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General Dynamics UK is the British subsidiary of the American defence and security corporation General Dynamics. Founded in London in 1962, the company has grown to include eight sites across the United Kingdom, including in Bristol, Chippenham, Hastings, Merthyr Tydfil, Oakdale and Rotherham. Specialising in armoured fighting vehicles, avionic ...
Eighty per cent of the vehicle manufacture will be completed in the UK, with 70% of the supply chain companies UK-based. [citation needed] The Ajax family project supports 400 jobs at General Dynamics UK's two facilities at Merthyr Tydfil and Oakdale in South Wales, and an estimated further 4,000 jobs in the British supply chain. [22]
Merthyr Tydfil[a] (Welsh: Merthyr Tudful) [b] is the main town in Merthyr Tydfil County Borough, Wales, administered by Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council. It is about 23 miles (37 km) north of Cardiff. Often called just Merthyr, it is said to be named after Tydfil, daughter of King Brychan of Brycheiniog, who according to legend was slain ...
Pictured is the new AJAX prototype shown near its future assembly site in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales.AJAX provides a step-change in the Armoured Fighting Vehicle capability being delivered to the British Army.The programme includes six variants: AJAX, ARES, APOLLO, ATHENA, ATLAS and ARGUS.
UK. Wales. Merthyr Tydfil. 51°43′32″N 3°21′24″W / . 51.725556°N 3.356667°W. / 51.725556; -3.356667. Pentrebach ( Welsh pronunciation: [ˌpɛntrɛˈbɑːχ], sometimes written Pentre-Bach, literally: small village) is a village in Merthyr Tydfil County Borough, Wales and is formed from the original settlements of Lower ...
W06000024. Website. merthyr .gov .uk. Merthyr Tydfil County Borough ( Welsh: Bwrdeistref Sirol Merthyr Tudful) is a county borough (since 1908) in the south-east of Wales. In 2022, it had an estimated population of 58,883, [ 2] making it the smallest local authority in Wales by population.
Merthyr Tydfil was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Merthyr Tydfil in Glamorgan. From 1832 to 1868 it returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and in 1868 this was increased to two members. The two-member constituency was abolished for the 1918 general election.
Coordinates: 51.73°N 03.36°W. View across the Ffos-y-fran Land Reclamation Scheme. The Ffos-y-fran Land Reclamation Scheme was a major opencast coaling operation to the north-east of Merthyr Tydfil in South Wales. It was the last major opencast mine in the UK, and it shut down in November 2023 with restoration planned to start in 2024.