British aircraft industry

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The British aircraft industry is the national aerospace sector of the United Kingdom, historically known for designing and manufacturing military and civil aircraft, aero engines, and related technologies.

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instanceOf aerospace industry ⓘ
national industry ⓘ
alsoKnownAs UK aerospace industry ⓘ
associatedWith Farnborough International Airshow ⓘ
Royal Aeronautical Society ⓘ
contributesTo UK exports ⓘ
high-technology employment in the UK ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
developsTechnology advanced jet engines ⓘ
aerospace materials engineering ⓘ
composite airframes ⓘ
flight control systems ⓘ
radar and sensor systems ⓘ
unmanned aerial vehicles ⓘ
emerged early 20th century ⓘ
historicallyIncludedCompany Avro ⓘ
Blackburn Aircraft ⓘ
Bristol Aeroplane Company ⓘ
British Aircraft Corporation ⓘ
English Electric Aviation ⓘ
Fairey Aviation Company ⓘ
Handley Page ⓘ
Hawker Siddeley ⓘ
Hawker Siddeley Aviation ⓘ
linked to: Hawker Siddeley

Short Brothers ⓘ
Supermarine ⓘ
Vickers-Armstrongs ⓘ
Westland Aircraft ⓘ
de Havilland Aircraft Company ⓘ
historicallyKnownFor aeronautical innovation ⓘ
civil aircraft production ⓘ
jet engine development ⓘ
military aircraft production ⓘ
includesActivity aero engine design ⓘ
aero engine manufacturing ⓘ
aerospace research and development ⓘ
aircraft design ⓘ
aircraft manufacturing ⓘ
avionics development ⓘ
includesCompany Airbus UK ⓘ
linked to: Airbus

BAE Systems ⓘ
Cobham Limited ⓘ
linked to: Cobham plc

GKN Aerospace ⓘ
Leonardo UK ⓘ
linked to: Leonardo S.p.A.

QinetiQ ⓘ
Rolls-Royce Holdings ⓘ
linked to: Rolls-Royce plc
majorRoleIn NATO aerospace capability ⓘ
linked to: NATO AWACS program

Royal Air Force equipment supply ⓘ
participatesInProgram A400M Atlas program ⓘ
linked to: Airbus A400M Atlas

Airbus commercial aircraft ⓘ
Eurofighter Typhoon program ⓘ
linked to: Eurofighter Typhoon

F-35 Lightning II program ⓘ
producedAircraft Avro Lancaster ⓘ
BAC One-Eleven ⓘ
BAe 146 ⓘ
BAe Hawk ⓘ
linked to: BAE Systems Hawk

English Electric Lightning ⓘ
Eurofighter Typhoon ⓘ
Hawker Hunter ⓘ
Hawker Hurricane ⓘ
Hawker Siddeley Harrier ⓘ
Panavia Tornado ⓘ
Supermarine Spitfire ⓘ
Vickers VC10 ⓘ
linked to: RAF VC10

de Havilland Comet ⓘ
de Havilland Mosquito ⓘ
producedEngine Rolls-Royce Avon ⓘ
Rolls-Royce Conway ⓘ
Rolls-Royce Griffon ⓘ
Rolls-Royce Merlin ⓘ
Rolls-Royce RB211 ⓘ
Rolls-Royce Spey ⓘ
Rolls-Royce Trent family ⓘ
regulatedBy Civil Aviation Authority ⓘ
researchInfrastructure Aerospace Technology Institute ⓘ
Cranfield University ⓘ
Imperial College London aeronautics department ⓘ
National Composites Centre ⓘ
sectorOf British economy ⓘ
significantDuring First World War ⓘ
linked to: World War I

Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
supportedBy UK Ministry of Defence ⓘ
UK government industrial strategy ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Armstrong Siddeley → partOf → British aircraft industry ⓘ
Scottish Aviation → partOf → British aircraft industry ⓘ
Hamble airfield → partOf → British aviation industry ⓘ
linked to: British aircraft industry
Robert L. Fairey → sphereOfInfluence → United Kingdom aerospace sector ⓘ
linked to: British aircraft industry
Sea Skua missile (early work) → developer → British aerospace industry ⓘ
linked to: British aircraft industry
Avro Ashton → usedBy → United Kingdom aviation industry ⓘ
subject linked to: Avro Ashton (testbed)
linked to: British aircraft industry