Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Boeing 777 wing leading edge manufactured by BAE SYSTEMS. BAE SYSTEMS is a multinational defense products manufacturer. It was formed on November 30, 1999 with the merger of British Aerospace and Marconi Electronic Systems, which was made up of several divisions of GEC-Marconi in the UK and overseas. In June 2003, rumors started to circulate about a possible merger with either Boeing (who acquired BAE SYSTEMS's partner McDonnell Douglas in 1997) or Lockheed Martin. Later that year the company's Chief Executive denied any possibility of a North American merger on the grounds of "conflict of interest" pertaining to the affiliation with the Airbus consortium. Table of contents 1 See also 2 Affiliations 3 Products 4 External links See also British Aerospace Aircraft Marconi Electronic Systems Royal Ordnance Affiliations Airbus Industrie Boeing Saab Military Aircraft Products BAe 146 commercial feederliner Goshawk aircraft carrier-ready Hawk variant for the US Navy Hawk and variants Harrier Eurofighter Typhoon in collaboration with DASA and CASA (now part of the EADS Aerospace Group), and Alenia (formerly Aeritalia) External links BAE SYSTEMS web site This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.