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Warton

/ ˈwɔːtən /

noun

  1. WartonJoseph17221800MBritishWRITING: poetWRITING: critic Joseph. 1722–1800, British poet and critic, noted for his poem The Enthusiast (1744) and his Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope (1756)
  2. WartonThomas17281790MBritishWRITING: poetWRITING: poet laureate his brother Thomas . 1728–90, poet laureate (1785–90); author of the poem The Pleasures of Melancholy (1747) and the first History of English Poetry (1774–81)
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Now a principal technologist at BAE Systems in Warton, Lancashire, he joined the business as an apprentice electronics engineer in 1990.

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Now a principal technologist at BAE Systems in Warton, Lancashire, he joined the business as an apprentice electronics engineer in 1990.

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The majority of the roles will be based in Samlesbury and Warton in Lancashire and Barrow in Cumbria.

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At the Farnborough Air Show, BAE Systems said that by 2027 it will be flying a demonstrator jet from its Warton plant in Lancashire that will test some of these technologies.

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"You can do these things a lot quicker in a digital environment, collaboration is much easier. We're not carrying briefcases between Tokyo and Warton," Mr Stocker jokes.

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