPRINT — COUNTRIES USING ITS PRODUCTS 42 country

United Kingdom 18 systems

India 6 systems

United States 6 systems

Canada 4 systems

Italy 4 systems

Kenya 4 systems

Saudi Arabia 4 systems

New Zealand 3 systems

Belgium 2 systems

Democratic Republic of the Congo 2 systems

South Africa 2 systems

Sweden 2 systems

Switzerland 2 systems

United Arab Emirates 2 systems

Kingdom of the Netherlands 1 systems

CONFLICTS ITS PRODUCTS SERVED IN 8 conflict

1971 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 1967–1970 War of Attrition 1965 Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 1963–1967 Aden Emergency 1962 Sino-Indian War 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion 1956 Suez Crisis 1950–1953 Korean War

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