SPECIFICATIONS OUTLOOK/ Employment: 96,000 BAE SYSTEMS plc Officers: 6 Carlton Gardens Chairman Richard Olver London, SW1Y 5AD, UK CEO Mike Turner Tel: (44-1252) 373-232 COO, UK/Rest of World (RoW) Ian King Fax: (44-1252) 383-991 COO, President and CEO, BAE Systems Inc. Walt Havenstein www.baesystems.com Group Finance Director George Rose Aerospace Organization/Products: SATELLITE OPERATORS BAE Systems Military Air Solutions (Preston, Lancashire, UK): Services include: full-service IT solutions; non-nuclear ship repair, COMMERCIAL Eurofighter Typhoon (Preston, Lancashire, UK) with Alenia modernization and conversion focused on dry dock and ship repair Aeronautica (Italy), EADS-CASA (Spain) and EADS-Deutschland services for the US Navy, other defense agencies, and commercial (Germany) working as Jagflugzeub GmbH. First production customers; and a broad range of professional engineering services, aircraft delivered in 2002; 620 aircraft on order across the four products, integration, test services and program management sup- partner nations. Builds advanced training and light combat Hawk port to major defense acquisition programs. aircraft (800 in service). Key industry partner with Lockheed BAE Systems Electronics & Integrated Systems (Nashua, NH): Martin and Northrop Grumman on the F-35 Lightning II. The aft Designs, develops and manufactures a wide range of electronic fuselage and empennage are being designed, engineered and built systems and subsystems for both military and commercial ap- at the Samlesbury (UK) site. Remanufacturing 12 Nimrod MRA4 plications. Products and integration services including: electronic aircraft from existing Nimrod airframes for the Royal Air Force’s warfare and self-protection systems; surveillance and intelligence new maritime, reconnaissance and attack aircraft. systems; platform systems; sensor and precision targeting systems; AIRCRAFT INVENTORY BAE Systems Australia (Adelaide, Australia): communication, navigation, identification and reconnaissance WORLD MILITARY Force Awareness & Protection: Provides development in Sur- systems; large-scale enterprise solutions and information manage- veillance and Recognizance and Integrated Air Defense segments. ment systems in support of the defense and intelligence communi- Airborne Early Warning & Control: Provides support surveil- ties; mission-specific software and geospatial exploitation products; lance, air defense, fleet support and force coordination. Informa- advanced information technology; and rapid C4ISR prototyping. tion Architectures: Provides development in communications and BAE Systems Land & Armaments (Arlington, VA, USA): command support/intelligence segments. Military Air Support: Produces armored combat vehicles, major and minor caliber naval Provides life support capabilities to fast jet and rotary-wing guns, missile launchers, canisters, artillery systems, and intelligent platforms, AP3C support, training support systems and training munitions. The business is composed of six units: Hagglunds, Bofors, delivery. Operations: Provides service and support solutions to Land Systems, Ground Systems, Armament Systems and Steel customers throughout Australia, Southeast Asia and Saudi Arabia. Products. A transatlantic business headquartered in the USA with PRIME CONTRACTOR AND MAJOR BAE Systems Integrated System Technologies (Insyte) operations in the UK, South Africa, Sweden and USA. MANUFACTURER PROFILES (Frimley, UK): BAE Systems Products Group (Jacksonville, FL, USA) Formed in mid-2005 through the merger of AMS UK and BAE Formed following the acquisition of Armor Holdings, the Prod- 4 Systems C ISR Networked Systems and Solutions businesses into one ucts Group is composed of three divisions: Armor Protective, which 4 wholly-owned systems integration and C ISR business. The unit focus- produces bullet-resistant vests, shields, blankets and tactical gear; 4 es on battlespace architecture, joint C ISR and knowledge manage- Equipment, law enforcement duty gear, less-lethal munitions, gloves, ment systems, integrated air defense and mission systems, land and batons, handcuffs and anti-riot products; and Specialty Markets, naval sensor systems, and real-time command and control systems. which manufactures forensic and crime scene investigation products, BAE Systems Regional Aircraft (Prestwick, UK): firearm accessories and emergency-lighting products. Provides support and maintenance services for regional Joint Ventures/Partnerships: aircraft—such as the BAe 748, ATP, BAe 146 and Avro RJ — BAeHAL Software Ltd, partner: Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. manufactured by BAE Systems and predecessor companies. (India). CTA International, partner: Nexter (France). Data Link BAE Systems Surface Fleet Solutions Solutions, partner: Rockwell Collins (USA). Eurofighter Jagflug- MAJOR AIRLINE PROFILES (Filton, Bristol, Scotstoun and Glasgow, UK): zeub GmbH., partners: EADS (the Netherlands), Alenia Aeronauti- Major programs include the Type 45 Destroyer, Landing Ship ca (Italy). European AeroSystems Ltd, partner: Dassault Aviation Dock (Auxiliary) and the CVF carrier program. (France). Fadec International, partner: Hispano-Suiza (France). BAE Systems Submarines (Barrow-in-Furness, UK): Gripen International, partner: Saab (Sweden). IFS Defense, Comprising a submarine center with the Astute team and Swift- partner: IFS (UK). MBDA, partners: EADS (the Netherlands) and sure/Trafalgar-class update teams and the Astute and Swiftsure/ Finmeccanica (Italy). Panavia Aircraft GmbH., partners: EADS Trafalgar integration facilities. Designs, builds and supports the (the Netherlands), Finmeccanica (Italy). Astute-class submarine. Note: BAE Systems holds a 20% equity share of Saab AB. BAE Systems Inc. (Rockville, MD, USA): The USA-based subsidiary of BAE Systems plc. The unit employs approximately 53,000 workers in the USA, UK, Sweden, Israel, Turkey and South Africa. It manages four operations: Cus- FINANCIALS ($ MILLIONS)*: 2006 2007 % Change tomer Solutions Group; Electronics & Integrated Solutions (E&IS); Land & Armaments; and the Products Group, all detailed below. Operating Revenues 29,394 31,362 7 Operating Expenses 23,034 26,910 17 BAE Systems Customer Solutions (Arlington, VA, USA): Net Income (Loss) 3,209 1,840 (43) Provides integrated technical and professional service solu- tions for the USA national security and federal civilian markets. Debt to Equity Ratio — — — *AW&ST conversion based on exchange rates available on 12/31/06 and 12/31/07. AviationWeek.com/awst AVIATION WEEK & space TECHNOLOGY/JanuarY 26, 2009 263.