aerospace giant BAE Systems

The UK Ministry of Defence has appointed an alliance team led by BAE Systems to deliver its Type 45 Power Improvement Project (PIP). BAE Systems joined with shipbuilding and conversion specialist Cammell Laird and naval design and technical support expert BMT to win the contract, the company ...

Protestors have blockaded the entrance to one of Bristol's biggest firms in protest at its links with Turkey following the death of a Bristol woman fighting for the Kurds in Syria. One worker at BAE Systems remonstrated with the protestors, after they stormed onto the grounds of the company's offices in Filton ...

The US Army has awarded BAE Systems a USD97 million contract for a combined order of Enhanced Night Vision Goggle (ENVG) IIIs and Family of Weapon Sight-Individuals (FWS-1s). The orders are part of a five-year USD434 million indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) army contract for the ENVG ...

In addition to the design, BAE Systems is working on the ship's combat management system to support requirements of potential international customers. The CMS will add enhanced features through its open, secure, and flexible architecture, ensuring it can be upgraded as new technology is developed to ...

The former head of Crossrail will join BAE Systems later this year in a newly created role. Andrew Wolstenholme OBE will be group managing director, maritime and land UK from May 24. Mr Wolstenholme joins from Crossrail Ltd, where he led Europe's largest infrastructure project for the last seven years.

Arms manufacturer BAE Systems has recruited Andrew Wolstenholme for a newly-created role on its executive committee as group managing director, maritime and land UK. Andrew Wolstenholme has been chief executive of Crossrail for seven years but the £15bn project is approaching completion.

BAE Systems PLC (LON:BA) has lost out to Rheinmetall on a A$3.15bn order for armoured reconnaissance vehicles. The Australian defence ministry said it would enter exclusive final negotiations with Rheinmetall for the provision of 211 Boxer multi-role armoured vehicles. The vehicles will be built by ...

MARCH 13, 2018 — Joe Hudspeth is leaving his position as Vice President of Business Development at Bellingham, WA, shipbuilder All American Marine, Inc. effective March 16, 2018 and will soon be joining the Power and Propulsion Solutions division of BAE Systems as Director of Business Development, Global Marine.

BAE Systems plc (LSE:BA.) outperformed the aerospace and defense industry on the basis of its ROE – producing a higher 18.48% relative to the peer average of 11.34% over the past 12 months. However, whether this above-industry ROE is actually impressive depends on if it can be maintained.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 13, 2018 — BAE Systems has unveiled the design of its proposed Type 31e frigate for the U.K. government at the Doha International Maritime Defense Exhibition and Conference, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The company said Friday it worked with shipbuilder Cammell ...

BAE Systems poaches Crossrail chief to head maritime arm. Britain's biggest defence contractor will announce the appointment of Andrew Wolstenholme this week, Sky News learns. 15:11, UK, Tuesday 13 March 2018. illustration issued by BAE Systems of an exterior shot of the latest design for the Type. Image: BAE's ...

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — BAE Systems shipyard in Mobile is laying off more than 150 employees by the end of June. WKRG-TV reports employees were told of the layoffs Wednesday. According to Karl Johnson, BAE's director of communications, ship repair operations will end effective immediately. And, he ...

BAE Systems has agreed a provisional sale of 48 Typhoon jets to Saudi Arabia – a deal which would secure thousands of jobs at the defence giant and its suppliers well into the next decade. Company chiefs, Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson and officials from the Gulf state have revealed a ...

The government minister responsible for the “northern powerhouse” has described campaigners who forced the arms firm BAE Systems to withdraw as a sponsor of a flagship arts festival in north-east England as “subsidy-addicted artists” and “snowflakes”. The Great Exhibition of the North, which will run ...