Stories

At BAE Systems we work hard to attract talented people, regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, disability, sexual orientation or socio-economic background.

Influential women from across BAE Systems Digital Intelligence share their thoughts on what #EmbraceEquity means to them this International Women’s Day

We’re working hard to increase gender diversity across our global organisation. Currently we employ 18,000 women across BAE Systems globally – (22% of our total workforce), but we want to attract many more women to join us - at all levels of our organisation. Read more to hear from seven women at BAE Systems and what’s important to them, not just on International Women’s Day, but every day.

The Gender Equity Network (GEN) is for all BAE Systems employees in the UK who believe everyone should be given the opportunity and support to succeed in their career, regardless of gender.

One of the biggest challenges in developing self-driving cars is the ‘binding problem’ - ensuring the vehicle can identify the objects around it such as people, plants and buildings. Military vehicles have the additional problem of driving off-road so can’t rely on standard infrastructure such as road markings.

The big concept: engineering is the process of creating the future

Hollie - Manufacturing Engineering Apprentice at BAE Systems Following a rigorous judging process, BAE Systems’ has received four shortlisted nominations at this year’s Enginuity Award.

Full-spectrum EW allows the warfighter to use every portion of the electromagnetic spectrum to their full advantage.

2023 will see BAE Systems Air Sector recruit around 250 young people into the early careers apprenticeship programme.

At BAE Systems, we are in the fortunate position of having contracts to deliver some very long-term defence and security programmes. This helps us plan our business and the resources we need, making sure we have the right number of people with the right skills on board.

Technologist and Human Factors specialist Andrew Batty is using his experience to inform the design of a future cockpit for Tempest, the next generation combat aircraft.

Following a visit to RAF Coningsby, The Telegraph's Howard Mustoe writes on the future of air support.

Experts from BAE Systems Digital Intelligence take a closer look at what’s in store for 2023 - from how space is going to bolster our digital defences, to the geopolitical influences on multi-domain integration technologies

BAE Systems Digital Intelligence’s cyber team looks ahead to 2023, where we can expect cyber attacks to continue to be a challenging facet of global security, and outlines the new risks such as adversarial AI, threats to 5G and energy networks, and changes to cyber insurance policies

Our long standing relationships with a number of armed forces charities is another way that we demonstrate our support for the military family, in and beyond their service. We work closely with charities to identify specific projects that we can help to fund and make a lasting impact.

To discuss the latest in advanced defense electronics, we sat down with Chris Rappa, chief technologist at BAE Systems’ FAST Labs.

Finding support in each other over the years, Arthur and Glyn’s regular checks-ins helped them deal with life’s ups a downs. In time, recognising the signs of other colleagues struggling too; they realised the value of having someone there to listen – and the idea for the GENts Forum was born.  

We support over 100 PhDs at UK universities, researching everything from quantum sensing through to advanced AI techniques. Every year, each university puts forward one outstanding student for our annual PhD award.