BAE Systems has awarded Pennine Telecom a contract of an undisclosed value to install a Motorola-built trunked radio system at the British defense contractor’s submarine production facility in Barrow-in-Furness, England. Pennine said Wednesday the Mototrbo Capacity Max system will work to facilitate digital two-way communications across BAE’s submarine manufacturing site. Pennine will also maintain the radio system for …

Global Technical Systems has secured a $7.6 million contract from the U.S. Navy for the procurement of as many as 12,275 hardware components to be used for the Technique Control Modulator Hydra. The Defense Department said Wednesday the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division will obligate $55,498 from the U.S. Air Force‘s fiscal 2015 …

Computer Sciences Corp. will provide a range of information technology services for BAE Systems‘ U.K. and Saudi Arabia operations under a $600 million agreement between the two companies. CSC said Tuesday the IT outsourcing deal will run through November 2021 and covers contact center, end user compute, mainframe, physical/virtual servers, storage, networking, project services and application …

Fujitsu and BAE Systems have partnered to build a system designed to facilitate use and sharing of cyber threat intelligence data and help organizations respond to cyber attacks. BAE will integrate its meta-modeling technological platform with Fujitsu’s automation tool in order for the CTI utilization system to generate cyber analysis results in …

BAE Systems and Emirates Defense Technology have formed a partnership with the intent to offer BAE-built M777 howitzers in the United Arab Emirates’ defense market and develop their self-propelled artillery concept further. The companies aim to develop a self-propelled artillery system that would integrate the British contractor’s 155mm towed howitzer technology with EDT’s Enigma 8×8 armored fighting …

A BAE Systems business unit has received a $9.5 million U.S. Navy contract to provide services and supplies for the service branch’s Software Communications Architecture Common Data Link family of products. The Defense Department said Friday the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract requires assessment, repair, rework, maintenance, replacement, spares and replenishment of units and components as needed. DoD added …

BAE Systems‘ contract with the U.S. Navy to manufacture and deliver propulsors and tailcones for Virginia-class submarines SSN 794 through SSN 803 has reached a potential value of $163 million with the award of a $72 million modification. The Defense Department said Friday BAE will deliver long-lead-time materials and all related hardware for …

BAE Systems has received a $55.1 million contract with the Defense Department to build a suite of mine neutralizers with explosive warheads for the U.S. Navy to launch from helicopters. The company will manufacture the Archerfish remotely-controlled underwater vehicles and fiber-optic spools for the Navy as the service branch seeks to also …

BAE Systems has released a study that profiles six types of cyber criminals in an effort to help businesses understand the motivations of network threat actors and develop defense strategies against them. BAE released the Unusual Suspects research, which is based on an analysis of cyber attacks launched against companies …

A team of cyber professionals at BAE Systems has detected new malicious software that has targeted 54,000 computers belonging to public organizations such as police departments, hospitals and universities. BAE said Tuesday the Qbot malware works to infect host computers, automate the software updates and hide itself from antivirus software tools. …

Dave Gormley, a cybersecurity product specialist at BAE Systems, has recommended a six-level framework from research company Forrester he believes can help organizations to avoid advanced targeted attacks. He outlined three of six steps that comprise Forrester’s Targeted Attack Hierarchy of Needs in a blog entry posted Monday. Gormley said the first strategy in …

Balfour Beatty has landed an estimated $117 million subcontract from BAE Systems for construction services at a U.K. air force base that will house Lockheed Martin-built fighter jets beginning 2018. Balfour Beatty will construct an integrated training center, logistics operations center and a maintenance and finishing facility at the Marham air …

BAE Systems has awarded a subcontract to Cumming, Georgia-based small business Pyrgos Communications for technical and installation personnel support of command, control, communications, computers and intelligence functions to the Naval Air Warfare Center’s aircraft division. Pyrgos said Thursday it will help BAE in work to develop, design, implement and test C4I systems for the division. Pyrgos’ personnel will provide …

Lockheed Martin has awarded a $166.3 million subcontract to BAE Systems to construct three engineering and training facilities at a U.K. air force base in the country as Britain prepares to take in its first F-35 fighter jets aircraft in 2018. BAE said Thursday the contract covers maintenance and finishing work, logistics operations and integrated …

Japan’s defense ministry has awarded the U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems plc for the production of Assault Amphibious Vehicles to support ongoing development of amphibious operations in the country’s ground self-defense force. BAE Systems Inc. will deliver 30 AAV7A1 Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability/Rebuild to Standard vehicles along with supply tools, test equipment and …