1948

The de Havilland Aircraft Company purchases Hawarden airfield from Vickers-Armstrong in order to establish a major aircraft production plant. De Havilland is subsequently absorbed into the Hawker Siddeley Group.

1965

Hawker Siddeley Aviation sets up a factory and repair facility to support operators of Hawker/125 corporate jets.

1977

Hawker Siddeley's aircraft interests divested into British Aerospace.

1993

British Aerospace sells its corporate jets business to Raytheon Company.

1994

Decision taken to transfer Hawker production from Broughton to Wichita in Kansas .

1995

Broughton service centre was established by Raytheon as a stand-alone business unit, aimed at providing full service, maintenance and repair support, primarily for Hawker/125 operators in Europe , Africa and the Middle East .

1997

Business integrated into the Raytheon Aircraft Services network of factory-owned maintenance centres. Plans implemented to grow the business – moving away from total reliance on Hawker aircraft work and taking on servicing and maintenance on a range of aircraft types.

2002

Part of the Broughton facility modified into a major centre for systems integration work, in particular to accommodate the ASTOR programme.