Smiths Aerospace
Presumably Smiths Aircraft Instruments was a predecessor of Smiths Aerospace
1984 The name of Smiths (Royston) was changed to Smiths (Harlow) Aerospace[1]
1984 SMITHS INDUSTRIES Aerospace & Defence Systems of Bishops Cleeve, Gloucestershire[2]
1987 Smiths Industries included a division called Aerospace and Defence Systems; one area of business was flight control systems[3]
2000 Formation of Smiths Group by merger of Smiths with TI Group
2001 Dowty Aerospace Gloucester was renamed Smiths Aerospace Gloucester, a subsidiary of Smiths Aerospace Ltd
2007 Smiths Aerospace was sold to GE Aviation, a division of General Electric, for US$4.8 billion.
