BAE Team Performs Testing on Marine Personnel Carrier; John Swift Comments
A team comprised of BAE Systems and Iveco Defence Vehicles has finished a series of tests on a marine personnel carrier under a contract with the U.S. Marine Corps. The evaluations aimed to validate the MPC’s maneuverability both on land and at sea as well as its ability to carry a reinforced Marine rifle squad, [...]
BAE Detica Business Launches New Analytics System; Martin Sutherland Comments
April 23, 2013 No Comment
BAE Systems Detica has unveiled an analytics and investigation product intended to help the government and commercial clients protect their information from cyber threats. CyberReveal is designed to process records from devices to help analysts view the activity of an entire information technology infrastructure and identify emerging attacks, BAE said Monday. Martin Sutherland, Detica managing [...]
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A consortium of companies led by BAE Systems is set to conduct test flights of a combat drone later this year over a desert in southern Australia, nearly four years after BAE tested a propeller-driven drone over the same range. The Taranis drone is named after the Celtic god of thunder and is the world’s [...]
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BAE Systems, Quasar Federal Systems and the University of Arizona have won contracts from the the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop methods of finding improvised explosive devices hidden in dead animals. DARPA’s Methods for Explosive Detection and Standoff program aims to develop technology that finds the IEDs in the animals, meat or mud [...]
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BAE Systems has completed a missile defense test for its terminal high altitude area defense infrared imaging seeker, according to the Union Leader. During the test, BAE’s THAAD weapon system engaged a medium-range ballistic missile target from a C-17 aircraft. The Missile Defense Agency and Lockheed Martin conducted the test in 2012. BAE Systems said the THAAD [...]
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BAE to Continue Providing Marines Laser-Guided Rockets; Joseph Tiano Comments
January 16, 2013 No Comment
BAE Systems has won a $28 million full-rate production contract from the U.S. Navy to continue building laser-guided rockets for the Marine Corps, BAE said Tuesday. The company said the contract extends production work to 2014 and increases the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System program’s total value to $69 million. BAE builds a mid-body guidance [...]
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BAE Phoenix Radios to Communicate Across 12 Miles; Joseph Senftle Comments
December 17, 2012 No CommentU.S. Army soldiers tested radios made by BAE Systems as part of a recent Network Integration Evaluation exercise, the company said Monday. The PHOENIX-2C radios are designed to communicate voice, data and video across up to 12 miles. BAE designed the radios to help bridge communications between soldiers on the ground and those at headquarters, said [...]
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