Royal Ordnance PLC / Babcock Support Services Ltd / Fujitsu Services Ltd / Allison / DARA (Defence Aviation Repair Agency controlled by MOD) EDS Defence Ltd / PROVISION OF CAPITAL / ETI Technology Inc. / TRAK Communications Inc. / Finmeccanica / Air Precision SA / Franklin Templeton Group BMW Goldman Sachs Allianz AG Capital Group / Tracor / Franklin Templeton Group / Legal / Cobham plc / Dynamic Gunver Technologies / Integrated Aerospace Inc. / Devonport Royal Dockyard Ltd / Foster-Miller Inc. / National Jet Systems Pty Ltd / Racal / Babcock PLC / NETMA (Nato Eurofighter and Tornado Management Agency multi-national public sector including MOD) QinetiQ Ltd / Westar Aerospace / ACR Electronics Inc / Serco Group PLC / Western European / European Aerosystems / Thomson-CSF / Defence Group / Rolls-Royce Services Limitada Inc / Alenia Marconi Systems / IPT SA / DML (managers of yard) Halliburton Corporation / Aeronautical Technologies Company / Technology Laboratory / Spectronic Denmark A/S / Carlyle Group / Rolls Royce PLC / Marconi Electronic Systems / MBDA / Balfour Beatty PLC / BAe Systems (Operations) Ltd / Lockheed Martin Control Systems / General Investment Group Capital Group Franklin Group / AWE Management Ltd / Alenia Marconi (BAe/Finmeccanica jointly owned) Annington Receivables Ltd / Rolls-Royce GmbH / IBM United Kingdom Holdings Ltd / Reumech / Tianjin Timing Seals Co Ltd / General Dynamics United (USA listed company) MBDA UK Ltd / QinetiQ Limited / SensIR Technologies LLC / Chrysler / Interserve (Defence) Ltd / Fleet Support Ltd / DaimlerBenz / Westland Group PLC / Halliburton / BAe Systems PLC / Lockheed Martin Corp / BFS Group Ltd / Smiths Group PLC / Saab AB / Franklin Templeton Group Legal / USA EDS / General PLC / Weir Group PLC / Farran Technology Limited / Japanese Fujitsu Group / British Telecommunications PLC / MTU Turbomeca Rolls-Royce (MTR) GmbH / /
Country
France / Japan / Afghanistan / Canada / Australia / United Kingdom / Iraq / Finland / Denmark / Germany / Italy / Sweden / Malaysia / United States / Spain / Ireland / /
prime contractor / aero-engine manufacturer / car / guided weapons supplier / technology development / specialist landing gear systems / electronics supplier / finance / systems integrator / loan finance / satellite / aerospace division / industrial / financial services / aerospace systems / computer software / aerospace / computer services giant / niche products / aircraft technology research / light armoured vehicle manufacturer / Bank lending / aerospace market / specialist aero-engine component manufacturer / electronics / oil services / microwave sub-systems / prime contractors / /
Organization
University of the West of England / Defence Analytical Services Agency / Nato Eurofighter and Tornado Management Agency / Research Agency / British Ministry of Defence / UK Ministry of Defence / Braddon* and Jonathan Bradley Defence Economic Research Unit / Pentagon / UK government / UK Defence Evaluation and Research Agency / British government / UK’s military / US military / /
Person
Derek Braddon / Allen Trimark / Jonathan Bradley / / /
Position
defence contractor / player in the UK / Major Shareholders / contractor / Major / major UK suppliers / controls designer / major prime contractor / researcher / contractor to the public sector / private equity investment manager / Corresponding Author / major contractor to the US Department / leader / dominant player in the UK / majority shareholder / Private / /
WHAT LIES BENEATH? WHO OWNS BRITISH DEFENCE CONTRACTORS AND DOES IT MATTER?