BAE Systems and the British Bankers’ Association have partnered to create an early warning system intended to alert financial services companies about potential cyber threats in an effort to protect customer data. The Financial Crime Alerts Service portal is built to disseminate intelligence from a dozen U.K. government and law enforcement organizations to banking personnel […] More

BAE Systems and Helsinki-based Patria have agreed to lodge a joint bid for the Land 400 Phase 2 Defence program, Australia’s future combat vehicle project. The anticipated Land 400 platform looks to upgrade the allied nation’s fleet of land armored vehicles to augment its national defense strategy, BAE said Monday. Under their teaming agreement, BAE […] More

Progressive Insurance has adopted BAE Systems‘ anti-fraud technology in an effort to identify potentially fraudulent activities in personal auto insurance claims. The insurance company will incorporate the BAE Systems Applied Intelligence-built NetReveal insurance counter-fraud tool for internal systems and operations, BAE Systems said Monday. “Our NetReveal solution will help Progressive with evaluating the risk of claims throughout the lifecycle, reducing fraud […] More

A team of BAE Systems engineers is experimenting with an aircraft system designed to employ thousands of microsensors to detect external temperatures as well as damage to airplane structure. The company’s Advanced Technology Centre developed the “smart skin” technology with the goal of making aircraft screen itself for physical strain or identify structural issues before […] More

Paul Pratley, global investigations manager in the Verizon RISK team, has outlined the key threat patterns the finance and insurance industry is facing as they work to protect client and enterprise data. Pratley wrote in a blog article Wednesday that Web app-based, denial of service and skimming attacks accounted for 75 percent of security cases […] More

BAE Systems’ applied intelligence division has updated its anti-money laundering suite in an effort to help customers comply with evolving regulations. The NetReveal anti-money laundering suite of products features modules to detect, prevent, probe and disclose money-laundering incidents, BAE Systems said Tuesday. Chris Green, managing director of financial crime at BAE Systems Applied Intelligence, said […] More

A BAE Systems subsidiary has signed an agreement to help the U.K.’s skills funding agency to implement a multi-sourcing framework for the agency’s information and communications technology infrastructure. BAE Systems Applied Intelligence will serve as a service management and integration provider and be responsible for overseeing the delivery of ICT offerings to the U.K. skills […] More

BAE Systems has kicked off a series of simulation-based tests on F-35 and Typhoon aircraft that the U.K.’s military will start to operate in 2018. An E3D Sentry crew worked to send datalink-transmitted tasks for the F-35 aircraft to engage ground targets and for the Typhoons to destroy air threats as part of the exercise, said Monday. Tony Hall, […] More

Scientists and engineers at BAE Systems have revealed a series of aircraft technologies the company aims to have deployed by 2040. The team is working on technologies ranging from 3D printers and self-healing vehicle parts, to long-range multi-stage aircraft and directed energy weapons that could search and destroy missiles at the speed of light. said that the company’s experts […] More

IT contracting company Intelligent Decisions has bought intellectual property rights and assets to a Quantam 3D virtual training software, the Washington Post reported Thursday. Mohana Ravindranath writes that San Jose-based software company, Quantam 3D sold rights to its Expedition DI software line to Intelligent Decisions for an undisclosed amount. The product line includes technologies like […] More

Gerard “Jerry” DeMuro, president and CEO of BAE Systems‘ U.S . subsidiary, has implemented strategic initiatives since taking the helm in February with the aim of helping the business maintain a steady cash flow and shareholder value, Forbes reported Tuesday. DeMuro joined BAE Systems Inc. from General Dynamics as defense spending cuts were starting to hit the […] More

BAE Systems engineers are testing a scaled version of the company’s Typhoon fighter jet in a high-speed wind tunnel setting. The engineers are using a 1/12th scale model of the Typhoon Tranche 3 aircraft for the aerodynamic characteristics testing at BAE’s Warton, Lancashire-based facility, the company said Tuesday. BAE also mounted conformal fuel tanks on […] More