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Type 26 Global Combat Ship

The Type 26 Global Combat Ship will be a world-class anti-submarine warfare ship. Globally deployable, the flexible mission bay, aviation facilities and combat systems ensure it will be capable of undertaking a wide range of roles from high intensity warfare to humanitarian assistance, either operating independently or as part of a task group. 

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  • MK 45 Naval Gun

    Mk 45 Mod 4 Naval Gun System

    The 5-inch (127-mm) 62-caliber Mk 45 Mod 4 Naval Gun system is in U.S. Navy service today, and is ready to significantly enhance Naval Surface Fire Support (NSFS) and overall mission performance.

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  • Type 26 RPJW

    Global Combat Ship

    The Global Combat Ship will be a highly capable and versatile multi-mission warship designed to support anti-submarine warfare, air defence and general purpose operations anywhere on the world’s oceans.

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  • Image showing Artisan 3D Medium Range Radar Type 997

    Artisan 3D Medium Range Radar Type 997

    At the forefront of radar technology for more than 70 years, we supply and support every major UK Royal Navy warship

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  • INTeACT Combat Management Systems

    INTeACT Combat Management System

    We are the sole supplier and integrator of Combat Management Systems (CMS) for the UK Royal Navy's surface and sub-surface fleet.

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News

22 Nov 2018

£20 million investment into cutting-edge...

We have unveiled today a range of cutting-edge technology solutions that will modernise the capability of future combat systems on complex...

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A future naval combat system
22 Jan 2018

BAE Systems to provide U.S. Navy with modernized...

The U.S. Navy has awarded BAE Systems a $46.8 million contract option to deliver four additional Mk 45 Naval Guns.

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BAE Systems will deliver four additional Mk 45 Naval Guns under a new $46.8 million contract from the U.S. Navy. (U.S. Navy image)
20 Jul 2017

Production begins in Glasgow for the first Royal...

BAE Systems welcomed Sir Michael Fallon MP, Secretary of State for Defence, to its Glasgow shipyard to press the button to start productio...

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Type 26
12 Jul 2017

550 UK jobs sustained by Type 26 Global Combat...

Manufacturing equipment contracts awarded, supporting around 550 jobs across the UK maritime industry. Bringing the total investment in th...

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28 Jun 2017

BAE Systems and Leonardo to collaborate on new...

BAE Systems and Leonardo have announced an initiative to pursue collaborations on new precision-guided solutions that will offer U.S. and...

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BAE Systems and Leonardo anticipate offering new adaptations of Leonardo’s Vulcano, a family of gun-launched munitions that exceed the performance of currently available precision-guided projectiles.
11 Jan 2017

BAE Systems’ Artisan 3D radar system passes...

BAE Systems’ Artisan 3D radar system has successfully completed three years of sea-based trials on the Royal Navy’s Type 23 frigates....

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Artisan is the most sophisticated radar in the Royal Navy's fleet.
7 Dec 2016

Further suppliers come aboard UK Type 26...

BAE Systems has awarded further manufacturing equipment contracts to six companies for the Type 26 Global Combat Ship, bringing the total...

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Type 26 Global Combat Ship
4 Nov 2016

Manufacturing of the Type 26 Global Combat Ships...

BAE Systems has confirmed that the first steel will be cut on the Royal Navy’s Type 26 Global Combat Ships in Glasgow in summer 2017,...

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Type 26 Global Combat Ship
27 Sep 2016

BAE Systems to Modernize Mk 45 Naval Guns under...

The U.S. Navy has awarded BAE Systems a $50 million contract option to upgrade four additional Mk 45 Naval Guns on guided missile...

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BAE Systems will upgrade four Mk 45 Naval Guns on guided missile destroyers (DDG 51s) under a new $50 million contract from the U.S. Navy.
6 Oct 2015

Ground breaking radar capability fitted to future...

A cutting-edge 3D radar system, capable of detecting objects as small as a tennis ball and travelling at three times the speed of sound...

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Artisan on QEC
28 Sep 2011

Upgrades for Mk 45 Gun System under $63 Million...

ARLINGTON, Virginia – BAE Systems recently received four contracts from the U.S. Navy totaling more than $63 million to upgrade seven Mk 4...

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MK 45 Naval Gun

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