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BAE Systems

BAE SYSTEMS is a key prime contractor in the South West of England with 19 offices and manufacturing sites. The company employs over 100,000 people worldwide, over 50,000 of those based in the UK.

What they do

The company takes a leading role in joint programmes for military and civil aircraft such as Eurofighter, Joint Strike Fighter and Airbus in partnership with the world's other leading aircraft companies.

They also undertake some of the most important R&D work in Advanced Technology (ATC) which concentrates on areas of key strategic importance within the defence and aerospace arena and include Micro and Nano Technologies, C41SR, Autonomous Systems and Battlespace Information and Knowledge.

The technology capabilities and activities of the ATC cover a broad spectrum from hardware to software development, composite materials to stealth techniques, sensing systems to synthetic environments.

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