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In 1944, during World War II, Joachim Hänsler of Germany's Ordnance Office proposed the first theoretically viable railgun. By late 1944, the theory behind his electric anti-aircraft gun had been worked out sufficiently to allow the Luftwaffe's Flak Command to issue a specification, which demanded a muzzle velocity of 2,000 m/s (4,500 mph; 7,200 km/h; 6,600 ft/s) and a projectile containing 0 ...
BAE Systems PLC (BAESY), the world's second-largest defense company by revenue, has put units of its North American commercial aerospace business up for sale, an auction that could net up to $2 ...
The company received a £116 million contract for the refurbishment of the ships prior to delivery; [197] however the British taxpayer only received the scrap value of £100,000 each from the sale. [198] BAE Systems ran into controversy in 2002 over the abnormally high cost of a radar system sold to Tanzania.
BAE Systems Platforms & Services is a wholly owned subsidiary of BAE Systems Inc. and is a large provider of tracked and wheeled armored combat vehicles, naval guns, naval ship repair and modernization, artillery and missile launching systems, advanced precision strike munitions and ordnance, and other technologies for U.S. and international customers.
British defense company BAE Systems (BAESY) hired two banks to sell its U.S. component manufacturing businesses. The company confirmed Monday that it had hired Wells Fargo (WFC) and JP Morgan (JPM ...
BAE Systems Inc. (formerly BAE Systems North America) is an American subsidiary of British multinational defense, security, and aerospace company BAE Systems plc.The American subsidiary operates under a Special Security Agreement which allows it to work on some of the most sensitive United States defense programs despite its foreign ownership. [2]
BAE Systems AB is subsidiary holding company for the Swedish assets of BAE Systems Land & Armaments, whose ultimate parent is the British defence contractor BAE Systems. The portfolio in 2020 contained the companies Systems C-ITS , involved in simulators and training; Bofors , that produces tube gun systems and related munitions; Hägglunds ...
The RG Outrider, also known by its original designation RG-32M light tactical vehicle (LTV), is a 4x4 multi-purpose mine-protected armoured personnel carrier (APC) manufactured by BAE Systems of South Africa. It was first introduced in early 2009 as the RG-32M LTV, and was first purchased by Ireland. The vehicle was offered to the US market the ...