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A month or so ago I woke up feeling excited but also slightly apprehensive as I’d agreed to attend my first PRIDE event – at Blackpool. I was invited to take part by colleagues in OutlinkUK, BAE Systems’ group for LGBTQ+ employees, and in my capacity as the senior Diversity & Inclusion sponsor at BAE Systems Air.

This week is National Inclusion Week and it’s particularly important to me this year as I have recently added responsibilities for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) to my role at BAE Systems. I have been with the business for nearly three years now and during that time I have already seen significant progress on DE&I. However, it is something that needs constant and intentional effort on all our parts in order to continue making our workplaces more inclusive.

Supply Chain professionals play a key role in the delivery of services to our customers. However, not everyone outside of the discipline always understands what the role entails. Here, Courtney Story, Supply Chain Manager in BAE Systems’ warship support team, outlines what is in involved in her role

Business Analyst Rebs Foran-Coutts is one of four employees nominated for the 2022 British Ex-Forces in Business Awards. In this blog, she shares how she co-founded an employee network for veterans to support colleagues transitioning from the military to life at BAE Systems.

This year I’m celebrating twenty-six years with BAE Systems and I’m energised from the challenge of my current role developing new international business opportunities for BAE Systems Air business.

"Having been born at 27 weeks and weighing less than 3lb, when I entered this world I was little bigger than a pencil. I have lived my life with a visible and physical disability." D&I Manager Richard Shakespeare shares a personal perspective and updates on the progress we’re making to enable colleagues with disabilities to contribute their best.

Bill Page, Project Manager of the CLS programme in BAE Systems, comments on how proud BAE Systems is to be supporting the Royal Navy’s newest OPVs in Pearl Harbour…

The Carrier Strike Group 2021 deployment has captured global attention since it left British shores earlier in the year.

What links the following? More efficient shipbuilding; safer collaboration between robots and humans; vibration-resistant materials that could extend aircraft life; coordinating underwater robots and making radars so accurate that they could detect small drones at range.

As we celebrate inclusion week in BAE Systems this week, I am honoured to share some of my own thoughts and our work in this space.

I had the privilege of leading a team from our Submarines business made up of half a dozen specialist engineers to design and develop the Morecambe Bay Hood - a Powered Air Purifying Respirator for use by NHS staff during the Covid-19 pandemic.

One hundred years ago today the life of a trailblazing Australian pioneer of flight was tragically cut short in an air crash, long before its time.

In the extraordinary times we have found ourselves in over the past 12 months, the job of a fast jet Test Pilot has faced its challenges.