Manufacturer catalog

BAE Systems

BAE Systems is a UK-based defense, aerospace, and security group formed in 1999 from British Aerospace and Marconi Electronic Systems. In this catalog it anchors a major manufacturer facet spanning armored vehicles, artillery, combat aircraft, naval systems, and electronics.

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BAE Systems is the post-merger British defense group that inherited aircraft, shipbuilding, armored-vehicle, armaments, and defense-electronics lines from earlier companies. The modern group keeps those industrial threads together under one catalog profile so the catalog can point to a single current manufacturer facet.

That matters here because many catalog entries are built by BAE Systems itself or by major BAE business units and subsidiaries. The profile is about the company and its production footprint, not about any particular conflict use, which belongs on the weapon records.

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Notable Systems

Challenger 2, Main battle tank, Tanks

Challenger 2

Main battle tank

BAE Systems says it designed and built the British Army's Challenger 2 with its legacy companies.

Sources: Challenger 2 Insight
M777, 155 mm towed howitzer, Artillery

M777

155 mm towed howitzer

BAE Systems presents the M777 as its 155 mm lightweight howitzer and says it produces major structures for the gun.

Sources: M777 Product

CV90

BAE Systems Hägglunds presents the CV90 as a designed-and-built infantry fighting vehicle in its product line.

Sources: CV90 Product
Eurofighter Typhoon, Twin-engine multirole combat aircraft, Aircraft & UAVs

Eurofighter Typhoon

Twin-engine multirole combat aircraft

BAE Systems identifies itself as one of the partner companies on the collaborative Typhoon programme.

Sources: Eurofighter Typhoon Product

Manufacturer History

  1. BAE Systems is formed

    BAE Systems says British Aerospace merged with GEC's Marconi Electronic Systems on 29 November 1999 to create the modern group.

    Sources: Investor FAQs, Heritage

  2. Ball Aerospace acquisition completes

    BAE Systems completed its acquisition of Ball Aerospace on 16 February 2024, adding space and mission-systems capabilities to the broader group.

    Sources: Ball Aerospace Acquisition

Predecessors
British AerospaceMarconi Electronic Systems
Subsidiaries
BAE Systems, Inc.
Website links
About BAE SystemsOur businessesOur historyCompany informationInvestor FAQs

BAE Systems is treated as the modern post-1999 company that ties together earlier British aerospace, armoured vehicle, armaments, and electronics lines. Headquarters is given as the London registered office/head office cited in official company materials; no map coordinates were added because a separately sourced geocode was not needed for this edit.

Manufacturer Sources

  • BAE Systems HomePublisher: BAE Systems | Note: Supports BAE Systems' current corporate description as a technology-led defence, aerospace and security group with air, land, sea, space, cyber, electronics, operational support and weapon-systems capabilities. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • About BAE SystemsPublisher: BAE Systems | Note: Supports the company's current identity, workforce footprint, and the statement that it develops, engineers, manufactures and supports products and systems for military capability and infrastructure security. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Company informationPublisher: BAE Systems | Note: Supports the legal name BAE Systems plc and the registered office at 6 Carlton Gardens, London, SW1Y 5AD, United Kingdom. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Our businessesPublisher: BAE Systems | Note: Supports the company's major business sectors and the manufacturer context for air, land, maritime, electronics and support products in the catalog. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • HeritagePublisher: BAE Systems Heritage | Note: Supports the company's 1999 merger-era history and successor-lineage framing from earlier aircraft, shipbuilding, armoured vehicle, armaments and defence electronics companies. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Investor FAQsPublisher: BAE Systems Investor Relations | Note: Supports the 29 November 1999 merger date with GEC's Marconi Electronic Systems and the formation of the modern BAE Systems group. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • BAE Systems, Inc. AboutPublisher: BAE Systems | Note: Supports BAE Systems, Inc. as the U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems plc. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Challenger 2 InsightPublisher: BAE Systems | Note: Supports Challenger 2 as a BAE Systems-designed and built tank and the company's legacy-company continuity on the program. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • M777 ProductPublisher: BAE Systems | Note: Supports BAE Systems' M777 product line and the company's role in the howitzer's manufacture and major structures. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • CV90 ProductPublisher: BAE Systems | Note: Supports BAE Systems Hägglunds as the designer and builder of the CV90 family. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Eurofighter Typhoon ProductPublisher: BAE Systems | Note: Supports BAE Systems as one of the partner companies on the Eurofighter Typhoon collaborative programme. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Ball Aerospace AcquisitionPublisher: BAE Systems | Note: Supports the 16 February 2024 completion of BAE Systems' acquisition of Ball Aerospace and the addition of Space & Mission Systems to BAE Systems, Inc. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • BAE Systems Chadderton imagePublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports the builder image provenance; the file page identifies the photo as BAE Systems factory at Chadderton and licenses it under CC BY-SA 2.0. | Accessed: 2026-06-21

Produced weapons

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Aircraft & UAVs

Crewed aircraft, drones, and loitering munitions.

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EC-130H Compass Call, Airborne electronic attack aircraft, Aircraft & UAVs2001 War in Afghanistan, 2014 War Against the Islamic State +1 moreEC-130H Compass CallAirborne electronic attack aircraftBuilt in: United States / United KingdomThe EC-130H Compass Call is the U.S. Air Force's legacy airborne electronic-attack aircraft, a heavily modified C-130H that denies, degrades, and disrupts adversary command-and-control communications, radars, and navigation systems. Its mission crew operates permanently installed electronic-attack equipment for U.S. and coalition air, surface, maritime, and special-operations support, while the EC-130H fleet transitions to the EA-37B Compass Call successor.
F-35C Lightning II, Carrier-based stealth multirole fighter, Aircraft & UAVs2014 Yemen Civil War, 2020 United States-Iran ConflictF-35C Lightning IICarrier-based stealth multirole fighterBuilt in: United StatesThe F-35C Lightning II is the carrier variant of the Joint Strike Fighter, built for catapult launches and arrested landings with larger wings, folding wingtips, strengthened landing gear, internal fuel for long-range carrier operations, and a sensor suite intended for strike, air-to-air, reconnaissance, and electronic-warfare missions. U.S. Marine Corps F-35Cs made the variant's first documented combat strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen in 2024, and an F-35C was later reported shooting down an Iranian Shahed-139 drone near USS Abraham Lincoln in 2026.
Eurofighter Typhoon, Twin-engine multirole combat aircraft, Aircraft & UAVs2011 First Libyan Civil War, 2014 War Against the Islamic State +2 moreEurofighter TyphoonTwin-engine multirole combat aircraftBuilt in: United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, and SpainThe Eurofighter Typhoon is a twin-engine, canard-delta multirole fighter developed by the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, and Spain and built through Airbus, BAE Systems, and Leonardo workshares. Cataloged conflict use spans RAF no-fly-zone, reconnaissance, and strike missions over Libya, coalition strike and ISR missions against the Islamic State, Red Sea strikes on Houthi military targets, and Royal Saudi Air Force combat missions in Yemen.
Panavia Tornado, Twin-engine variable-sweep wing multirole strike aircraft, Aircraft & UAVs1990 Gulf War, 1999 Kosovo War / Operation Allied Force +6 morePanavia TornadoTwin-engine variable-sweep wing multirole strike aircraftBuilt in: Germany / United Kingdom / ItalyThe Panavia Tornado is a UK-German-Italian variable-sweep combat aircraft family developed for low-level strike, interdiction, reconnaissance, electronic-combat, and air-defense roles. Tornado variants saw direct combat use from the 1990 Gulf War through Kosovo, Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, the anti-Daesh campaign, the 2018 Syria strikes, and Saudi-led coalition operations in Yemen.

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Air Defense

Systems that contest aircraft, missiles, helicopters, and drones.

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Gravehawk, Containerized short-range surface-to-air missile system, Air Defense2014 Russia-Ukraine WarGravehawkContainerized short-range surface-to-air missile systemBuilt in: United KingdomGravehawk is a UK-designed, Denmark-backed short-range air-defense system built for Ukraine by adapting Soviet-era R-73 air-to-air missiles for ground launch from a containerized twin-rail launcher. Official UK and parliamentary statements place it in Ukraine's wartime air-defense network, with prototypes delivered and a follow-on batch intended to help protect cities, troops, infrastructure, and energy facilities from Russian aerial attacks.

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Armored Vehicles

Troop carriers, infantry fighting vehicles, and protected mobility.

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M113, Armored personnel carrier, Armored Vehicles1955 Vietnam War, 1990 Gulf War +6 moreM113Armored personnel carrierBuilt in: United StatesA lightweight tracked armored personnel carrier that became a long-lived family of troop, command, mortar, medical, missile, and field-conversion vehicles. Its use spans Vietnam-era ACAV combat adaptations, Desert Storm coalition service, U.S. and partner-supplied Ukrainian evacuation and mobility vehicles, Israeli remote explosive conversions in Gaza, Egyptian M113s under IED threat in Sinai, Yemen service, and captured Iraqi Army vehicles used by Islamic State.
BAE Caiman MRAP, Mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicle, Armored Vehicles2009 Boko Haram Insurgency, 2014 Yemen Civil WarBAE Caiman MRAPMine-resistant ambush-protected vehicleBuilt in: United StatesThe BAE Caiman is an FMTV-derived mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicle family built around a V-hull armored capsule, protected troop transport, and optional roof weapon stations. U.S. Excess Defense Articles transfers put Caiman vehicles into Nigerian counter-Boko Haram service, while a separate UAE MRAP acquisition and open-source Yemen investigations connect Caimans to UAE-backed southern forces during the 2014 Yemen Civil War.
FV430 Bulldog, Tracked armored personnel carrier, Armored Vehicles2003 Iraq War, 2014 Russia-Ukraine WarFV430 BulldogTracked armored personnel carrierBuilt in: United KingdomThe FV430 Bulldog is the upgraded Mark 3 form of Britain's FV432 tracked armored personnel carrier, rebuilt with a diesel powerpack, automatic transmission, and additional protection after the Iraq War exposed the limits of older APC fleets. British forces fielded upgraded Bulldogs in Iraq, and the same family later appeared in UK military aid and Ukrainian front-line evacuation work during the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War.
FV432, Tracked armored personnel carrier, Armored Vehicles1990 Gulf War, 2014 Russia-Ukraine WarFV432Tracked armored personnel carrierBuilt in: United KingdomThe FV432 is the British FV430-series tracked armored personnel carrier built around a simple steel-hulled troop compartment for carrying infantry, command teams, mortar crews, engineers, or evacuation loads under armor. GKN Sankey produced the type for British service from the early 1960s, and the family later split into command, ambulance, mortar, recovery, engineering, and upgraded Bulldog forms. Public sources directly document FV432 vehicles with British coalition forces in the 1990 Gulf War and later FV432 APC transfers to Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces during the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War.
M2 Bradley, Tracked infantry fighting vehicle, Armored Vehicles2014 Russia-Ukraine War, 2014 Yemen Civil War +1 moreM2 BradleyTracked infantry fighting vehicleBuilt in: United StatesThe M2 Bradley is a tracked U.S. infantry fighting vehicle built around a 25 mm M242 chain gun, TOW launcher, coaxial machine gun, and protected infantry lift. Its M2A2 ODS and ODS-SA lines shaped the Ukraine-supplied fleet, while the M2A3/Bradley A3 digitized branch added improved sights, networked displays, inertial navigation, and armor provisions for U.S. armored formations and coalition force-protection missions.

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Artillery

Tube artillery, rocket artillery, and long-range ground fires.

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L118 Light Gun, 105 mm towed light howitzer, Artillery1982 Falklands War, 2003 Iraq War +2 moreL118 Light Gun105 mm towed light howitzerBuilt in: United KingdomThe L118 Light Gun is a British 105 mm towed howitzer built for airborne, commando, and light-force artillery. It can be towed by a medium-weight vehicle or carried underslung by a Chinook helicopter, and BAE Systems says its 105 mm ammunition family includes HE, illumination, target-marking, smoke, and propelling-charge options. This family record also covers the L119 branch, the NATO/M1-ammunition variant supplied to Ukraine, while the U.S. M119 derivative has its own linked entry.
M777, 155 mm towed howitzer, Artillery2014 Russia-Ukraine War, 2014 War Against the Islamic State +2 moreM777155 mm towed howitzerBuilt in: United States / United KingdomThe M777 is a lightweight British-American 155 mm towed howitzer built by BAE Systems for mobile artillery units. Its titanium-and-aluminum structure, hydraulic mechanisms, and digital fire-control system made it a lighter successor to the M198 while keeping NATO 155 mm ammunition compatibility, including Excalibur precision fires documented in Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, and Ukraine-related service.
M109A6 Paladin, 155 mm tracked self-propelled howitzer, Artillery2014 Russia-Ukraine War, 2003 Iraq War +2 moreM109A6 Paladin155 mm tracked self-propelled howitzerBuilt in: United StatesThe M109A6 Paladin is a U.S. 155 mm tracked self-propelled howitzer that modernized the M109 family with onboard navigation, automatic fire-control, digital communications, and improved crew protection. The variant is documented in U.S. artillery missions in Iraq and later as a U.S.-supplied NATO-standard system in Ukrainian service, where it was paired with ammunition support vehicles for sustained mobile gun-line operations.
M109, 155 mm tracked self-propelled howitzer family, Artillery2014 Russia-Ukraine War, 1955 Vietnam War +7 moreM109155 mm tracked self-propelled howitzer familyBuilt in: United StatesThe M109 is a U.S.-origin 155 mm tracked self-propelled howitzer family built for mobile indirect fire with armored and mechanized forces. The family spans the original short-tube vehicle, M109A1 to M109A4 rebuild and export lines, the M109A5 M284-cannon upgrade, the digitally modernized M109A6 Paladin, current M109A7 production, and the longer-barrel M109-52 concept; catalog evidence here centers on direct conflict use by U.S., Ukrainian, U.S.-led coalition, and Israeli forces.

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Electronic Warfare

Systems built to sense, relay, jam, deceive, or attack electromagnetic networks.

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Munitions

Standalone missiles, bombs, rockets, torpedoes, and guided or unguided explosive payloads.

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APKWS / WGU-59 guided rockets, Guided rocket munition family, Munitions2001 War in Afghanistan, 2014 Russia-Ukraine War +1 moreAPKWS / WGU-59 guided rocketsGuided rocket munition familyBuilt in: United StatesAPKWS / WGU-59 guided rockets are BAE Systems laser-guidance-kit munitions that convert Hydra 70 / 2.75-inch aerial rockets into precision-guided weapons. The family includes WGU-59/B guidance sections, single-variant all-up rounds, and later AGR-20/FALCO counter-UAS adaptations documented by U.S. Navy, Air Force, manufacturer, and Ukraine-security-assistance sources on helicopters, fixed-wing aircraft, and mounted launch systems.

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Naval Systems

Warships, submarines, unmanned surface vessels, naval craft, and maritime combat systems.

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River-class destroyer, Guided missile destroyer, Naval Systems2015 Various ConflictsRiver-class destroyerGuided missile destroyerBuilt in: Canada / United KingdomThe River-class destroyer is Canada's future guided-missile destroyer class, a 15-ship Royal Canadian Navy program based on BAE Systems' Type 26 Global Combat Ship and built through Irving Shipbuilding with Lockheed Martin Canada as design lead. Current official fact sheets describe a SPY-7/Aegis combat-system architecture, a 24-cell Mk 41 vertical launch battery for SM-2, ESSM, and Tomahawk missiles, Naval Strike Missile, Rolling Airframe Missile, Mk 54 torpedoes, and a CH-148 Cyclone aviation facility.
River-class offshore patrol vessel, Offshore patrol vessel, Naval Systems2023 Guyana-Venezuela CrisisRiver-class offshore patrol vesselOffshore patrol vesselBuilt in: United KingdomThe River-class offshore patrol vessel is the Royal Navy's British-built patrol-ship family for territorial-water security, maritime security, law-enforcement support, and sustained overseas presence. BAE Systems and Royal Navy sources distinguish the early Batch 1 ships from the larger Batch 2 vessels, whose 90 metre hull, 30 mm gun, Merlin-capable flight deck, and rotating forward-deployed crews make them useful for Caribbean, South Atlantic, Mediterranean, West African, and Indo-Pacific tasks. HMS Trent gives the class a specific documented crisis role through its 2023-2024 deployment to Guyana during the Guyana-Venezuela Essequibo crisis.
114 mm Vickers Mark 8, Single-barrel dual-purpose naval gun, Naval Systems1982 Falklands War, 2003 Iraq War +1 more114 mm Vickers Mark 8Single-barrel dual-purpose naval gunBuilt in: United KingdomThe 114 mm Vickers Mark 8 is the Royal Navy's post-1970s single-barrel 4.5-inch naval gun, replacing the heavier Mark 6 twin mounting with a 55-calibre automatic system for surface fire, naval gunfire support, and limited air or force-protection roles. It served on Type 21, Type 22, Type 23, Type 42, Type 45, and export warships, with Falklands War use followed by later Mod 1 low-observable gunhouse upgrades and 2011 Libya combat firings by Royal Navy ships.

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Support Equipment

Transport, logistics, recovery, command, engineering, and other enabling equipment.

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Pinzgauer 6x6, 6x6 high-mobility military utility vehicle, Support Equipment2014 Russia-Ukraine WarPinzgauer 6x66x6 high-mobility military utility vehicleBuilt in: Austria / United KingdomThe Pinzgauer 6x6 is the six-wheel branch of the Austrian Steyr-Puch high-mobility all-terrain utility-vehicle family, later continued through diesel 718 and British-supported Vector protected-patrol forms. Its conflict record in Ukraine is best treated as light protected mobility and support equipment: donor and private channels delivered Pinzgauer and Vector vehicles for Ukrainian units, while open-source loss trackers later documented Ukrainian Pinzgauer Vector 718 losses.
M992A2 FAASV, Tracked field artillery ammunition support vehicle, Support Equipment2014 Russia-Ukraine WarM992A2 FAASVTracked field artillery ammunition support vehicleBuilt in: United StatesThe M992A2 FAASV is a U.S. tracked ammunition support vehicle built to accompany M109-family self-propelled howitzers, especially the M109A6 Paladin. It carries separate-loading 155 mm projectiles, propellant charges, fuzes, and crew under armor, uses powered handling equipment to transfer rounds at the gun line, and appears in Ukraine transfer and service reporting under the broader M-992/M992 FAASV designation.

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Tanks

Heavy armor built around direct fire, protection, and battlefield shock.

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