BAE Systems Military Air & Information Overview

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BAE SystemsMilitary Air & InformationOverview

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Military Air & Information

Key facts- Approx 15,500 people- 2009 Turnover of c£4bn- Organised as 2 “lines of business”

– Combat Air– Information Superiority & Services

Our Mission: Working as an integral part of the team delivering information superiority and effective air power, our aim is to give real advantage to our customers worldwide. Trusted to deliver - always


Military Air & Information - Footprint


Warton Site Overview


– Approx 7,500 employees on site.

– Site approx 283 hectares with a runway of 2422 metres.

– Main Projects:Hawk, Typhoon, Tornado, Harrier, F-35 Lightning II, Nimrod MRA4, Autonomous Systems and Future Capability

– Specialist Capabilities:Flight test and development, electronic warfare and wind tunnels, avionic systems engineering, flight simulation, radar cross-section range, engine running hush house, support engineering, training solutions

Warton Site Overview


Samlesbury Site Overview


Samlesbury Site Overview

– Approx 5,000 employees on site.

– Site approx 142 hectares

– Main Projects:Typhoon and F-35 Lightning II

– Specialist Capabilities:Advanced manufacturing technology, carbon fibre composites facility and advanced tooling manufacture, supply chain expertise

– Samlesbury Development:– Continuing expansion of presence on-site– Viability of Regional Aerospace Business Park being developed

– Other businesses on site:– BAE Systems Saudi Arabia– Logistics & Information Systems


Samlesbury Site Heritage• Municipal airfield proposed in 1922 to serve Blackburn and Preston.

• Construction didn’t begin until 1939 - Flight Shed No.1 built as flight test facility for English Electric.

• By Dec 42 all 5 main hangars and 3 runways completed.

• By end of war, 3,000 bombers built and flown from Samlesbury.

• Canberra production commenced in 1949 and early 50’s saw Samlesbury begin final assembly of the Lightning.

• End of 1960’s Jaguar production started and 70’s saw Concorde and Tornado production at Samlesbury.

• Tornado, T-45 Goshawk and Airbus produced through the 80’s.

• Eurofighter Typhoon and F-35 most recent additions to Samlesbury’s proud history.


Samlesbury Site Master Plan - 2007 to 2015

Welfare Facility(2012)

Phased expansion of F-35 major units assembly facility

Potential new Products Centre

(2016)

Phased expansion of F-35 Machining

Facility

Reception, New site entrance and associated Local Highways infrastructure (2008/9)

Phase 1&2 Flexible office buildings (2009)

MEST Facility(2009)

Phase 1 F-35 Machining Facility

(2010)

F-35 Supply Marshalling facility Ph 1 & 2

AFAF Extension(2010)

Site wide rationalisation and resilience activities


Military Air & InformationThe Products


Unmanned Aircraft Systems


Unmanned Aerial Systems

HERTI– HERTI is a low cost, high endurance Unmanned Air System (UAS),

providing solutions to a wide range of military and civil operational needs

– HERTI offers a fully autonomous flexible solution, providing high quality imagery using safe, reliable platforms, able to integrate seamlessly with current and future information networks

MANTIS– An indigenous UK programme to integrate technologies and

capabilities necessary for deep and persistent ISTAR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance) onto an unmanned autonomous system

TARANIS– Provide the UK MoD with experimental evidence on the potential

capabilities and help to inform decisions on the future mix of manned and unmanned fast jet aircraft

– Taranis aims to push the boundaries of technology by providing advancements in low observability capability and autonomous mission systems operations demonstrating the feasibility and utility of UAVs


F-35 Lightning II


F-35 Lightning II

– The world’s most advanced combat aircraft and the first and only stealthy supersonic, multi-role fighter

– Partnered with Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman– BAE Systems' experience and expertise in military aircraft is key to

the development of the airframe, vehicle and mission systems– The aft fuselage and the vertical and horizontal tails are designed,

manufactured and assembled by BAE Systems– The System Development and Demonstration phase is estimated to

be worth more than £1.3bn to BAE Systems– First flight of the Conventional Take-Off and Landing aircraft took

place in December 2006– First flight of Short Take-Off and Landing aircraft took place in June

2008 with BAE Systems test pilot Graham Tomlinson at the controls– The UK MoD has selected the carrier variant of F-35


F-35 Lightning II

BAE SYSTEMS - Military Air & InformationLOCKHEED MARTIN - Palmdale

LOCKHEED MARTIN - AeronauticsNORTHROP GRUMAN – Air Combat Systems


Hawk


Hawk

• Hawk is the world’s most successful trainer with 18 customers worldwide

• The Hawk provides a seamless transition between basic flying training and operational conversion to both current, and projected, front line combat aircraft types

• Hawk is a critical part of an integrated training system

• Largest 2 programmes currently UK & India


Typhoon


Typhoon– Typhoon is the world’s most advanced new generation multi-role / swing-role

combat aircraft available on the market. It has been ordered by six nations: UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, Austria and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

– It is Europe’s largest military collaborative programme employing over 100,000 jobs in 400 companies across Europe

– Eurofighter GmbH is the consortium set up to manage the development and production of the complete Typhoon weapon system

– 559 Typhoons are currently under production contract

– Typhoon Tranche 3A contract was signed in July 2009

– Signature of an agreement between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the UK Government covers the supply of 72 Typhoon aircraft to the kingdom. Deliveries commenced in June 2009

– Current export campaigns include Japan (BAE Systems/Alenia led) and India (Cassidian led)


BAE Systems(Germany Cassidian)Alenia (Spain Cassidian)

Based upon -

Baseline

U.K.232

37.5%

Germany18030%

Italy121

19.5%

Spain87

13%

Total= 620

Typhoon Workshare


BAE Systems in the North West Economic Importance and Community Links


BAE Systems’ economic importance to the North West

– North West is the region in which BAE Systems’ presence is most critical to the regional economy

– BAE Systems’ considerable presence in NW of particular importance to Government policies aimed at reducing regional disparities and developing a ‘knowledge economy’

– The North West is by far the most important region for BAE Systems in the UK, accounting for about half of its 35,000 UK employees

– These include 9,300 skilled technical jobs, and 6,000 managerial and professional jobs

– For every 10 jobs directly supported by BAE Systems in the NW another 13 are created in the supply chain

Source : The Economic Contribution of BAE Systems to the UK in 2006, Oxford Economics/Geo Economics, April 2008


– Just under 3% of all knowledge intensive private sector jobs and 12% of knowledge intensive production sector jobs (nearly one job in eight) in the NW are directly generated by BAE Systems

– In the Central Lancashire City Region BAE Systems accounts for a third of direct employment in knowledge intensive manufacturing

– More suppliers in the North West (1,200) than any other region

– Support from BAE Systems (e.g. in mentoring schemes) has been critical to developing and maintaining supply networks in the region




– Military Air Solutions in the NW recruits 100 graduates a year, investing £80,000 in each for salary, skills and learning over a two year development programme

– BAE Systems Training Centre in Preston trains up to 200 apprentices a year (to NVQ Level 3 equivalent), with a completion rate of 80% plus

– Significant investment at BAE Systems’ Samlesbury site to expand footprint and

consolidate activity




BAE Systems – Part of the community


BAE Systems in the local community

– Community sponsorship activities

– Charity Challenge programme– Site based partner charities– Volunteering projects

– Local site community liaison groups

– Public Forums to explain substantive issues or developments at sites


BAE Systems in the local community

– Annual education road show for local schools

– Ambassadors – Engineers into Schools

– Partnership school programme

– Take Your Sons and Daughters to Work Day

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BAE Systems Military Air & Information Overview

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