All news on the topic: BAE Systems plc

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BAE Systems' order backlog hits record £70bn as world powers update defences
The business said it now had "a high level of visibility of our revenues for many years to come", with some of the programmes running "well into the next decade"
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BAE Systems-owned airline Air Astana eyes £757m valuation in London IPO
The central Asian airline, which is nearly 50% owned by British defence giant BAE Systems, has set the indicative price range for its dual listing in London and Kazakhstan at between 2.13 US dollars (£1.68) and 2.75 US dollars (£2.16) per share
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Fatcat bosses get more money by 1pm today than average worker will earn all year
Big bosses like pharmaceuticals chief Pascal Soriot and weapons manufacturer Charles Woodburn earn over a hundred times more per hour than what an average worker can make in a whole year
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Shipbuilders told to come clean about UK workforce for £1.6bn supply vessels
Firms developing three Fleet Solid Support ships for Royal Fleet Auxiliary have been urged to say how many British jobs will be created - and how much work carried out in the UK
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All Royal Navy attack submarines in port at same time was 'embarrassing'
Conservative backbencher Mark Francois rounded on the head of the Royal Navy after it emerged all six Royal Navy attack submarines were in port at the same time rather than hunting Russians
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Hundreds of protesters go to weapons factory calling to 'stop arming Israel'
At around 7am this morning, activists arrived outside BAE Systems in Chatham, Rochester, blocking its entrance and holding banners aloft which read "stop arming Israel" and chanting "from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free"
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Red Arrows displays grounded four times in two years by faults in ageing jets
High-octane shows by the RAF's famous aerobatic unit had to be scrapped or scaled back because of engineering problems with the Hawk aircraft, according to a freedom of information request
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Top Tory attacks 'woke' bankers as he brands UK arms industry 'power for good'
Cabinet Minister Grant Shapps launched a passionate defence of the British arms industry when he addressed a fringe event at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester
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UK ammunition production surge will take two years, Tories forced to admit
The Prime Minister boasted of an eightfold increase in the manufacture of 155mm artillery shells, but now it has emerged it will take until 2025 to build up capacity
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Sunak orders new artillery shells and urges NATO chiefs to spend more on defence
The Prime Minister announced the contract as he prepared to travel to Vilnius for a crunch summit of alliance leaders as war rages in Ukraine
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Royal Navy aircraft carrier repair bill rises to £25m - and you're going to pay
MPs heard the cost of fixing the faulty propeller on HMS Prince of Wales had climbed to £25m - and it will come out of the Navy's budget because the Ministry of Defence did not take out a 'warranty'
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China blasts UK, US and Australia for fuelling 'arms race' with submarine pact
Beijing has blasted the deal struck by the UK, Australia and the US to build nuclear-powered submarines to counter the Chinese threat in the Pacific
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Britain could DOUBLE number of nuclear subs under new pact with US and Australia
Rishi Sunak unveils plans for the Royal Navy to acquire new attack submarines under Aukus defence deal to replace UK's existing seven-vessel fleet
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UFO expert 'solves UK's biggest alien mystery' that had best-ever photo evidence
Often regarded as one of the highest-quality UFO images ever taken, a recent development about who took the famous Calvine photo has led to a top UFO researcher to put forward a remarkable theory