BAE Systems

Nuclear Weapon Producers

BAE Systems produces key components for the French, UK and US nuclear arsenals.

Nuclear Weapons |  Investments years compared – 2021, 2020, 2019

Company Profile

BAE Systems, based in the UK, is a defence company operating in the air, maritime, land and cyber domains.1 The company produces key components for the French, UK and US nuclear arsenals. BAE Systems has a 37.5% stake in the MBDA joint venture with Airbus and Leonardo.2 In the financial year ending 31 December 2021, BAE Systems reported revenues of £19.5 billion, resulting in an operating profit of £2.38 billion.3

Stock exchange listing
LON: BA

Contact information

BAE Systems PLC Headquarters
PO Box 87 Aerospace Centre,
Farnborough GU14 6YU
United Kingdom
+44 (0) 1252 373232
baesystemsinfo@baesystems.com
Website: https://www.baesystems.com/en/home
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BAESystemsplc
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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/BAESystemsplc

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Nuclear weapons

BAE Systems is involved in three nuclear weapon arsenals: those of France, the United Kingdom and the United States.

BAE Systems is part of the MBDA joint venture. MBDA France is the prime contractor for the ASMPA medium-range air-to-ground nuclear armed missile for the French nuclear arsenal.4 MBDA is also contracted by the French government for work related to development of the ASMPA-successor, the ASN4G.5 The new weapon is scheduled to enter service in 2035 with range exceeding 1,000km, double that of the ASMPA. The French Directorate General for Armaments indicated that the ASN4G will be a hypersonic missile.6

BAE Systems is the prime contractor for the US Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) system engineering/technical assistance support, training, and development.7 In June 2022, BAE Systems received an 18-year, $12 billion contract to continue supporting the sustainment of the US' ICBM inventory.8

BAE is also contracted by the US government for work on the US and UK Trident II D5 strategic weapon systems, under several contracts valued at up to $595 million9, including for the providing of supply support and information technology services for the Trident II (D5) Strategic Weapon System (SWS) Program and the SSGN Attack Weapon System (AWS) Program.10

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Investments

Investments compared

Click on the institution to see if and how they've invested in the past. Red indicates a new investor in 2021. Green indicates investors that ended their involvement by 2021.

2022 Investments

2022

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2021 Investments

2021

84 Financial institutions made $27,246.9 million available to BAE Systems in the research period January 2019- January 2021.

All forms of financing meeting the definition of substantive financial relationships are included in the report. This comprises financial institutions participating in loans and underwriting deals since 1 January 2019, as well as those involved in loans which have been closed before that date but have not yet matured before 1 October 2020. For (managing) investments in shares or bonds of arms companies, a group-level threshold of at least 0.5% of the outstanding shares or bonds at most recent filing dates is applied per financial institution.

2020 Investments

2020

64 Financial institutions made $22,666.5 million available to BAE Systems in the research period.

This comprises financial institutions participating in loans and underwriting deals since 1 January 2018, as well as those involved in loans which have been closed before that date but have not yet matured before 1 October 2019. For (managing) investments in shares or bonds of arms companies, a group-level threshold of at least 0.5% of the outstanding shares or bonds at most recent filing dates is applied per financial institution.

2019 Investments

2019

76 Financial institutions made $22,826 million available to Aerojet Rocketdyne in the research period January 2017-2019.

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Last updated: 2023-07-06 14:22:18

Notes

  1. What we do (2022) | BAE Systems. Available at: What we do | BAE Systems | International.
  2. About Us (2022 | MBDA Missile Systems. Available at: https://www.mbda-systems.com/about-us/.
  3. ‘Annual Report 2021’ (2021), BAE Systems plc, p. 3. Available at: bae-ar-complete-2021.pdf (baesystems.com).
  4. ‘Budget Général. Programme 146. Projets Annuels de Performances. Annexe au Projet de Loi de Finances pour 2023: Équipement Des Forces’ (2023), RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE, p. 29. Available at: https://www.budget.gouv.fr/index.php/documentation/documents-budgetaires/exercice-2023/projet-de-loi-de-finances/budget-general/defense.
  5. Ibid, p. 32.
  6. ‘MBDA opens data centre in France for missile development’, AIRFORCE TECHNOLOGY, 5 April 2019. Available at: https://www.airforce-technology.com/news/mbda-data-centre-france-missiles/ .
  7. CONTRACT to BAE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS & SERVICES INC.| USAspending, 1 August 2013. Available at: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_FA821413C0001_9700_-NONE-_-NONE- (Accessed: 10 October 2022).
  8. AE Systems wins contract to continue sustaining U.S. intercontinental ballistic missiles. BAE Systems, 27 June 2022. Available at: https://www.baesystems.com/en-us/article/bae-systems-wins-contract-to-continue-sustaining-us-intercontinental-ballistic-missiles ; Contracts for June 24, 2022 (2022) U.S. Department of Defense. Available at: > U.S. Department of Defense > Contract (Accessed: 11 October 2022).
  9. CONTRACT to BAE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS & SERVICES INC.| USAspending, 1 October 2018. Available at: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_N0003019C0007_9700_-NONE-_-NONE- (Accessed: 10 October 2022); Contracts for September 16, 2020 (2020) U.S. Department of Defense. Available at: https://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract/Article/2350212// (Accessed: 14 September 2022); CONTRACT to BAE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS & SERVICES INC.| USAspending, 1 October 2021. Available at: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_N0003022C6001_9700_-NONE-_-NONE- (Accessed: 10 October 2022); BAE Systems has been awarded a five-year Systems Engineering and Integration Support Services contract to continue supporting the U.S. Navy Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) office, BAE Systems, 27 October 2021. Available at: https://www.baesystems.com/en/article/bae-systems-was-awarded-a-five-year-systems-engineering-and-integration-support-services-contract. ; Contracts for October 21, 2022 (2022) U.S. Department of Defense. Available at: https://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract/Article/3196439/ (Accessed: 7 November 2022).
  10. CONTRACT to BAE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS & SERVICES INC.| USAspending, 1 October 2018. Available at: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_N0003019C0007_9700_-NONE-_-NONE- (Accessed: 10 October 2022); Contracts for September 16, 2020 (2020) U.S. Department of Defense. Available at: https://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract/Article/2350212// (Accessed: 14 September 2022).