BAE Systems to deliver advanced technology to US Navy
BAE Systems has been awarded a five-year $94 million single-award indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contract to deliver advanced technology capability to the US Navy.
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Building on 40 years of support to the US Navy, this award from the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division’s (NAWCAD) Webster Outlying Field (WOLF) enables the company to provide engineering, test and evaluation support for sensors as well as communication, control and weapons systems for various manned and unmanned airborne platforms.
“We are bringing new advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence and autonomy to the Airborne Systems Integration Division,” said Mark Keeler, vice president and general manager of BAE Systems’ Integrated Defense Solutions business. “Our state-of-the-art digital engineering capabilities, and extensive experience in integrating airborne systems are further strengthening the warfighter’s ability to meet mission requirements and ensuring combat readiness in the field.”
The award recognises BAE Systems’ investments in the development of model-based systems engineering capabilities. The company’s ADAMS architecture provides a digital environment for systems engineering across multidisciplinary, multi-organisation teams and stakeholders. On this contract, the company will use its innovative tools and methods such as digital engineering to create the digital thread that provides full design traceability to requirements, improved collaboration and a digital repository for the Airborne Systems Integration Division.
BAE Systems is a leading systems integrator supporting militaries, governments and US intelligence community members across the globe. The company’s advanced technologies and services protect people and national security and keep critical information and infrastructure secure across air, land, sea, space and cyber domains.
