About BAE Systems
BAE Systems develops, engineers, manufactures and supports products and systems that deliver military capability, protect national security and keep critical information and infrastructure secure. BAE Systems has a workforce of more than 110,000 people in more than 40 countries. BAE Systems platforms, systems and services provide protection across land, sea, air, space and cyber. The technology of BAE Systems includes radars that allow customers to intercept drone and missile attacks, and data systems to help the police identify vulnerable children. BAE Systems is investing in autonomous capabilities, counter-drone systems, digital integration and applying AI to its operations and products.[2]
Sampson is the primary surveillance and dedicated tracking sensor on the UK Royal Navy’s Type 45 destroyers. Sampson is fully software-configurable and features adaptive digital beamforming techniques to combat clutter and high electronic countermeasure environments. Sampson can simultaneously detect and track hundreds of targets and is compatible with both active and semi-active homing missile systems, providing mid-course guidance. BAE Systems supplies and supports every major warship in the UK Royal Navy. Sea Tridon is the maritime adaptation of the ground-based TRIDON system, combining the Bofors 40 Mk4 with an integrated electro-optical fire control system. Sea TridonC is a containerized version of Sea Tridon designed to provide civilian and commercial vessels with temporary self-protection in high-risk areas. Sea Tridon and Sea TridonC are fully compatible with the Bofors 3P programmable all-target ammunition. GRINDSTONE is model-based simulation software from BAE Systems Bofors used to analyse, assess and optimize weapon system performance. BAE Systems unveiled Sea Tridon, a modular 40mm naval gun system, at Euronaval 2026.[3][4]
AMPV is the U.S. Army’s program to replace the Vietnam War-era and legacy M113 Family of Vehicles. The AMPV Family of Vehicles consists of five multi-mission variants including the General Purpose, Mortar Carrier, Mission Command, Medical Treatment and Medical Evacuation vehicles. BAE Systems works with over 1,300 in country suppliers across its Combat Mission Systems business. BAE Systems has signed individual contracts worth a total of approximately $2.5 billion with both Sweden and Denmark for new CV90 combat vehicles. ADAPTIV works by using lightweight hexagonal pixels which are electrically powered by the vehicles systems. ADAPTIV can blend a vehicle into its background, and the system can be used on ships and fixed installations, allowing them to stay undetected by enemy surveillance units.[1][5]
BONUS gives 155mm cannon artillery long-range capability to destroy enemy combat vehicles, ranging from armored personnel carriers and self-propelled guns, to infantry fighting vehicles and main battle tanks. When launched from any 155mm artillery system, the BONUS carrier shell separates to deploy two sensor-fuzed munitions that search for targets within a given footprint, up to 32,000 square meters. BAE Systems in Sweden and Nexter in France developed and produced BONUS in cooperation. Finland, France, Norway, Sweden and the United States are among the countries with BONUS in their arsenal.[7]
Link 16 products are produced by Data Link Solutions, a joint venture of BAE Systems and Collins Aerospace. Link 16 is a standardized communications system for transmitting and exchanging real time tactical data using links between network participants, also known as TADIL J. MIDS JTRS is a 4-channel radio that runs the complex TDL waveform. MIDS JTRS is aimed at upgrading a wide range of aircraft, including fighters, tankers, transport, command and control, and rotary wing, and at maritime and fixed site Link 16 users. NTCDL provides warfighters with an integrated tactical network for data exchange between platforms across land, sea and air.[8][9]
SBSS detects and tracks space objects and spacecraft without interference from weather, atmosphere, or time of day. As a member of the Boeing SBSS team, BAE Systems was responsible for the development, manufacturing, integration, performance validation and delivery of the entire space segment. BAE Systems built GEMS under a commercial contract with the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) for the National Institute of Environmental Research in the Ministry of Environment of South Korea. GEMS is a geostationary scanning ultraviolet-visible spectrometer monitoring trans-boundary nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide, glyoxyl, formaldehyde, ozone and aerosols for the Korean peninsula and Asia-Pacific region. BAE Systems built TEMPO for NASA Langley Research Center and Harvard Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.[10][11]
BAE Systems Maritime Solutions Jacksonville is a full-service shipyard with welding, pipe fitting, mechanical, and fabrication capabilities. The Atlantic coast shipyard of BAE Systems has a history of vessel repair, maintenance, overhaul, conversion and marine fabrication for domestic, international, commercial and government customers. BAE Systems Maritime Solutions Jacksonville is a fully-facilitized shipyard located two miles up the St. Johns River from the deep waters of the Atlantic Ocean. The Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) brings the United Kingdom, Italy and Japan together to develop a fighter aircraft. In December 2024, BAE Systems (UK), Leonardo (Italy) and Japan Aircraft Industrial Enhancement Co Ltd (JAIEC) reached an agreement to establish a new joint venture for the GCAP. In June 2025 the partners announced the creation of Edgewing, a joint venture company with each partner holding a 33.3% shareholding.[1][5][8][9][12][13]
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