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9 Oct 2020

Approximately 18,000 people work at the cutting edge of delivery and maintenance of complex surface ships, submarines, combat systems and equipment at BAE Systems sites in England and Scotland.

9 Oct 2020

19 Aug 2020

BAE Systems has strengthened its technology and data portfolio with a deal to buy Techmodal, a UK-based data consultancy and digital services company.

19 Aug 2020

6 Jul 2020

The newest section of the first Dreadnought submarine to be built at BAE Systems’ yard in Barrow has been moved, as work on the first of class continues.

6 Jul 2020

24 Jun 2020

During Armed Forces Week, BAE Systems and the Royal Navy announce a £3.2 million autonomous boat contract that will increase Navy’s capabilities while protecting sailor’s lives.

24 Jun 2020

17 Jun 2020

The RIBs, built and customised in BAE Systems’ Boats factory in Portsmouth, UK are being supplied to Australia's Austal to equip two Cape-class Patrol Boats they are building for the Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard.

17 Jun 2020

6 Apr 2020

HMS Audacious, the fourth of seven Astute-class attack submarines being built by BAE Systems for the Royal Navy, set sail from our Barrow-in-Furness site today.

6 Apr 2020

7 Feb 2020

Young Brits want to follow in the footsteps of scientists such as David Attenborough and Brian Cox

7 Feb 2020

27 Dec 2019

We will recruit more than 800 apprentices in the UK in 2020 – the highest number ever recruited.

27 Dec 2019

16 Nov 2019

HMS Prince of Wales, the second of two aircraft carriers designed and constructed for the Royal Navy, has sailed into her home port of Portsmouth Naval Base for the first time.

16 Nov 2019

3 Oct 2019

HMS SPEY, the last of five River Class Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs), was named today in front of gathered VIPs and employees at an official ceremony in Glasgow.

3 Oct 2019

11 Sep 2019

At a time of increased threat to international shipping, BAE Systems will this week demonstrate for the first time how Unmanned Surface Vessels (USVs) can be fully integrated with operational Royal Navy warships to extend their reach beyond the horizon and reduce sailors’ exposure to danger.

11 Sep 2019

10 Sep 2019

Contracts to support and maintain hundreds of high-speed rigid inflatable boats (RIBs) and other small boats used to help protect Britain’s shores have been awarded to BAE Systems under the Boats in Service Support (BISS) contract, the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) announced today.

10 Sep 2019

14 Aug 2019

We have cut steel for the second Type 26 Global Combat Ship, HMS CARDIFF, marking an important milestone in the programme to deliver the most advanced Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) capability to the Royal Navy.

14 Aug 2019

24 Jul 2019

BAE Systems has successfully completed a series of trials on a ‘first of its kind’ autonomous boat that will allow navies to go beyond the limits of human endurance with unmanned vessels that can travel further, for longer and to more inhospitable environments.

24 Jul 2019