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2023
21 December Three nations agree.

Italy, Japan and UK governments agree on the next generation GCAP

The joint GCAP government HQ will be hosted in the UK and the first CEO will come from Japan. In addition, the future business construct will also be headquartered in the UK and the first leader will be from Italy.

21 September Eurofighter Typhoons (Crown copyright).

BAE Systems calls on Collins for Typhoon touch-screen display

The Large Area Display will serve as a pivotal tool for pilots, consolidating critical flight data, sensor inputs and tactical information into a single, easily accessible interface.

12 September

ReleaseGlobal Combat Air Programme industry partners agree next steps on collaboration to deliver next generation combat aircraft

12 September

ReleaseBAE Systems and L3Harris deliver first EC-37B Compass Call aircraft to the U.S. Air Force

5 September

ReleaseExpanding the market for survivability engineering and composite solutions

24 August

BAE Systems agrees $5.55bn deal to acquire Ball

Ball Aerospace is a provider of spacecraft, mission payloads, optical systems and antenna systems with decades of proven success, and BAE Systems sees it as a highly complementary fit.

17 August

ReleaseBall announces agreement to sell aerospace business for $5.6 billion

19 July BAE Systems’ PHASA-35 aircraft during its first stratospheric flight.

Solar electric UAS reaches 66,000ft over New Mexico

The PHASA-35 programme sits within FalconWorks, a new centre for advanced and agile research and development within BAE Systems' Air sector, working on cutting-edge combat air capabilities.

12 July

ReleaseTT Electronics awarded team Tempest contract from BAE Systems

14 June

ReleaseUK industry reveals advanced technologies for next generation flying combat air demonstrator

27 April

Leonardo delivers prototype radar for latest Typhoon

The ECRS Mk2 will equip pilots with the ability to locate, identify and suppress enemy air defences, a powerful combination of capabilities that will increase the Eurofighter Typhoon's lethality and survivability

20 April The Tempest.

UK MoD invests to progress technology for Tempest

The UK Tempest partners, working in close collaboration with the MoD, will now progress the maturity of more than 60 cutting-edge technology demonstrations, digital concepts and new technologies.

7 February

ReleaseBAE Systems delivers 1,000th F-35 Lightning II fuselage to Lockheed Martin in major milestone for the world's largest defence programme

2022
14 December The horizontal tail assemblies produced by Magellan are used on the Conventional Takeoff and Landing variant of the F-35.

BAE continues Magellan contract for F-35 tail assemblies

The horizontal tail assemblies produced at Magellan's facility in Winnipeg, MB, will be used on the Conventional Takeoff and Landing variant of the F-35. The company hopes eventually to produce more than 1,000 ship sets.

14 December Conceptual images of the next-generation fighter.

UK, Italy and Japan combine for future fighter development

The programme will build on progress already made by BAE Systems, Leonardo UK, MBDA UK, Rolls-Royce and the UK Ministry of Defence as Team Tempest, as well as MHI's proposed future fighter aircraft (F-X).

9 December

ReleaseLeonardo: industrial partner of the international programme GCAP (Global Combat Air Programme)

20 July The demonstrator aircraft will fly within the next five years.

UK lays out plans for next generation combat aircraft

Engineers at BAE Systems in the north of England are leading the design, test, evaluation and build, bringing together digital engineering technologies such as synthetic modelling and model-based systems engineering.

19 July

ReleaseGE and BAE Systems collaborate to explore next generation adaptive power systems for Combat Air application

19 July

ReleaseEmbraer and BAE Systems announce collaboration for the C-390 Millennium and Eve eVTOL

19 July

ReleaseLeonardo and BAE Systems announce UK-Italy collaboration on Future Combat Air System Programme

3 February

ReleaseBAE Systems achieves key production milestones for the F-35 Fighter

2021
16 September

ReleaseMarshall to partner on Team Tempest

14 September

ReleaseBritish engineers reveal ground-breaking electric uncrewed concept vehicle

14 September

ReleaseCollins Aerospace continues to advance actuation systems for Tempest

4 August The Ministry of Defence contract officially marks the start of the Tempest programme’s concept and assessment phase.

BAE gains contract to progress with Tempest design

Tempest will pioneer cutting-edge technologies, including those assisted by AI, machine learning and autonomous systems to meet the challenges of future conflicts, and be operational in the mid-2030s.

1 July BAE Systems is providing additional EW systems, retrofit kits, and spares for the F-35 – delivering critical situational awareness and survivability capabilities.

BAE Systems boosts EW production for Lightning II

BAE Systems has so far delivered 800 state-of-the-art AN/ASQ-239 electronic warfare/countermeasure systems for the F-35 jet, providing it with critical situational awareness and survivability capabilities.

25 May

ReleaseNew findings reveal future combat air programme Tempest is poised to drive productivity, innovation and skills development right across the UK

20 May

Release3D printed resin helps deliver advanced manufacturing for the UK combat air sector

2020
17 December Magellan and BAE Systems have been working together to produce horizontal stabilizers for the global F-35 program since 2009.

Magellan delivers 200th horizontal stabiliser set for F-35

The milestone has been reached eight years after the first delivery, but production is now at full rate and Magellan hopes these are just the first of up to 1,000 ship-sets over the program lifetime.

12 November

ReleaseSHD works with Piran Advanced Composites on Prismatic Ltd and BAE range of UAV platforms

15 October

ReleaseLatest UK technology revealed for a ground-breaking combat aircraft due in service by 2035

25 August The Tempest has already been through supersonic wind tunnel testing.

Tempest digital design process picks up pace

Design processes that typically take months have been completed in days using BAE Systems' digital twin concept, as the next generation Tempest aircraft takes shape.

28 July

Avcorp F-35 outboard wing deal extended to 2022

The Carrier Variant of the F-35 needs foldable wings in order to fit into the ship's hangars. Avcorp assembles the outboard section, and reckons these are some of the more complex aircraft assemblies made in Canada.

20 July

ReleaseFuture Combat Air continues to drive economic advance across the UK

15 July

ReleaseBAE Systems installs fourth Stratasys F900 3D printer to support Factory of the Future initiative

16 March

ReleaseKaman delivers 80,000th rear fuselage packer to BAE Systems for F-35

17 February

ReleaseGround-breaking solar powered unmanned aircraft PHASA-35 makes first flight

17 January

ReleaseDeveloping 3D printing capability for the defence and aerospace sector

2019
11 September

ReleaseUK and Italian industry to partner on Tempest

10 September

ReleasePrismatic completes first two PHASA-35 HALE UAVs

10 September

ReleaseBAE Systems extends partnership with Prismatic

28 August

ReleaseStratasys and BAE Systems increase collaboration on emerging additive manufacturing solutions

19 July

ReleaseUK and Sweden partner on future combat air

4 June

ReleasePiran completes components for first two PHASA-35 HALE UAVS

14 May

ReleaseMagellan Aerospace signs agreement with BAE Systems for F-35 aircraft assemblies

1 May

ReleaseSuccessful demonstration of breakthrough blown-air flight technologies to revolutionise future aircraft design

2018
12 June

ReleaseFeronyl sign agreement with BAE Systems to collaborate on engineering and advanced manufacturing

3 May

ReleaseSolar UAV to be developed with the potential to stay airborne for a year

8 February

ReleaseTesting for aircraft flexible payload bay is complete

2017
13 December

ReleaseSuccessful first flight trial completion of unmanned aerial vehicle, MAGMA