Originally Posted by
Jabba_TG12
BAE's interest shows itself to be milking dry whatever contracts are dead certs until delivery is complete and once it is, the facility and its personnel are disposed of. It did so with Hatfield, it did so with Woodford and it will do with Warton once the Typhoon deal is up and Brough when Hawk 200 is done. And those are just the ones that come immediately to mind.
Not forgetting Kingston and Dunsfold (after Harrier was completed) and Weybridge too when BAe largely exited from the Civil business.
I was in Sweden yesterday and as an earlier poster stated, this country still produces their own complete combat aircraft. But their population is only around the size of London....