Bristol Aerojet
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Bristol Aerojet was a joint venture between the Bristol Aeroplane Company
Bristol Aeroplane Company
The Bristol Aeroplane Company, originally the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, was both one of the first and one of the most important British aviation companies, designing and manufacturing both airframes and aero engines...

 of the United Kingdom and Aerojet General of the US began in 1959.

Bristol converted one of its wartime shadow factories into a rocket manufacturing plant in 1956.

In Canada Bristol purchased Macdonald Brothers in 1954 renaming it to Bristol Aerojet in 1962. In 1967 it became "Bristol Aerospace
Bristol Aerospace
Bristol Aerospace is a Canadian aerospace firm located in Winnipeg, Manitoba and is an operating division of Magellan Aerospace.-History:Bristol Aerospace began in 1930 as the MacDonald Brothers Aircraft Company. Brothers Jim and Grant MacDonald moved to Winnipeg from Nova Scotia in 1904 to start a...

 Limited" a part of Rolls-Royce Industries, the Canadian arm of Rolls-Royce which had taken over all of Bristol-Siddeleys engine business.
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