<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Aerospace" id="mwAU0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="British Aerospace">British Aerospace</a> agrees to acquire the defence subsidiary of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Electric_Company" id="mwAU4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="General Electric Company">General Electric Company</a>, forming <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAE_Systems" id="mwAU8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="BAE Systems">BAE Systems</a> in November 1999.