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BAE awarded US Navy APKWS contract
June 14, 2017BAE Systems has received a contract for additional APKWS rockets in order to meet growing demand from across the globe. The $180.5M contract from the US Navy will see BAE produce thousands more Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWSTM) laser-guided rockets. With cost-effective precision strikes, and a reduced potential for collateral damage, ...
Wood Group has been awarded a new industrial services contract by BAE Systems Submarines. Effective immediately, the two-year contract is to provide insulation installation services to the UK Royal Navy’s Astute class submarines based in Barrow-in-Furness, and includes up to three one-year extension options. Wood Group is currently contracted by BAE ...
RAF pilots from different locations will now be able to train together in virtual environments thanks to QinetiQ’s iASTC contract. The new system will allow the simulators at the Main Operating Bases to be connected, meaning RAF Typhoon pilots at RAF Coningsby, RAF Lossiemouth and RAF Waddington can train together in ...
Trials have been successfully completed by a Typhoon aircraft to simultaneously fire two MBDA Meteor Beyond Visual Range air-to-air missiles. Undertaken at BAE Systems’ Military Air & Information site, in Warton, UK, the trials took place over the UK’s Hebrides Range using Airbus Defence & Space Instrumented Production Aircraft (IPA) 4 ...
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