BAE Systems’ business unit Land & Armaments has secured a firm-fixed-price contract modification valued about $188.5 million from the U.S. Navy for the production of 30 medium caliber cannons mission variants of the Marine Corps’ amphibious combat vehicles, or ACVs. The contract’s deliverables also include equipment fielding and support to the Marines, according to a […] More

BAE Systems has received a contract worth over $70 million in total from the U.S. Navy for the upgrade of the Mk 45 5-inch naval gun systems and ancillary equipment. The company said Monday the initial contract, valued at $47 million, was awarded in July 2024 while the modification to the contract, received on Sept. […] More

BAE Systems has completed delivery of NASA‘s Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer, or SPHEREx, observatory to Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. SPHEREx will be launched into space alongside the space agency’s Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere, or PUNCH, mission in February aboard a SpaceX […] More

BAE Systems has secured a $68 million contract from the U.S. Army to produce additional 44 Cold Weather All-Terrain Vehicles or CATVs, the company said. The Army awarded the defense and security company’s land and armaments unit a seven-year, $278.2 million contract in August 2022 to produce a modernized ground vehicle designed to operate in […] More

BAE Systems has secured a $12 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to produce a new pressure sensor module that can operate under extreme temperatures. The company said Monday that work on the contract will be conducted by its FAST Labs research and development organization in support of DARPA’s High Operational Temperature […] More

BAE Systems’ FAST Labs research and development organization has received a $6 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency as part of the Pipelined Reasoning of Verifiers Enabling Robust Systems, or PROVERS, program. DARPA Contract Scope The company said Wednesday it will develop a Department of Defense-relevant system that showcases the integration of formal […] More

BAE Systems has concluded environmental testing on NASA’s Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer Observatory, or SPHEREx, which brings the project closer to its scheduled February 2025 launch. SPHEREx Mission Objectives The company said Monday the SPHEREx mission is intended to provide new insights into the formation of the […] More

BAE Systems has secured a potential $238.8 million contract to modernize, repair and maintain USS Green Bay, a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock of the U.S. Navy’s 7th Fleet.  The company’s San Diego Ship Repair unit in California will perform work on the vessel designated as LPD 20, the Department of Defense said Monday. With […] More

BAE Systems has secured a follow-on contract from the U.S. Army to enhance the electronic warfare capabilities of its combat vehicle protection systems to bolster vehicle survivability against guided missiles and nearby threats. The company said Tuesday the contract calls for developing its Multi-Class Soft Kill System countermeasures such as advancing its Stormcrow and Terra Raven […] More

The U.S. Navy has awarded BAE Systems’ information and electronic systems business an $84.9 million modification to a Network Tactical Common Data Link systems procurement contract, increasing the total value of the basic contract to $296.2 million. The modification includes the manufacturing, testing and delivery of NTCDL systems, which will be installed on multiple platforms […] More

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., in collaboration with BAE Systems, has showcased electronic warfare capabilities using the Link 16 communication network on the MQ-20 Avenger unmanned aircraft system. The demonstration, aimed at advancing networked electronic attack capabilities for U.S. Air Force autonomous collaborative platforms, is part of a broader series of technology insertion and autonomous flight activities […] More

BAE Systems has completed tests on the M-Code signal tracking capability of its Global Navigation Satellite System, or GNSS, receiver under a program seeking the application’s integration into a broader array of platforms, including battery-powered handheld devices. The company said its application specific integrated circuit powered the GNSS receiver to demonstrate its capabilities for the […] More