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Simon Jackson, Capture Leader Challenger 2 LEP discusses the £23m contract awarded to BAE Systems-led Team Challenger 2 by the Ministry of Defence (MOD).

Jerry DeMuro, president & CEO of BAE Systems, Inc., discusses what is needed to plan for a more certain future in Defense News Outlook 2017 Perspectives from Global Thought Leaders.

In a special BAE Systems audio blog, Tom Arseneault, Chief Operating Officer, BAE Systems Inc. & President Electronic Systems, and Nigel Whitehead, Group Managing Director, Programmes & Support, give us their views on technology and our relationships with machines.

Technology exists to augment and improve human capabilities - to overcome the physical limitations of the human body. From the telegram to the jet engine, electricity to the internet, humans have always worked in partnership with technology to achieve more. To do what would otherwise have been impossible.

The world’s first tank went into combat 100 years ago today in the First World War’s Battle of the Somme, having been designed and built by British engineers to help break the deadlock of trench warfare.

Hot on the back of Britain’s success at Rio, in this special edition podcast host Tim Smith talks to Simon Timson, Performance Director at UK Sport to find out how BAE Systems’ engineering and technology is helping British elite athletes compete on the world stage.

Today we have announced the Group’s interim financial results and confirmed that we have performed well in the first half of 2016, in line with our expectation and the guidance we set out at our full-year results in February.

Means more accurate data and a safer, more comfortable flight

Defence of the nation remains the first responsibility of any government.

Mark Donnelly, Head of Apprentices and Skills Training, BAE Systems, discusses his experience of national apprentice week. 

Group Managing Director Programmes and Support Nigel Whitehead, discusses the benefit of disruptive technology and how staying ahead of the curve is vitally important to BAE Systems.

As the world marks International Women’s Day attention is focused on business and what it can do to encourage the next generation of female business leaders.

Supporting post-graduates students from Malaysia and Oman

Today we have announced the Group’s financial results for 2015 and confirmed that we delivered another year of solid performance, broadly in line with the guidance set out in our Trading Statement in November.

As the world’s attention turns towards celebrating the passing of another year, engineers at BAE Systems in Australia are helping to develop the world’s most accurate clock which will be used to test the foundation theories of physics.  

BAE Systems Munitions has carried out a full-scale test of TDW’s ‘Scalable Effects’ explosive technology. This is being developed to allow military forces to select the explosive force of ammunition in theatre, so they can tailor the fragmentation and blast area to a specific target.

Today, we issued an update on the Company’s near term performance. Overall our business environment is improving and we continue to win new orders, with good prospects for the future. Read the full blog post from our CEO, Ian King.  

The second winner of the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (QE Prize) will be awarded today to Dr Robert Langer by Her Majesty The Queen.