BAE Systems‘ San Francisco ship repair business has been awarded a potential $14,474,915 contract for dry docking and repair work on a U.S. Navy ammunition and dry cargo vessel, Marine Link reported Friday. The firm-fixed-price contract for the USNS Amelia Earheart overhaul has a $12,494,114 base value with options to be exercised and was awarded […] More

BAE Systems will feature technology the company has designed for the U.S. Army during the three-day Association of the United States Army Annual Meeting and Exposition in Washington starting Oct. 21. Adam Zarfoss, artillery program director, will present an artillery system the company is preparing to produce for the Army’s Armored Brigade Combat teams, BAE announced […] More

BAE Systems Inc. plans to call back more than 600 furloughed support services employees on Oct. 15 as budget negotiations between the Obama administration and the House of Representatives continue. The company recently laid off more than 1,100 employees after the government shutdown took its toll on BAE Systems' services business unit, according to Saturday […] More

BAE Systems has felt “significant“ effects from the government shutdown that went into effect Tuesday but is doing what it can to address the situation, President and CEO Linda Hudson said Thursday. Nearly 1,000 employees from its intelligence and security sector who work at customer sites have been told to go home. Consequences could spread to other […] More

BAE Systems will manufacture a ship for Oceaneering International to support offshore drilling activities in the Gulf of Mexico. Norwegian firm Marin Teknikk will help design the planned 353-foot-long DP2 vessel with IVi-emission compliant engines from General Electric, BAE said Friday. Work on the project will be performed at a shipyard in Alabama. “This contract reinforces our […] More

BAE Systems is supporting the 10th annual National Cyber Security Awareness Month this October by profiling the company’s cyber leaders and their opinions on cybersecurity topics. BAE’s first spotlight feature is on Nandish Mattikalli, technical director and engineering fellow of the company, BAE said Thursday.  “Cybersecurity is one of our country’s most important national security […] More

BAE Systems has won a five-year contract to maintain a fleet of A320 commercial aircraft for the Tigerair hangar at Melbourne International Airport in Australia. BAE will start base maintenance work for the domestic airline Tuesday and aims to create 20 new jobs for the contract, the company said Tuesday. Steve Drury, aerospace director for […] More

BAE Systems has won a $31.8 million contract to equip U.S. Navy machines guns with electro-optical sensors designed to defend ships against small and agile threats, Military Aerospace and Electronics reported Wednesday. John Keller writes the company will add a two-axis stabilization tool, day/night electro-optical sensors and a laser range finder to 29 MK 38 shipboard machine guns by […] More

BAE Systems will help integrate its synthetic instrument technology into RADX Technologies‘ software-defined SI products for wireless, radio frequency and microwave measurement tools. RADX will incorporate BAE's SI technology first into the LibertyGT line of commercial-off-the-shelf products that includes the Realtime SDSI portfolio, RADX said Monday. Wade Lowdermilk, RADX co-founder and CTO, said the company aims […] More

Sabre Systems Inc. has appointed Christopher Le as vice president of solutions and sales where he will be responsible for growing sales in the federal, commercial and international market sectors. He will lead market strategy and new business development in his new role, according to a company statement. Le most recently served as VP of […] More

BAE Systems has selected Rolls-Royce to be part of an industry team that will pursue an Air Force contract for a new trainer aircraft. The Hawk Advanced Jet Training System team also includes Northrop Grumman and L-3 Communications, BAE said Thursday. Robert Wood, BAE vice president of the Hawk AJTS program, said Rolls-Royce will work to […] More

BAE Systems will help four companies modify aircraft for conversion programs, through which the company intends to establish U.S. Type 1 Airtanker fleets in North America. Canadian firms Air Spray Aviation Services, Conair Group Inc. and Tronos Plc/Neptune Aviation Services as well as U.S.-based Minden Air have acquired the BAe 146/Avro RJ plane, BAE said Tuesday. […] More