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

The U.K. navy used a BAE Systems PLC-built command-and-control platform to test-fire a torpedo onboard Artful, an Astute-class nuclear-powered submarine. BAE’s submarines business designed and integrated the Common Combat System in partnership with Dell, VMware and Aish Technologies, BAE said Monday. The submarine crew members used the system to process data from the vessel’s sensors, analyze sonar […] 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

BAE Systems has partnered with Japan’s Daicel Corp. to offer cockpit airbags for U.S. Army helicopters in a push to establish military and industrial ties with Tokyo, Reuters reported Monday. Tim Kelly and Nobuhiro Kubo write that the partnership with the British defense contractor also works to build on Japan’s military exports following the repeal of a […] 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 predicts that corporate executives will prioritize the development of strategies in 2016 that will work to protect their companies’ computer networks from potential cyber attacks. The company said Thursday the adoption of chip-enabled or EMV cards in the U.S. will help reduce incidents of in-person card fraud over the next year but will encourage […] 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

The U.S. Army has placed an order for an initial supply of BAE Systems-built laser-guided rockets for deployment onboard its AH-64 Apache helicopters. The company said Tuesday the service branch will use the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System rockets to support its military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. The APKWS is a mid-body guidance system […] More

Joseph Chioda serves as vice president of business development for the intelligence and security sector at BAE Systems Inc., the British defense and aerospace company’s U.S. subsidiary. He has nearly three decades of corporate development, project management, strategy and planning, business capture and software development experience in the defense sector. In his current role, Chioda is responsible […] More