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ROCHESTER, United Kingdom — Buses powered by BAE Systems’ HybriDrive® Series hybrid electric propulsion system and operated by London United, a leading London operator, have recently clocked up their one millionth mile of clean, reliable revenue service. London United, owned by international public transport operator RATP Group, operate a fleet of 27 hybrid buses built by Britain’s largest bus builder Alexander Dennis (ADL), comprising 5 single and 22 double deck vehicles.

BAE Systems Manufacturing at Hillend in Fife has been awarded a major contract worth in excess of £20million to provide procurement and electronic manufacturing services to SELEX Galileo, as part of their contract to deliver the Typhoon Tranche 3a Captor radar programme, which is the primary sensor for the Typhoon jet, and one of the most technically advanced airborne radar systems in the world. Work on the programme is due to commence at BAE Systems’ Hillend facility this year and will run until 2013.

Glasgow, United Kingdom: Workers at BAE Systems today moved the huge mid section of HMS Queen Elizabeth, the first of the new aircraft carriers for the Royal Navy, out the company’s shipbuilding hall at Govan, giving the public a spectacular view of the scale of the giant warship.

JOHNSON CITY, New York -- BAE Systems has entered into an agreement with Crane Carrier Company, a U.S. market leader in the refuse collection vehicle (RCV) industry, to integrate a heavy-duty hybrid electric propulsion system into one of its vehicles.