BAE Systems has secured a potential five-year, $66.6M contract to provide the U.S. Air Force tools and services to manage availability risks for weapon platforms and other systems as part of the branch's Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages program. Pete Trainer, vice president and general manager of Air Force solutions at BAE, said the company will implement a cloud-based predictive analytics technology for the DMSMS program's next iteration.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, December 29, 2020 — BAE Systems has tapped the U.S. mission solutions business arm of CAE to assist in prototyping a training environment for the U.S. Marine Corps by working on the cloud modeling and simulation phase of the program, ExecutiveBiz reported Dec. 17.

A BAE Systems business unit has received a five-year, $86.9M contract to engineer Link 16 terminals designed to help U.S. and international defense customers transmit voice and data communications. BAE's information and electronic systems integration group will perform engineering and integration work on Multifunctional Information Distribution System-Low Volume Terminals under the sole-source, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the Department of Defense said Monday.

The U.S. Marine Corps has given BAE Systems the green light to commence full-rate production of amphibious combat vehicles and issued a $184M contract modification to procure an initial 36 FRP ACVs for the service branch's ship-to-shore operations.

A business unit of BAE Systems will drydock, maintain and modernize the USS Wasp amphibious assault ship for the U.S. Navy under a potential $237.7M contract. The company said Tuesday its Norfolk Ship Repair business in Virginia will commence work on the vessel's mechanical, tank and hull systems in February.

BAE Systems' Norfolk Ship Repair business in Virginia has won a potential one-year, $100.5M U.S. Navy contract to perform docking selected restricted availability work on the USS Stout guided missile destroyer.

BAE Systems has allocated $100M to construct a new facility in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to support defense and aerospace programs under the company’s recently purchased navigation and sensor systems segment.

Marcia Altgilbers, director of competitive intelligence and price to win at BAE Systems Inc., told ArchIntel in a recent interview that ethical awareness, analytical and critical thinking and business acumen are the primary skills that she is looking for CI practitioners. She also discussed how artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies are helping data analysts in their work.

A Rockville, Maryland-based unit of BAE Systems has won a potential five-year, $94M contract to help the U.S. Navy integrate manned and unmanned aircraft systems intended for communications, sensing, control and weapons operation. BAE's technology solutions and services business will provide integration support to the Naval Air Warfare Command Aircraft Division under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the Department of Defense said Thursday.

BAE Systems has been awarded a $91.9M contract modification to continue manufacturing explosive materials for the U.S. Army at a government-owned, contractor-operated ammunition factory in Tennessee.