BAE Systems Military Air & Information - Sites

Sites

• Warton Aerodrome, Lancashire - Warton is the headquarters of MAI and home to the central assembly facility for the Eurofighter Typhoon, Hawk configuration and to the upgrades for Harrier and the Panavia Tornado. The divisions major testing facilities and commercial offices are based there.

• Samlesbury Aerodrome, Lancashire - Samlesbury, situated between Blackburn and Preston, is home to the production facilities for the Typhoon front fuselage and T-45 Goshawk as well as home to BAE's F-35 Lightning II manufacturing operations. Sections for Airbus are also subcontracted to the site. The site unlike many other MAI sites does not have an operational runway. The runway closed in the 1980s and is used today by Lancashire Police for training as well as the Air Training Corps for Glider training.

• Brough Aerodrome, Yorkshire - Brough near to Hull is home to Hawk production and assembly before the aircraft is sent to Warton to be configured. In January 2008 the runway at Brough reopened with a Hawk 128 the first aircraft to take off in nearly a decade.

• Woodford Aerodrome, Greater Manchester - Woodford near Manchester was home to the conversion of the Nimrod MR2 to MRA4 standard, the site is currently in the closing down phase.

• Chadderton, Greater Manchester - Chadderton near Manchester is a former manufacturing facility (Historically as Avro) but the site continues as a major office centre for the company.

• Preston, Lancashire - Several of the unit's central functional offices are located in Strand Road area of the city as well as well as the Apprentice training centre.

• Robin Hood Airport, South Yorkshire - The companies Aircraft Maintenance Training Centre is located at the airport.

The firm also has a major presence on many RAF stations; notably RAF Coningsby and RAF Marham.