BAE Systems has completed the second phase of integration testing on its Striker II Helmet Mounted Display fighter pilot helmet held at the company’s site in the United Kingdom. The company said Monday that the Striker II HMD had passed the trial, which was conducted to test the integration of the helmet’s HMD system to the Eurofighter Typhoon combat jet with analogue-based and digital electronics systems. Peter […] More

BAE Systems and CyberSecurity Malaysia have signed a memorandum of agreement to support the growth of the cybersecurity industry in the Southeast Asian country, Enterprise IT News reported Wednesday. Cat Yong writes BAE will provide a specialist staff and laboratories to CyberSecurity Malaysia to facilitate Common Criteria product certification to support the development of cyber products in […] More

BAE Systems has been chosen by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop an undersea navigation technology for the U.S. Navy under the Positioning System for Deep Ocean Navigation program. The goal of the program is to enable undersea vehicles to navigate underwater without having to periodically go above surface to access the space-based global positioning system, BAE said Monday. […] More

BAE Systems has completed the 1,000th vertical landing of a Lockheed Martin-built F-35B as part of an ongoing flight test program. BAE said Friday Peter Wilson – lead test pilot for the short takeoff and vertical landing variant of the F-35 — performed the landing at Naval Air Station Patuxent River six years after BAE pilot Graham Tomlinson conducted the first vertical landing. “Every day, […] More

BAE Systems has secured a potential $31.8 million contract from the U.S. Navy to maintain the Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser USS Gettysburg. The company won an base $29.4 million contract with options that will cover repair, maintenance and modernization work from June through December, BAE said Thursday. Dave Thomas, BAE’s Norfolk shipyard vice president and general […] More

A business unit of BAE Systems has been awarded a $40 million contract to supply new flares for the U.S. Navy‘s Air Expendable Countermeasures program. Part of the MJU-68/B flares production will go to the government of Israel under the foreign military sales program, the Defense Department said Monday. BAE Systems’ information and electronic systems integration […] More

BAE Systems plans to upgrade parts of Australia’s Jindalee operational radar network (JORN) after the government approved the technology’s phase 6 upgrade in December 2015. BAE Systems will submit its tender as a prime contractor for Project Air 2025 which will begin the upgrade in 2018, the company said Friday. “We are currently working closely […] More

BAE Systems has received an $11 million contract from the Office of Naval Research to develop a new electronic warfare technology intended to help detect and determine radio frequency sources. The Full-Spectrum Staring Receiver will work to monitor the battlefield, track emitters, issue threat warning and cue countermeasure methods, BAE Systems said Monday. Steve Hedges, […] More

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. subsidiary AMI Metals has received $100 million in aluminum plate orders from BAE Systems for use in the F-35 joint strike fighter, Hawk and Typhoon programs. AMI Metals will supply cut-to-size and cut-to-shape products to BAE Systems under the five-year contract, Reliance Steel & Aluminum said Tuesday. “After completing a […] More

BAE Systems has awarded a PAR Technology subsidiary a 31-month, $12.9 million contract to aid in the operation and maintenance of various U.S. Navy communications facilities. PAR said Thursday Rome Research Corp. will support the command, control, telecommunications, computers and intelligence operations across the Pacific theater and Indian Ocean for the Defense Department, National Security Agency, Missile Defense […] More

BAE Systems has selected Spartan Motors to perform integration and assembly services for the International Light Armored Vehicles that BAE will build for Iraq through a foreign military sales agreement. Spartan’s defense and government operating group will work to integrate the automotive system, complete the assembly and provide inspection services for 29 ILAVs, Spartan said Tuesday. […] More

BAE Systems Plc has forged a partnership with Reaction Engines to inject $31.85 million into the latter company’s development work for a new class of aerospace engine. BAE said Monday it will purchase 20 percent of Reaction Engines’ share capital and Reaction Engines will have access to BAE’s industrial, technical and capital resources in order to demonstrate […] More