BAE Systems
UK needs to innovate at wartime pace, Defence Secretary says
John Healey said war game exercises to test the military’s capabilities will be carried out with industry figures for the first time.
BAE Systems to recruit more than 2,400 apprentices and graduates in 2025
The plans will boost the number of people in training with the defence giant to 6.500 – 15% of its UK workforce.
BAE Systems announces plans for new artillery facility
The facility will create 50 high-skilled jobs.
Thick smoke and bright flashes seen during fire at nuclear submarine shipyard
Two workers were taken to hospital for smoke inhalation following the incident at BAE Systems in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria.
Two taken to hospital after fire breaks out at BAE Systems’ Barrow shipyard
Police said they were taken to hospital for suspected smoke inhalation.
Gaza protests at defence sites misguided, says Shapps
The Defence Secretary was speaking as he visited the BAE shipyard in Glasgow
BAE Systems eyes ‘positive momentum’ from UK defence spending commitment
It came as the boss of the London-listed arms firm said it has seen a ‘strong’ operational performance and is on track to meet its targets.
Arrests made as pro-Palestine protesters target BAE Systems and Government
More than 1,000 workers and trade unionists demonstrated outside BAE Systems sites, as well as the London office of a Government department.
Further protests at UK factories over military arms being sent to Israel
Today’s protests were the latest in a series of demonstrations outside factories in recent months.
Investigation launched after defence factory explosion
BAE Systems said the incident occurred at its site in Glascoed, Monmouthshire.