🧾 £37bn in new orders 📈 Double digit sales growth 🔬 Record R&D spend Our Chief Executive, Charles Woodburn, looks back on a strong performance in 2025 and how we’re delivering for our customers now, while investing in the future to fulfil our mission of protecting those who

Our Launchpad initiative accelerates cutting-edge defence tech into independent start-ups. This supports national priorities and strengthens capability for government and defence partners. Learn more 📎 https://t.co/Zi5OMpuVZK

In January 1976, #Concorde changed aviation forever. As the British Aircraft Corporation, our engineers produced thousands of drawings that defined this supersonic icon. Fifty years on, our archivists continue to preserve the technical drawings while sharing original footage

We are proud to announce we have been awarded a £453.5m contract by the UK @DefenceHQ to equip future @RoyalAirForce pilots with our advanced radar technology, delivering critical electronic warfare advantage, enhancing pilots' ability to detect, identify and track multiple

Congratulations as well to our former Chief Executive, Ian King, on receiving a CBE for services to Transport and Defence and to our many partners across industry and the armed forces celebrating their contributions in this year’s New Years Honours list.

Rebs Foran-Coutts has been awarded a BEM for services to armed forces and the community in The King’s 2026 New Year's Honours List 🏅 Since joining in 2019, she has helped to grow BAE Systems’ UK veterans’ network to around 1,200 members, raise over £460,000 for charity and

2025 was the UK’s biggest defence export year in over 40 years, with more to come in 2026. £20 billion in exports means 👇 👷‍♂️ 25,000+ jobs secured for decades 🏭 430+ British businesses backed in the supply chain 🤝 Stronger partnerships with allies Read more 👇

Innovation in freezing temperatures doesn’t always make for a smooth ride ❄️ Watch on YouTube as two pioneering @RoyalAirForce pilots share their stories of helping perfect the Harrier jet more than 55 years ago ✈️ https://t.co/k0IZG76UZo

Our Azalea™ radio frequency satellites, designed and built in the UK, have been successfully launched into low Earth orbit 🛰️ They are joined by a Synthetic Aperture Radar satellite from @iceye_global, creating a cluster of four satellites with advanced multi-sensing

Since 2020, we’ve recruited more than 10,000 apprentices and graduates and invested over £1 billion in education and skills, strengthening the nation’s industrial skills base while contributing to local and national economic development. Read more 🔗 https://t.co/xvx7XWLtlz

We’ve reached a record achievement with more than 6,800 young people in training across the UK 🎉 Read more 🔗 https://t.co/xvx7XWLtlz

We will co-sponsor @RBVECharity's Great Tommy Sleep Out in 2026, marking our third year supporting the nationwide effort to raise vital funds for veterans facing homelessness in the UK. Discover more ⛺ https://t.co/O00glCaEdv

A moving poem about what remembrance means to the daughter of one of our veterans Michelle reminds us of the sacrifice of those who serve. We pause to honour the courage, sacrifice and service of all those who have and continue to serve. Lest we forget.

Yesterday, we secured a deal with Türkiye that delivers more jobs for our country. Today, I met with some of the workers who will benefit from it. We are backing British talent with British jobs.

Today's Typhoon export deal with Türkiye strengthens @NATO and drives economic growth for the UK. ✅ 20,000 skilled jobs secured ✅ Critical manufacturing capability maintained ✅ UK as a global defence leader reinforced This government delivers 👇

Securing 20,000 British jobs. Boosting our defence. Strengthening our security. That’s what our deal with Türkiye means for Britain.

The UK Government has announced an agreement with the Republic of Türkiye for the purchase of 20 @eurofighter Typhoon aircraft, sustaining more than 20,000 highly skilled jobs across the UK supply chain. This deal, worth £5.4bn, is great news for the UK – boosting @NATO

Congratulations to our Chair, Cressida Hogg, on her appointment as the next President of the @CBItweets business group. This recognition reflects Cressida’s outstanding leadership and the high regard in which she’s held across UK business. Cressida will continue as Chair of BAE

Today we published the UK Defence Footprint, a document that breaks down defence's contribution to UK growth, region by region. 🇬🇧 Our defence industries operate in every nation and region of the UK, operating as engines for growth nationwide 👇

How do you prepare to face threats flying at 3,000 mph with just 6 seconds to respond? That’s where, MIMESIS, comes in. MIMESIS is already part of the @RoyalNavy’s training, so scenarios like this feel familiar to personnel before they happen for real. Read how @MetroUK’s