BAE Systems Inc.

39°05′41″N 77°10′43″W / 39.09472°N 77.17861°W / 39.09472; -77.17861

BAE Systems Inc.

Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Aerospace and Defense
Founded	30 November 1999; 24 years ago (1999-11-30)
Headquarters	Falls Church, Virginia, U.S.
Key people	Tom Arseneault (President & CEO)
Products	Civil and military aerospace, naval vessels, munitions, land warfare systems, others
Revenue	$13.6 billion (2023)[1]
Number of employees	41,000 (2024)[1]
Parent	BAE Systems plc
Subsidiaries	BAE Systems Electronic Systems BAE Systems Platforms & Services Intelligence & Security
Website	www.baesystems.com/en-us/home

BAE Systems Inc. (formerly BAE Systems North America) is an American subsidiary of 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] It is incorporated in Delaware.^[3] It employs approximately 35,000 workers within U.S. borders and several thousand more in Israel, South Africa, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Major business lines of BAE Systems Inc. include electronic warfare, sensing and communications equipment; armored vehicles, artillery systems; naval guns and naval ship repair; and cybersecurity and intelligence services.

Generating annual sales nearing $13.6 billion,^[1] BAE Systems Inc. contributes almost half of the parent company's global revenues and is typically ranked among the Pentagon's top-10 suppliers. It operates under a Special Security Agreement with a separate board of directors from the London-based parent to assure the protection of sensitive information concerning the U.S. programs in which it is engaged. Because it consists largely of legacy American enterprises, BAE Systems Inc. has more involvement in such programs than any other foreign-owned company.

BAE Systems Inc. is led by president and chief executive officer Tom Arseneault, and is headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia. It maintains operating locations in 38 states, with especially large concentrations in the Northeastern and Southeastern regions of the U.S. The enterprise holds over 2,000 patents and is a dominant player in many of the markets it addresses. For example, it builds the electronic-warfare systems for the tri-service F-35 fighter; it produces all of the vehicles in U.S. Army’s Armored Brigade Combat Teams except the Abrams tank; and it is the biggest provider of ship repair services to the US Navy.