BAE Systems creates new helmet technology to use in Afghanistan
Posted on 5 Apr 2012 by
BAE Systems has delivered an Urgent Operational Requirement to the UK’s Royal Air Force (RAF) to help Tornado pilots identify friendly forces.
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£446m Typhoon contract protects 600 BAE Systems jobs
Posted on 30 Mar 2012 by
BAE Systems has received a £446m five-year contract to support the current fleet of Typhoon jets.
BAE Systems reopens consultation on Brough job cuts
Posted on 29 Mar 2012 by Tim Brown
BAE Systems has agreed to reopen talks, originally finalised last month, concerning the proposed loss of 845 jobs at its Brough site.
Submarine upgrade protects 2,000 UK jobs
Posted on 26 Mar 2012 by
A £350m contract to upgrade nuclear submarine HMS Vengeance could safeguard up to 2,000 UK jobs, the defence secretary is due to announce this morning.
BAE Systems opens extended F-35 manufacturing facility
Posted on 23 Mar 2012 by
The latest phase of the new F-35 fifth generation stealthy fighter jet manufacturing facility opened today in Samlesbury, Lancashire.
BAE System’s fifth Type 45 vessel off to sea trials
Posted on 12 Mar 2012 by
Defender, the fifth Type 45 destroyer built by BAE Systems, has set sail from the company’s Scotstoun shipyard to embark on her second and final stage of sea trials off the west coast of Scotland, before the handover to the Royal Navy later this year.
A growth test for new government initiatives: BAE’s Dick Olver at the EEF Conference
Posted on 8 Mar 2012 by
Chairman of BAE Systems Dick Olver asked the government to apply a 'growth test' to new policies designed to help industry, and said the UK must focus on "the right skills in the right places at the right time", at the EEF National Manufacturing Conference on March 6th.
MBDA trainees team up in challenge to find the UK’s best apprentices
Posted on 5 Mar 2012 by
A team of trainees from defence and missile manufacturer MBDA are set to battle it out this month for the title of ‘Best National Apprentice Team.’
Eight apprentices based at the company’s Lostock factory will go head-to-head against seven other teams across the country in the Brathay Appre…
Hundreds of job to be axed as BAE Systems’ site closes
Posted on 1 Mar 2012 by
BAE Systems confirmed it will stop manufacturing at its Brough, East Yorkshire plant next year, as part of its plans to cut costs to remain competitive.
Production at the aircraft factory, which employs 1,300 people, will end after almost a century, resulting in 845 redundancies. The site, howe…
Testing confirms General Dynamics’ armour system meets MoD conditions
Posted on 28 Feb 2012 by
General Dynamics’ new modular armour system for the British Army’s Specialist Vehicle family meets demanding STANAG – NATO Stardardisation Agreement – levels for mine protection, the company announced.
Following a series of blast trials conducted at Otterburn ranges in Nor…