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BAE Systems

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commercialFounded 1999
United Kingdom
www.baesystems.com
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In 2021 the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency selected BAE Systems, Ball Aerospace, BlackSky, Continental Mapping Consultants, and Royce Geospatial Consultants as vendors for the Economic Indicator Monitoring program.

Mentioned as: BAE SystemsTechnical ProductNov 15, 2022NGA to increase spending on commercial Earth monitoring services

BAE Systems acquired In-Space Missions in 2023, making BAE one of a small number of British companies capable of designing, building, launching, and operating satellites.

Mentioned as: BAE SystemsNarrative GeneralOct 25, 2022BAE Systems to Launch its First Multi Sensor Satellite Cluster

BAE Systems will launch the Azalea multi-sensor satellite cluster into low Earth orbit in 2024.

Mentioned as: BAE SystemsNarrative PlanOct 25, 2022BAE Systems to Launch its First Multi Sensor Satellite Cluster

BAE Systems is working with Finnish firm ICEYE to include ICEYE’s advanced SAR technology in the Azalea cluster.

Mentioned as: BAE SystemsOrg RelationshipOct 25, 2022BAE Systems to Launch its First Multi Sensor Satellite Cluster

DARPA awarded BAE Systems’ FAST Labs a $6,500,000 contract for the COmpact Front-end Filters at the ElEment-level (COFFEE) program.

Mentioned as: BAE SystemsNarrative FinancialSep 24, 2022BAE Systems to develop COFFEE filter technology

BAE Systems’ military GPS work takes place in Cedar Rapids where the company is investing more than $100,000,000 to build a 278,000-square-foot research and manufacturing center.

Mentioned as: BAE SystemsOrg RelationshipSep 13, 2022BAE Systems provides enhanced GPS tech for F-15 Eagle fighter aircraft

BAE Systems received a $13,000,000 contract for advanced Global Positioning System technology to protect U.S. F-15E aircraft from GPS signal jamming and spoofing.

Mentioned as: bae systemsOrg RelationshipSep 13, 2022BAE Systems provides enhanced GPS tech for F-15 Eagle fighter aircraft

ICEYE is partnering with BAE Systems to provide Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) technology for BAE Systems' AzaleaTM multi-sensor satellite cluster launching in 2024.

Mentioned as: BAE SystemsOrg RelationshipSep 9, 2022BAE Systems' New Multi-Sensor Satellite Constellation to Use ICEYE's Radar Imaging Satellite

BAE Systems’ Azalea™ satellite cluster is scheduled to launch in 2024.

Mentioned as: BAE SystemsNarrative GeneralSep 8, 2022ICEYE to Provide Radar Imaging Satellite for BAE Systems

ICEYE closed a $136,000,000 Series D funding round that included BAE Systems as a new strategic investor.

Mentioned as: BAE SystemsNarrative FinancialSep 8, 2022ICEYE to Provide Radar Imaging Satellite for BAE Systems

ICEYE is partnering with BAE Systems to provide Synthetic Aperture Radar technology for BAE Systems’ Azalea™ multi-sensor satellite cluster.

Mentioned as: BAE SystemsOrg RelationshipSep 8, 2022ICEYE to Provide Radar Imaging Satellite for BAE Systems

In-Space Missions, which BAE acquired in 2023, will provide platforms for Azalea that include chip-scale atomic clocks.

Mentioned as: BAE SystemsOrg RelationshipSep 7, 2022BAE Systems developing multi-sensor satellite cluster for military intelligence

BAE Systems will launch the Azalea™ multi-sensor satellite cluster into low Earth orbit in 2024 to deliver real-time information and intelligence to military customers.

Mentioned as: BAE SystemsOrg RelationshipSep 7, 2022LEO satellite cluster from BAE Systems to provide secure digital military intelligence from 2024

BAE Systems is closing in on securing a launch contract with SpaceX to deploy the first Azalea cluster in 2024.

Mentioned as: BAE SystemsNarrative GeneralSep 7, 2022BAE Systems developing multi-sensor satellite cluster for military intelligence

BAE Systems is working with Finnish firm ICEYE to include ICEYE’s advanced SAR technology in the Azalea™ cluster.

Mentioned as: BAE SystemsOrg RelationshipSep 7, 2022LEO satellite cluster from BAE Systems to provide secure digital military intelligence from 2024

BAE Systems partnered with Finnish satellite operator Iceye, which is building a synthetic aperture radar satellite for the four-strong Azalea constellation.

Mentioned as: bae systemsTechnical ProductSep 7, 2022BAE Systems developing multi-sensor satellite cluster for military intelligence

BAE Systems is developing its first multi-sensor satellite cluster called Azalea to gather intelligence for military and disaster response needs in 2024.

Mentioned as: BAE SystemsNarrative GeneralSep 7, 2022BAE Systems developing multi-sensor satellite cluster for military intelligence

Following BAE Systems’ acquisition of In-Space Missions in 2023, BAE Systems is one of a small number of British companies with the capability to design, build, launch, and operate satellites.

Mentioned as: BAE SystemsNarrative GeneralSep 7, 2022LEO satellite cluster from BAE Systems to provide secure digital military intelligence from 2024

Piran Composites worked with BAE Systems on the PHASA-35 unmanned solar-powered pseudo-satellite.

Mentioned as: BAE SystemsOrg RelationshipSep 1, 2022Piran Composites now engaged in the next stages carbon fiber aerostructure development

BAE Systems unveiled its latest deployable networking product, NetVIPR™, designed for military communication networks.

Mentioned as: BAE SystemsNarrative GeneralAug 21, 2022BAE Systems’ NetVIPR™  a pioneering new military communications network
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