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  • UK Navy Tests BAE Systems-Built C2 Platform on Astute-Class Submarine Torpedo - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    UK Navy Tests BAE Systems-Built C2 Platform on Astute-Class Submarine Torpedo

    The U.K. navy used a BAE Systems PLC-built command-and-control platform to test-fire a torpedo onboard Artful, an Astute-class nuclear-powered submarine. BAE’s submarines business designed and integrated the Common Combat System in partnership with Dell, VMware and Aish Technologies, BAE said Monday. The submarine crew members used the system to process data from the vessel’s sensors, analyze sonar […] More

  • BAE Shipyard to Get $500M UK Gov't Investment; Tony Johns Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Shipyard to Get $500M UK Gov’t Investment; Tony Johns Comments

    BAE Systems plc has partnered with the U.K. government for an eight-year, $500 million project to upgrade a shipyard in northwest England that is home to construction of nuclear submarines, Bloomberg reported Thursday. Thomas Penny writes the project involves extending the Devonshire Dock Hall facility, construction two new buildings and refurbishing other buildings such as a […] More