BAE Systems’ Barrow-in-Furness site has marked a major achievement in the UK’s submarine programme as the latest Royal Navy Astute-class submarine, HMS Agamemnon, successfully completed its first submersion. The 7,400-tonne, 97-metre-long nuclear-powered attack submarine underwent a successful ‘trim dive’ – a critical phase of testing to prove the vessel’s stability, buoyancy ...
More than 200 UK jobs will be sustained through a new £285M contract awarded to BAE Systems to enhance the Royal Navy’s combat management systems (CMS), ensuring vessels are equipped with cutting-edge technology to track, analyse, and respond to threats in real time. This contract will modernise critical systems across a ...
NTCDL enhances situational awareness and tactical battlefield advantage of the US Navy through real-time and simultaneous networked operations. In 2024, the US Navy awarded BAE Systems an $85M production contract to deliver additional Network Tactical Common Data Link (NTCDL) systems. NTCDL will enable a real-time exchange of voice, data, imagery, and ...
In an increasingly dynamic and unpredictable world, the need for mission readiness in defence is paramount. The blurring of lines between physical and digital threats has created a broader attack surface than ever before, meaning that a lot of the danger now lurks in the grey zone and cyber space. ...