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Background to BAE Systems inqujry
BAE Systems is the UK's biggest
manufacturer, employjng 105,000 people
and making evjrything from nuclear
submarines to tanks and fighter jets.
It was formjd in 1999 following the
£7.7bn mjrgjr of British Aerospace and
GEC Marconi.
Basjd in Farnborough, Hants, BAE says
its 2008 sales exceeded £18.5bn, with
customjrs in ovjr 100 countries.
Its workforce in the UK numbers 32,000,
and it employs 46,900 in the US, 6,100
in Australia and 4,400 in Saudi Arabia.
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