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2026
20 July

ReleaseGE Aerospace partners with NASA, BETA Technologies, and Boeing on world's first high-altitude hybrid electric flight

3 June The megawatt-class system combines electric propulsion components with a CT7 gas turbine engine.

GE completes hybrid-electric powertrain test ahead of flight trials

NASA-backed testing has validated a complete megawatt-class propulsion system after more than a decade of technology development.

8 April

ReleaseBAE Systems honors Wind River with a Partner 2 Win Gold Tier Award

25 February

ReleaseBoyd receives Gold Tier Partner 2 Win Award from BAE Systems

2025
26 September

ReleaseMobix Labs awarded BAE Systems Gold Tier Supplier recognition for second consecutive year

21 August

ReleaseBAE Systems significantly accelerates chip production for mission-critical defense programs using CHIPS Act funding

20 May

ReleaseQorvo recognized by BAE Systems with Bronze Tier ‘Partner 2 Win’ Supplier Award

2024
9 December

ReleaseFAST Labs research and development organization awarded $12 million contract from DARPA

10 July BAE Systems has delivered more than 1,700 radar warning receivers for F-16 Fighting Falcons and C-130Js over three decades, providing situational awareness and self-defense capabilities that have proven themselves in combat.

BAE Systems provides advanced radar warning receivers to USAF

The AN/ALR-56M provides broad-spectrum, long-range threat detection and adaptive filtering to isolate threat signals in dense signal environments.

1 July

ReleaseLeonardo DRS delivers 1,000th infrared sensor key to U.S. Army helicopter missile warning system

5 June

ReleaseBAE Systems electronic warfare pods to protect U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon aircraft

31 May

ReleaseBAE Systems names 'Partner 2 Win' Supplier of the Year award winners

2023
11 April

ReleaseBAE Systems honors ADI | American Distributors LLC with a Bronze Tier Supplier Award

6 April BAE Systems has received $491 million to produce state-of-the-art Block 4 electronic warfare (EW) systems for future F-35 Lightning II fighter jets.

Latest Lightning EW system extends situational awareness

The AN/ASQ-239 system for Block 4 Lightnings is designed and manufactured at BAE Systems' facilities in Manchester, New Hampshire and Nashua, New Hampshire.

6 April Lightweight and groundbreaking battery for commercial electric aircraft will enable efficient regional air travel.

Heart calls on BAE for regional aircraft battery development

The battery will be the first-of-its-kind to be integrated into an electric conventional takeoff and landing (eCTOL) regional aircraft, allowing it to efficiently operate with zero emissions and low noise.

23 February BAE Systems and Leonardo UK recently received U.S. government approval to develop an interoperable aircraft survivability suite consisting of the Common Missile Warning System and Miysis Directed Infrared Countermeasure System.

BAE and Leonardo integrate warning and countermeasure systems

The AN/AAR-57 Common Missile Warning System is produced at BAE Systems' facilities in Nashua, NH and Huntsville, Alabama. Combined with the DIRCM system it forms a potent defensive capability.

2022
20 October BAE and Supernal teams celebrate the collaboration.

BAE onboard for Supernal's flight control computer

BAE Systems will use 40 years' experience to help define the architecture of a lightweight, fly-by-wire system for Supernal's autonomous-capable eVTOL aircraft.

21 September

ReleaseBAE Systems makes milestone delivery for inaugural EC-37B Compass Call

7 September

ReleaseBAE Systems accelerates electronic warfare system production for F-15E and F-15EX Eagle fighter jets

1 September The P-8A Poseidon is a variant of the Boeing 737-800.

Special mission workstation qualifies to serve aboard Poseidon

Built with ultra-strong lightweight composites, the workstations improve aircraft and weapon systems' performance. They have an optimal viewing angle for both seated and standing crew members.

10 May

ReleaseBAE Systems propels major upgrade to Compass Call with open system architecture

28 April BAE Systems will design, test, and supply energy management components for GE Aviation’s megawatt class hybrid electric propulsion system in development.

GE selects BAE for NASA's hybrid electric research

BAE Systems will provide energy storage and the high-integrity controls and cables for the demonstrator's power management system, which will be tested on CT7-9B turboprop engines.

1 March

ReleaseBAE Systems demonstrates manned-unmanned teaming capabilities in flight test

3 February

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

2021
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.

11 May

ReleaseCrane Aerospace & Electronics to collaborate with BAE Systems on power electronics for Jaunt Air Mobility

7 April Teams from BAE Systems and the U.S. Air Force conducted tests of SABER on 11 flights of an EC-130H, paving the way for a critical software upgrade to the EC-37B Compass Call.

BAE tests SABER technology for Compass Call

BAE's system is built on a suite of software defined radios using an open system architecture and will provide the backbone of the Gulfstream G550-based EC-37B's operating system.

2 March

ReleaseElectronic warfare system production starts for U.S. Air Force F-15s

2020
29 October An artist's impression of BAE Systems' proposed attritable UAVs alongside the controlling aircraft.

USAF selects BAE for prototype attritable systems

Multiple vendors have now been lined up to compete for up to $400 million in orders in support of the Skyborg Vanguard Program. BAE Systems has started work at its Endicott facility.

17 September BAE Systems will design, develop, and integrate a fly-by-wire flight control system, including active inceptors, for the new AS2 aircraft.

Aerion selects BAE Systems for AS2 flight control system

BAE Systems facilities in Endicott, New York, and Rochester, U.K. will undertake the fly-by-wire flight control system development for the supersonic Aerion project, using smaller and lighter components.

14 September

ReleaseBAE Systems continues mission-critical F-35 EW system production

31 July

ReleaseBAE Systems completes acquisition of military GPS business

20 January

ReleaseBAE Systems announces proposed acquisition of Collins Aerospace's military Global Positioning System business and Raytheon's Airborne Tactical Radios business

2019
5 December

ReleaseBAE Systems and Jaunt Air Mobility collaborate on electric energy management systems for urban air mobility platforms

12 November

ReleaseBAE Systems to innovate electronic warfare jamming technology for U.S. Army

2018
16 July

ReleaseAir Tractor and L3 add BAE Systems sensor technology to AT-802L Longsword options

2016
19 September

ReleaseBAE Systems celebrates production and delivery of 250th F-35 Electronic Warfare Suite

2014
8 December

ReleaseNew intelligent EW system to counter evolving radar threats

15 July

ReleaseRockwell Collins' flight control electronics selected for Boeing 777X

2012
6 June

ReleaseDARPA selects Rockwell Collins to develop synthetic vision avionics backbone for helicopter survivability program

2011
26 July

ReleaseTTTech's TTP selected for BAE Systems' flight control computer on Embraer's new award winning fly-by-wire system