BAE Systems (Operations) LIMITED

BAE Systems (Operations) LIMITED, a foreign-owned United Kingdom-based subsidiary of BAE Systems, Inc., manufactures and sustains advanced aircraft avionics, control systems, and test equipment for the U.S. military as a prime contractor (68% of recent awards) and subcontractor. The company competes on a full-and-open basis with no set-aside designations across its federal portfolio.

BAE Systems (Operations) holds a diverse capability footprint centered on aircraft systems engineering, electronic component manufacturing, and depot-level maintenance. Representative prime work includes a $15.8 million single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract with the Air Force Materiel Command's Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex for AC-130J Lite Heads-Up Display (LITEHUD) repairs and depot stand-up (awarded April 2024, extending through April 2029), under which two delivery orders worth $1.67 million and $513 thousand have been issued for continued repair and logistics facility development. BAE Systems (Operations) also holds a $1.35 million definitive contract from Naval Air Systems Command (awarded May 2025) for LiteHUD unit test exhibits, associated hardware, and technical support, and a $1.38 million firm-fixed-price five-year technical support contract with the Air Force Materiel Command's Ogden Air Logistics Complex (awarded December 2023) for on-call maintenance, calibration, and preventative support of Aeroflex 5820 Automated Test Equipment subsystems and an Automated Display and Indicator Common Test Solution tester at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. A $709 thousand definitive contract from the Army Combat Capabilities Development Command's Research Development and Engineering Command (awarded December 2024) covers Active Sidearm Controllers manufacturing.

Customer concentration is concentrated in naval aviation maintenance and Air Force logistics. The top five customer organizations account for 68% of recent awards by count and 92% of combined potential value. Naval Air Systems Command leads by volume (110 awards, $8.3 million combined potential value), while the Air Force Materiel Command's Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex anchors the dollar ranking (4 awards, $12.2 million combined potential value). The Air Force Materiel Command Lifecycle Management Center at Robins Air Force Base (4 awards, $8.1 million) and Ogden Air Logistics Complex (13 awards, $7.3 million) represent sustained second-tier customers. Naval Supply Systems Command and Defense Logistics Agency Aviation provide volume through smaller-value orders ($716 thousand and $1.5 million respectively across multiple awards).

BAE Systems (Operations) places orders under five named parent vehicles. An Indefinite Delivery Contract (N0016409GWT01) carries 32 task orders valued at $368 thousand combined. Indefinite Delivery Contract FA852621D0001 supports 20 task orders. Contract FA822418D0004 (the Warner Robins AC-130J contract noted above) holds 5 task orders worth $460 thousand. NAVAIR Strategic Sourcing for CMMARS vehicle and Basic Ordering Agreement N0001919G0029 each carry smaller task-order volume. Activity has been variable — six awards in 2022, 32 in 2023, 34 in 2024, 27 in 2025, and three through July 2026 — with four awards (combined potential value $4.2 million) reaching completion within the next twenty-four months.

In its subcontractor role, BAE Systems (Operations) supplies aircraft components and systems to tier-one primes. Lockheed Martin Corporation is the dominant prime partner, with sub-awards spanning F-35 fighter jet cockpit control units (inceptor control units, side stick controllers, throttle quadrant assemblies), C-130 long-term sustainment programs, and health analytics tool support — work dating from 2022 through January 2026. Boeing Company subs include C-17 Globemaster III total sustainment and virtual fleet material requirements across multiple 2024–2025 task orders. Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation subs cover CH-53K helicopter components and pilot control aircraft parts (December 2025 through July 2026). Additional subs route through V2X Aerospace LLC for T-45 trainer aircraft maintenance materials and through Forrester Construction Company for systems work. Across all subcontract work, BAE Systems (Operations) supplies aircraft parts, avionics components, and engineering support to Lockheed Martin-led fighter and transport programs and to helicopter and transport primes.

The source carries 299 total awards spanning prime contracts, IDVs, and subcontract work from 2003 through July 2026. Aircraft manufacturing (81 awards), search and detection systems (66 awards), and other aircraft parts and equipment manufacturing (56 awards) dominate the category concentration by NAICS. Navigational instruments (33 awards) and maintenance/repair/rebuild services for aircraft components (22 awards) lead the PSC distribution. Combined potential value across all awards stands at $46.3 million against $92.6 million in obligated dollars, indicating substantial work executed against standing vehicles and past completions. The company operates from Airport Works in Rochester, United Kingdom.