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  • BAE Turns Over Patrol Vessel to UK MoD - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Turns Over Patrol Vessel to UK MoD

    The U.K. ministry of defense has formally accepted a BAE Systems-built River-class offshore patrol vessel designed to help protect the country’s territories and interests worldwide. HMS Forth will remain at the Scotstoun yard in Glasgow, Scotland for additional work before its commissioning at the Portsmouth Naval Base later this year, BAE said Thursday. The company also started […] More

  • BAE Starts Type 26 Warship Production for UK Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Starts Type 26 Warship Production for UK Navy

    BAE Systems has started construction of the first anti-submarine warfare ship of a new fleet designed to replace the U.K. navy’s Type 23 frigates. The company said Thursday British defense secretary Michael Fallon unveiled the name “Glasgow” for the first Type 26 Global Combat Ship during a ceremonial event at BAE shipyard in Scotland. BAE will build three Type […] More

  • SAS Opens New R&D Facility in Glasgow; Mikael Hagstrom Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAS Opens New R&D Facility in Glasgow; Mikael Hagstrom Comments

    SAS is working to help clients combat financial crime and fraud through a new facility in Glasglow that will focus on big data analytics, company executive Mikael Hagstrom said, according to a Tuesday report from CBR. Hagstrom — Europe, Middle East and Africa and Asia Pacific executive vice president — was talking about the company’s […] More