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BAE Systems to Deliver Head Mounted Displays to US Army
BAE Systems has received a $21.7 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity order for Head Mounted Displays from the U.S. Army Program Executive Office Soldier. The Head Mounted Display, also known by its company product name Remote Eyepiece Display Imager, or RED-I, is compatible with military night sensors such as thermal weapon sights, and can support a [...]
BAE to Provide On-board Comms for Two DDG Ships
BAE Systems has received a $37 million contract to design, install and test onboard radio communications and network capability for the U.S. Navy’s new DDG 113 and DDG 114 destroyers. The company will provide a range of services including systems engineering, production integration, logistics, crew training and configuration management. The installed technology will include multi-spectrum [...]
BAE Systems Secures Anti-Ship Missile Defence Upgrade Contract
BAE Systems has been awarded an AUD $270M contract to upgrade the seven remaining Royal Australian Navy ANZAC class frigates, with the Anti-Ship Missile Defence (ASMD) capability already implemented on the first of class, HMAS Perth. The new contract follows the successful upgrade of HMAS Perth earlier this year which was completed on time and [...]
Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System Aces Helicopter Testing
The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps recently successfully fired the first shots of the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System II (APKWS) from a UH-1Y helicopter, in preparation for fielding in 2012. The successful shots, which took place at Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division in China Lake, California, Sept. 9-13, mark the start of APKWS [...]
Fifth Type 45 Destroyer Sails on Maiden Voyage
Defender, the fifth Type 45 destroyer built by BAE Systems, has today set sail from the company’s Scotstoun shipyard to embark on her first stage sea trials off the west coast of Scotland. Exactly two years since her launch on 21 October 2009, Defender will spend approximately three weeks at sea, during which she will [...]
Lockheed Selects BAE Systems to Supply F-35 Helmet Display Solution
BAE Systems has been selected by Lockheed Martin, prime contractor for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), to supply a Night Vision Goggle Helmet Mounted Display (NVG HMD) system for the F-35 during the next phase of its development. The NVG HMD will incorporate the latest Q-SIGHT waveguide display and feature detachable Night Vision Goggles for [...]
BAE Systems Receives Order for Bradley Upgrade Materials
BAE Systems will purchase material items in preparation for the conversion of 245 Bradley Operation Desert Storm Situational Awareness (ODS-SA) vehicles through a $270 million contract from U.S. Army Contracting Command – Warren. The company will use the acquired items to upgrade the vehicles to have improved situational awareness ability, which highlights BAE Systems’ robust [...]
BAE Systems Upgrading Howitzers for Chile
BAE Systems has received a $15.8 million contract to refurbish and upgrade 12 M109A5 howitzers for the Chilean Government through a foreign military sales contract. “The howitzers will provide the Chilean Army artillery units with a significant capability increase to deliver precise and effective artillery support to the Chilean Army,” said Joe McCarthy, vice president [...]
Ambush Astute Class Submarine Completes her First Dive
Ambush, the second hunter-killer submarine in the Astute Class, has successfully completed her first dive; an important milestone in readiness for the boat’s departure on sea trials early next year. The dive, known to engineers as ‘the Trim and Inclining Experiment’, proves the boat’s safety and stability in the water and measures the submarine’s performance [...]
