Al Whitmore, president of the intelligence and security sector for BAE Systems’ U.S. subsidiary, has been selected to the 2022 Wash100 list that recognizes the most significant contributors in the government contracting arena and marks his fifth consecutive induction. Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson noted Whitmore’s selection to the Wash100 last year as a recognition of […] More

BAE Systems has signed a contract to extend the company’s combat systems integration services for the U.K. Royal Navy’s in-service and future platforms for an additional 10.5 years. BAE said Monday its engineering team will work to integrate the Royal Naval ships such as Type 45 destroyers, Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers and Type 26 global combat ships. The contract extension follows the […] More

BAE Systems has selected Spartan Motors to perform integration and assembly services for the International Light Armored Vehicles that BAE will build for Iraq through a foreign military sales agreement. Spartan’s defense and government operating group will work to integrate the automotive system, complete the assembly and provide inspection services for 29 ILAVs, Spartan said Tuesday. […] More

The Space Systems Command has selected BAE Systems for a prototyping effort intended to enhance the U.S. Space Force’s capacity to facilitate the rapid integration of next-generation assets as they come online. As part of the first phase of the Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution Command and Control project, BAE said Wednesday it will develop a prototype ground system. 

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BAE Systems has tested a counter-unmanned aircraft system prototype, developed in partnership with Moog, on an armored multi-purpose vehicle during a live fire demonstration at the Big Sandy range in Kingman, Arizona. The C-UAS prototype demonstrated its capability to detect, track and defeat stationary and moving targets in the air and on the ground in […] More

The Air Force Research Laboratory has started soliciting information on potential industry sources that could provide research, engineering and technical management support for conducting analysis, development, integration, experimentation, evaluation and demonstration of space technologies. Responses are due Feb. 5.

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BAE Systems has secured a six-year, $48.8 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to enhance a company-built system used to support real-world operations via analytics, open systems frameworks and enhanced capabilities. The research and development effort for the BAE Systems Insight System aligns with the Insight Integration initiative, the Department of Defense said Monday.

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Mack Defense has selected BAE Systems to provide an alternative propulsion system for use on prototypes for the U.S. Army’s Common Tactical Truck program. “The U.S. Army requested industry to provide solutions to maximize operational efficiency of the Common Tactical Truck in areas such as fuel demand reduction in order to help inform the final requirements for the program,” David Hartzell, president of Mack Defense, said in a statement published Tuesday.

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BAE Systems has introduced an integrated virtual environment designed to simulate real-world combined joint all domain command and control scenarios using its high-fidelity platform. The advanced digital analysis and prototyping testbed, or ADAPT, is intended to provide decision makers with comprehensive analysis of multiple warfighting domains.

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BAE Systems is currently manufacturing three of the U.S. Marine Corps’ amphibious combat vehicle variants at its York, Pennsylvania-located production facility, and one of which is expected to achieve initial operational capability in the second quarter of fiscal year 2024, DefenseNews reported Friday. The ACV command and control vehicle joined the production line in March […] More

The U.S. Navy has selected Serco‘s North American business arm to compete for task orders under a five-year, $536.7 million contract to help the service branch engineer, integrate, test and install command, control, communications, computers and intelligence systems aboard new ships. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract covers the entire shipboard C4I design and integration life cycle, including […] More

The Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded BAE Systems a $12 million contract to integrate and test an open architecture targeting system designed to help military users identify and engage maritime surface vessels from air-launched platforms. Work on the multimode seeker technology will continue under phase two of the Maritime Weapon Innovation Program Joint Capability […] More