VT Group
of Southampton and Portsmouth
1985 Vosper Thornycroft became a private company again after a management buyout.
Even during lean times for warship building, the company flourised mainly through successful sales efforts in exports and diversification outside of the core shipbuilding business into training and support.
2001 The overall business became known as VT Group plc
2009 Sold its 45 percent share of the shipbuilding JV company BVT Surface Fleet to BAE Systems
2010 The remainder of the firm was acquired by Babcock International and is now a privately-owned US defence contractor.