last commercial jetliner) 1982: First flight of Airbus A310 (wings designed and built in the UK) 1986: First flight of British Aerospace EAP 1986: First flight of British Aerospace Hawk 200 1986: First flight of British Aerospace ATP 1987: First flight of EH101 1987: First flight of Airbus A320 (wings designed and built in the UK) 1988: First flight of BAE Sea Harrier FA2 1990 to 1999 1991: First flight of Airbus A340 (wings designed and built in the UK) 1992: First flight of Airbus A330 (wings designed and built in the UK) 1993: Beginning of development of BAE Replica 1994: First flight of Eurofighter Typhoon 1996: First flight of Bombardier Global 5000 (forward fuselage, nacelles and HTP manufactured in Belfast) 1996: British Aerospace teams with Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman to develop Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) (now the F-35 Lightning II) 1999: British Aerospace merges with Marconi Electronic Systems to form BAE Systems 1999: First flight of Bombardier CRJ700 (centre fuselage and nacelles manufactured in Belfast) 2000 to 2009 2001: First flight of Bombardier Challenger 300 (centre fuselage manufactured in Belfast) 2002: Beginning of UAV development at BAE Systems 2004: First flight of BAE HERTI 2004: First flight of Nimrod MRA4 2005: First flight of Airbus A380 (wings designed and built in the UK) 2006: Introduction of Bombardier Challenger 605 (centre fuselage manufactured in Belfast) 2007: First flight of US101 2008: First flight of Bombardier CRJ1000 (centre fuselage and nacelles manufactured in Belfast) 2008: Delivery of first Bombardier Q400NextGen (fuselage manufactured in Belfast) 2009: First flight of AgustaWestland AW159 2009: First flight of BAE Systems Mantis 2009: First flight of Airbus A400M (wings designed and built in the UK) 2010 to 2019 2012: First flight of Hybrid Air Vehicles HAV 304/Airlander 10 2013: First flight of BAE Taranis 2018: First flight of Airbus Zephyr S 2020 to present 2020: First flight of BAE Systems PHASA-35 2021: First flight of Rolls-Royce ACCEL Current major projects Crewed civil aircraft Airbus A380, A350 XWB, A340, A330 and the Airbus A320 family have their wings and fuel systems built in the UK. The A380 is the world's largest civil passenger plane in production. Rolls-Royce offers its Trent 900 for the A380 and has so far secured 61% of the market based on operator decisions. Iain Gray, former Airbus UK Managing Director, has claimed that an Airbus A380, fitted with Rolls-Royce engines, has a