The Queen has delivered her speech to Parliament outlining the Conservative government’s programme following the results of last week’s General Election. For the defence industry, there was confirmation from the Queen that the Government will continue to honour the NATO commitment to spend a minimum of 2% of GDP on defence. The ...
BAE Systems, Inc. has announced that Tom Arseneault will become president and chief executive officer effective April 1, 2020. Having served as chief executive officer of BAE Systems Inc. since 2014, Jerry DeMuro will transition to a new role as executive vice president of Strategic Initiatives and continue to serve on ...
James Heappey has been announced as the new Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Defence Procurement) as the Prime Minister Boris Johnson undertakes a minor reshuffle. Mr Heappey replaces Anne-Marie Trevelyan, who has taken up the role of Minister for the Armed Forces. Before entering politics, the new Minister served in ...
Saab has received an order for components and subsystems for full rate production systems for the US Marine Corps Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR), which has the US designation AN/TPS-80. The initial order value is $31.9 million and the contract includes options for additional systems over a five-year period. G/ATOR provides ...