BAE Systems

BAE Systems is the latest world-class manufacturing company to move into the British city of Sunderland.Following a ground-breaking ceremony, work has now officially started for the companys multi-million plant at Radial 64, Business Park, Washington.The company was granted planning permission for its development last year and has worked closely with Sunderland City Councils Business and Investment Team on its 280,000-square-foot facility and...  

British, US governments flip hot potato back and forth A corruption lawsuit in the USA against UK-headquartered but nowadays primarily US-based arms globocorp BAE Systems may move to the Supreme Court, according to reports.… What is your recession sales strategy?  

The French military has awarded BAE Systems a contract to provide 53 BvS10 MkII vehicles. The contract is worth a potential $315 million if all the options are exercised. The BVS10 MkII vehicles are upgrades of the vehicles currently in ...  

BURLINGTON, VT -- (Marketwire) -- 12/21/09 -- Marathon Health today announced that BAE Systems has signed an agreement with Marathon Health to provide integrated, onsite health services for BAE Systems employees at BAE Systems' Kingsport, TN location. Marathon Health will implement its workforce population health management solution offering: -- Acute and Primary Care -- Lifestyle Management -- Risk Reduction Health Coaching...  

(Reuters) — Britain's BAE Systems on Monday urged the U.S. Army to rethink its strategy to buy medium-sized trucks after government auditors upheld BAE 's protest against a multibillion dollar contract award to Oshkosh Corp. The Army has 60 days to review the procurement process that initially ...  

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- The French government has ordered 129 armored vehicles from BAE Systems in a deal worth 220 million pounds ($351.1 million), the Times (of London) newspaper reported on Wednesday. It's the first time in decades that France has placed a big equipment order with a British company, according to the report.Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for...  

NASHUA, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BAE Systems has successfully installed the Advanced Threat Infrared Countermeasures (ATIRCM) system on U.S. Army CH-47D Chinook aircraft. The ATIRCM system is a laser-based, directable countermeasures system that protects helicopters against attack by missiles. The ATIRCM system and AAR-57 Common Missile Warning System greatly enhances overall aircraft survivability against current and evolving threats. Its...  

ForbesBAE Systems urges broader Army review of truck contractDallas Morning NewsBAE later successfully appealed to the Government Accountability Office to suspend the Oshkosh contract award pending a 60-day review. ...BAE Calls On Army To Widen Its Review Of Truck ContractWall Street JournalBAE Systems Calls For New Review Of FMTV Acquisition; Questions 'Unbelievable ...InsideDefense (subscription)all 122 news articles »  

Naval Undersea Warfare Ctr in Newport, RI (click to view larger) BAE Systems received a $21 million contract from the US Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) to develop, maintain, and test software... [summary]  

Just a followup on the BAE Systems situation, which I didn't get around to blogging about last week. I see that in addition to everything else he's got going on, Mayor White will be trying to save BAE's contract, along with Sen. Hutchison and Rep. Mike McCaul, whose electoral prospects ...  

LONDON -- (Marketwire) -- 12/10/09 -- BAE Systems : http://www.baesystems.com/AboutUs/CompanyStructure/index.htm is taking a new, holistic approach to the way it develops training for its Military Air Solutions' customers around the world. Spurring this new method of doing business is a concept that the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence and its defence contractors call "through-life capability management." Essentially, through-life...  

BAE Systems announced at the LIMA ’09 International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition in Langkawi today that it has clinched another sale of a BAe 146 regional jetliner into Indonesia. PT Aviastar Mandiri, a certified air charter operator, has ...  

Although the company has recently inked some smaller contracts for its Sealy plant, BAE Systems plc officials said Monday that without the U.S. Army’s $3 billion vehicle manufacturing contract, the Sealy facility would still be at risk.  

New Delhi, Nov 30 (IANS) Indian automobile major Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. and global defence security and aerospace company BAE Systems have signed an agreement to create a military vehicles-focused joint venture based in India at an investment of $21.25 million, it was announced Monday. The two companies will infuse the funds in three years, with [...]  

A group representing BAE Systems PLC, Air France-KLM Group, Daimler AG, and more than 160 other companies urged the European Union to change a proposed law that could make it more expensive to trade derivatives.