BAE unveils modular warhead built for the drone war era
The British defense giant unveiled BlackThorn, a new family of modular warheads built specifically for the current wave of cheap, mass-produced weapons reshaping modern warfare, from autonomous drones and one-way attack munitions to counter-drone interceptors, missiles and unmanned ground vehicles. BAE Systems designed the warhead family to be modular, meaning the same core technology can [β¦]
BAE Systems, Boeing and Saab announced they have signed a formal teaming agreement to jointly pursue the UKβs next generation pilot training program, built around Boeingβs T-7 trainer jet, and the deal commits the companies to building a brand new final assembly and integration facility inside Britain. Advanced fast jet training currently runs through the [β¦]
BAE Systems announced at the Farnborough International Airshow that it has signed a licensing agreement with an unnamed strategic defense partner to support local manufacture of the Light Gun artillery system inside Ukraine, giving Kyivβs defense industry direct access to the technical know-how behind a weapon British and Commonwealth forces have relied on for half [β¦]
BAE Systems announced that its FalconWorks advanced projects division has partnered with Lockheed Martinβs legendary Skunk Works to develop Blizzard, a modular, uncrewed aircraft built to carry out electronic warfare and attack missions, with the option to launch it from the ground, the air, the sea, or the back of a large military transport plane. [β¦]
The U.S. State Department approved a possible arms sale to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia worth an estimated $1.96 billion, covering up to 10,000 air-to-air guidance sections and up to 10,000 air-to-ground guidance sections for the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System, known as APKWS II, according to a congressional notification the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs [β¦]
BAE Systems will build the electronic eyes and ears that South Korea is betting will keep its aging fleet of F-15K fighter jets alive against modern air defenses, after Boeing awarded the company a contract to supply its AN/ALQ-250 Eagle Passive Active Warning Survivability System, known as EPAWSS, for all 59 of the Republic of [β¦]
A wheeled cannon that looks nothing like traditional artillery has fired live rounds on camera for the first time, and the footage shows exactly why the U.S. Army is betting on it to solve one of modern warfareβs most expensive problems. BAE Systems released new test footage on July 2, 2026, showing its Multi-Domain Artillery [β¦]
A warship the U.S. Navy tried to scrap just a few years into its life is heading back into the shipyard, and taxpayers are footing another multimillion-dollar bill to keep it running. BAE Systemsβ Jacksonville Ship Repair facility won a $49 million contract to maintain, modernize, and repair USS Wichita (LCS 13), a Freedom-class littoral [β¦]