Our capabilities in the air domain support customers through-life, from battlespace analysis through mission system design, development and integration to software and training.
We are the lead for UK interoperability as part of team Lockheed Martin on the F-35 Lightning II Programme.
We are working in partnership with QinetiQ and UK MOD to understand capability enhancements for more efficient Prosecution of Emerging Targets (POET). We are expanding mission management and imagery exploitation capabilities for unmanned vehicles and are examining NEC and C4ISTAR architectures for future air systems.
We provide operational flight programme software and training systems for operators and maintainers on platforms including Tornado, Harrier and rotary wing. Our Modular Airspace Simulation Environment (MASE) provides civil and military Air Traffic Controller training systems in the UK and overseas.
Our activities within the Air and Joint domains are closely linked, with some degree of crossover – as you would expect from a major systems integrator, particularly one with such a broad depth of experience. We have the ability in terms of both capability and knowledge, to exploit opportunities afforded by this key capability area in the networked enabled battle-space. Examples include:
F-35 Lightning II
The F-35 Lightning II programme is the biggest single defence contract ever let, with prospective worldwide sales in excess of 4,000 aircraft. The programme is developing a family of aircraft that has a high percentage of common parts, airframe and systems to meet the needs of the US Navy, US Air force, US Marines, the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy
Mission Management
We have a range of mission management technologies for applications with Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAV’s), that can be further developed to provide capability for covering roles such as receiving tasking and intelligence information, mission planning and mission monitoring and decision support.
- Adequate provision for debriefing and reporting sessions.
- The mission manager has high levels of modularity.
- Web-based tool (JAVA).
Unmanned Air Vehicles
- We are a key partner in the BAE Systems team for the UK MOD Strategic Unmanned Air Vehicle (Experiment) (SUAV(E)) Integrated Project Team.
- The programme addresses a range of issues relating to UAV’s and associated technologies.
We are leading the control infrastructure integration activity. This covers capability elements such as: Air Vehicle Control; Mission Planning and Control; Payload Control and Force Level Mission Management.
Information Management and Exploitation
Real operational benefits are realised through our capabilities in imagery and information intelligence collation, management, exploitation and secure dissemination.
Imagery and multi-source intelligence enables timely decision making.
- We provide tools and techniques that allow effective exploitation.
- Favoured by collectors, analysts and operational users around the world.
- Software, systems and processes to provide precision-targeting information for weapons systems and decision makers.
- Help minimise collateral damage.
- Our Imagery Collection and Exploitation (ICE) capability provide's the autonomous collection, processing and distribution of high quality imagery with low bandwidth demands
- Suits a wide range of image, platform and communications infrastructure requirements.
Non Co-operative Target Recognition (NCTR)
Target recognition functions are considered to be essential for future combat defence systems and will be required to meet future rules of engagement.
- We are at the forefront of radar target recognition technology
- Developing radar products - tracker, surveillance and multi-function radars.
- Both national and international patents have been granted.
- Hostile targets will be identified earlier in the engagement.
- Significant performance improvements for the associated combat systems.
- Minimise the risks of fratricide and attacking neutral or civil targets.
- Threat assessment, resource prioritisation and kill assessment performed more rapidly and effectively.
The Flight Safety Information Management System (FSIMS)
This system allows MOD users involved in flying, whether Aircrew or Engineering, to enter Occurrences whenever an incident or accident occurs. The entered Occurrence Report is reviewed at the Flying Station and then at Command Level to ensure accuracy of reporting before being released to the wider MOD population for analysis.
Modular Airspace Synthetic Environment (MASE)
A modern Air Traffic Control (ATC) and Air Defence Simulator. It provides a realistic, scalable training environment ranging from simple single student exercises to large-scale, complex exercises involving multiple students. It uses Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) products to maximise reliability and minimise cost and has been deployed within the ATC training facilities in Oman and Cwmbran.
Air Training
For training provision the Air and Joint environments, we have truly cutting-edge capability with a broad expertise covering:
- Fixed wing rear crew trainers (RCT).
- Helicopter RCT.
- Operator procedure trainers.
- Maintainer trainers.
- Flight simulators.
- Sensor trainers.
- Air Defence and Air Traffic Control trainers.
Training Colleges
We offer a number of training alternatives, ranging from on-site instruction and bespoke courses on customer premises, to company operated training establishments.
Our Cwmbran Training College was established in 1984 and has now trained nearly 5000 students in a range of subjects. The Oman Aircraft Control College was conceived as a regional centre of excellence for aviation training and it is the first Partnership for Development project in Oman.
Visit the Oman Aircraft Control College website
Visit BAE Systems Cwmbran Training College website
We provide training courses in:
- Air Traffic Control (civilian and military).
- Air Defence.
- Electronic Warfare.
- C4I and radar maintenance.
- English Language Training can also be provided.
Our Customer Training Centre at Cowes, UK, specialises in radar (and associated systems) maintainance and operation.
