| Type | Division |
|---|---|
| Industry | Aerospace & Defense |
| Founded | 2005 |
| Headquarters | Arlington, Virginia, United States |
| Key people | Mike Heffron (President) |
| Products | Avionics Electronic Warfare Communications Sensor systems Intelligence systems. |
| Revenue | £4.6 billion (2008) (approx. US$7 billion c. 2010)[1] |
| Operating income | £0.506 billion (2008) (approx. US$0.79 billion c. 2010)[1] |
| Employees | 33,000 |
| Parent | BAE Systems Inc. |
| Website | www.baesystems.com/Businesses/EIS |
BAE Systems Electronics, Intelligence & Support (EI&S) is one of two operating groups of BAE Systems Inc., the North American subsidiary of UK-based BAE Systems.
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The business was formed in June 2005 as BAE Systems Electronics and Integrated Solutions by the merger of BAE's Information & Electronic Warfare Systems (IEWS) and Information & Electronic Systems Integration (IESI) units.[2] The former was the Lockheed Martin Aerospace Electronic Systems business, acquired by BAE in 2000. Lockheed identified AES as a candidate for disposal following a strategic review in 1999. BAE Systems agreed to acquire the group in July and completed its acquisition of AES on 27 November 2000.[3][4] The group encompassed Sanders Associates, Fairchild Systems and Lockheed Martin Space Electronics & Communications. The purchase of this group by BAE has been described as "precedent setting" given the advanced and classified nature of many of that company's products.[5]
This division was formerly known as Lockheed Martin Control Systems (LMCS). LMCS was acquired by BAE from Lockheed Martin in April 2000 for $510 million USD.[6] In August 2004 BAE acquired Boeing Commercial Electronics for $66 million (£36m) and merged it into Platform Solutions. The division has its HQs in Johnson City, New York and sites in Fort Wayne, Indiana; Irving, Texas; Ontario, California; Redmond, Washington; and Rochester, England.
BAE Systems Platform Solutions manufactures Full Authority Digital Engine Controls, Fly by wire controls, mission computers, space vehicle controls, the HybriDrive vehicle propulstion system, and rail transport controls.
The company's flight control systems are used on Boeing's 757, 767, 777, C-17, F/A-18 and V-22 aircraft as well as the Northrop Grumman B-2 bomber, the Saab Gripen and the F-35. Platform Solutions also provides the electronic engine controls for all General Electric and CFM International commercial jet engines.
The Electronic Solutions line of business – part of BAE Systems Electronic & Integrated Solutions group – is headquartered in Nashua, N.H., and includes 8800 employees working at 17 locations in the U.S. and Israel. ES is divided into six business areas who serve military customers with the following product lines:
BAE's Support Solutions provides support of the US Navy's Aegis combat system and "prime systems integration" for the US and Royal Navy submarine fleet ballistic missile systems.
BAE Systems Ship Repair of Norfolk, Virginia[7] is a major non-nuclear ship repair business in the United States, formerly known as United States Marine Repair. The company's primary customer is the United States Navy, other customers include other branches of the US military and commercial cruise lines such as Royal Caribbean. USMR had acquired Norfolk Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company (NORSHIPCO) in 1998. In 2004 USMR purchased Honolulu Shipyard Inc. (HSI) for $16 million. HSI was another U.S. Navy ship repair business. USMR was owned by the Carlyle Group who planned to float the company but instead chose to sell it to United Defense (which it partially owned) in May 2002. BAE acquired the latter in 2005.
BAE Systems Advanced Information Technologies (BAE Systems AIT) is a division of BAE Systems E&IS formerly known as ALPHATECH, Inc. The company manufactures processing systems for images and signals that are employed by United States intelligence agencies.[8] Based in Burlington, Massachusetts, the company also has facilities in Virginia and Maryland.[9] ALPHATECH was founded in 1979 as a spin-off from MIT[10] by Nils Sandell, Sol Gully, and Michael Athans. BAE completed its acquisition of ALPHATECH in November 2004 for $88m (£48m).
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