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Micropol signs framework agreement with BAE Systems Hägglunds

Micropol Fiberoptic has signed a framework agreement with BAE Systems Hägglunds for the delivery of field tactical fiber optic communication systems.

On Monday 13 March, as part of the AUKUS trilateral agreement between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, it was announced that BAE Systems will play a key role in helping Australia to acquire its first nuclear powered submarines.

BAE Systems to play a key role in the delivery of AUKUS submarines

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BAE Systems will play a key role in helping Australia to acquire its first nuclear powered submarines.

BAE Systems Australia and European missile group MBDA announced a collaboration agreement that will support Australia as it establishes its sovereign Guided Weapon and Explosive Ordnance (GWEO) capability.

BAE Systems & MBDA collaborate to support nation’s GWEO capability

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BAE Systems and MBDA announced a collaboration agreement that will support Australia as it establishes its sovereign Guided Weapon and Explosive Ordnance (GWEO) capability.

BAE Systems has received a USD 219 million (GBP 181 million) contract to equip the Royal Navy’s Type 26 frigates with five Mk 45 Maritime Indirect Fire Systems (MIFS). The system combines the 5-inch, 62-caliber Mk 45 Mod 4A naval gun system with a fully automated Ammunition Handling System (AHS).

BAE Systems to provide Maritime Indirect Fires System for UK Royal Navy

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BAE Systems has received a GBP 181 million contract to equip the Royal Navy’s Type 26 frigates with five Mk 45 Maritime Indirect Fire Systems.

HMS Anson, the fifth Astute class submarine, which BAE Systems has designed and built for the Royal Navy, has departed the Company's shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, and headed out to open sea for the first time.

BAE Systems delivers fifth and most advanced Astute submarine to the Royal Navy

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HMS Anson, which was formally commissioned into the Royal Navy during a ceremony in Barrow last year, is 97 metres long and weighs 7,400-tonnes.

BAE Systems has marked the start of construction of the third Dreadnought Class submarine, Warspite, at its shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria.

Construction starts on the third Dreadnought Class submarine

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BAE Systems has marked the start of construction of the third Dreadnought Class submarine, Warspite, at its shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria.

BAE Systems has delivered the 1,000th rear fuselage to Lockheed Martin for the F-35, the world's most advanced and capable fifth generation fighter.

BAE Systems delivers 1,000th F-35 Lightning II fuselage to Lockheed Martin

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BAE Systems has delivered the 1,000th rear fuselage to Lockheed Martin for the F-35, the world’s most advanced and capable fifth generation fighter.

BAE Systems has received a contract modification from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) to build 20 additional CV90 mortar vehicles. The approximately USD 30 million contract has been awarded to the BAE Systems Swedish joint venture HB Utveckling AB, which combines BAE Systems’ Hägglunds and Bofors manufacturing capabilities. Production will be performed at BAE Systems Hägglunds in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden.

Sweden orders 20 additional CV90 Mjölner mortar systems

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This new order for 20 additional CV90 mortar systems for the Swedish Army brings the total fleet to 80 vehicles, planned to be in service by 2025.

MBDA’s fifth generation Akeron MP Anti-Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) has been fired from the BAE Systems Hägglunds CV90 infantry combat vehicle at a test range in Northern Sweden, in the presence of representatives of the Swedish Armed Forces.

CV90 armed with fifth generation ATGM Akeron MP missiles in action [VIDEO]

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The combination of Akeron MP and the CV90 combat system offers unique strike capabilities on the modern battlefield.

BAE Systems has received a USD 12 million Phase 2 contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to further develop a low cost, all-weather, multi-mode (radar/infrared) open architecture seeker under the Maritime Weapon Innovation Program (MWIP) Joint Capability Technology Demonstration (also known as QUICKSINK).

BAE Systems to develop advanced seeker for maritime targeting from air-launched platforms

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BAE Systems has received a USD 12 million Phase 2 contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to further develop a low cost, all-weather, multi-mode (radar/infrared) open architecture seeker.

BAE Systems has received a USD 119.2 million contract from the US Navy to perform major modernization work aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen (DDG 82).

BAE Systems to perform USS Lassen’s modernization

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BAE Systems has received a USD 119.2 million contract from the US Navy to perform major modernization work aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer.