BAE Systems has secured a $148.3M contract to modernize 43 U.S. Army heavy-lift vehicles with a feature that will allow the military service to recover stranded and damaged combat vehicles.

Thomas Payne, a 14-year BAE Systems veteran, has been appointed vice president and general manager of Washington, D.C.-based technical services contractor BayFirst Solutions.

BAE Systems has secured a potential $269M contract modification to manufacture an additional 168 infantry fighting vehicles as part of the U.S. Army's Bradley IFV modernization program.

BAE Systems has secured a potential six-year, $2.68B contract to manufacture lot 8 through lot 12 of a laser-guided weapon system designed to reach targets with accuracy and minimize the risk of collateral damage.

BAE Systems has received a $494.9M contract modification from the Defense Logistics Agency to provide additional components for digital updates to the U.S. Air Force's aircraft radar warning receiver system.

BAE Systems' ship repair business in San Diego has won a pair of contracts worth $185M combined from the U.S. Navy to modernize Arleigh Burke-class USS Decatur and USS Stethem destroyer ships.

BAE Systems will convert the U.S. Army's armored recovery vehicles to a M88A3 configuration under a $318M contract to help the service branch address its single-vehicle requirement for Abrams tank towing operations.

BAE Systems has agreed to purchase U.K.-based aerospace technology developer Prismatic for an undisclosed sum in the British defense contractor's strategy to push the boundaries of air and space innovation. The deal comes 15 months after both companies unveiled a partnership on the PHASA-35 unmanned air vehicle, a high-altitude long endurance aircraft designed to operate using battery and solar cells, BAE said Tuesday.

Brian LaRoche, a retired U.S. Navy rear admiral and former BAE Systems executive, has been appointed vice president and chief operating officer of the mission solutions unit at Cubic (NYSE: CUB).

TYSONS CORNER, VA, September 5, 2019 — BAE Systems has opened an innovation hub at the Georgia Cyber Center in Augusta, Ga., in a move to expand its support for cybersecurity programs and its workforce in the region, ExecutiveBiz reported Aug. 22.