Global Tactical Systems Global Tactical Systems (GTS) was formed from the merger of Mobility & Protection Systems' Medium/Heavy Vehicle business (formerly Armor Holdings) and the
BAE Systems Land Systems South Africa businesses.
US Combat Systems The former United Defense business, BAE's US Combat Systems produces fighting vehicle platforms and armaments.
Global Combat Systems Global Combat Systems (GCS) was formed on 1 February 2009 by the merger of BAE Systems' Land Systems Weapons & Vehicles, Land Systems (Munitions & Ordnance) Ltd and BAE Systems AB in Sweden. It also has a 50/50 joint venture with
Nexter (formerly GIAT),
CTA International, which is located in Bourges, France.
GCS Munitions Sector history Upon its creation on 2 January 1985, Royal Ordnance plc owned the twelve Royal Ordnance Factories (ROFs) that remained open, plus the Waltham Abbey South site,
RSAF Enfield and three Agency Factories. Several factors delayed the intended privatisation until 22 April 1987, when British Aerospace purchased the company. In 1999, British Aerospace merged with
Marconi Electronic Systems, the defence interests of
GEC to form BAE Systems. In 2002 Heckler & Koch was sold to Heckler and Koch Beteiligungs
GmbH. In 2004 BAE Systems acquired
Alvis plc which was merged with the RO Defence business and ex-GEC plants at
Barrow-in-Furness and
Leicester to form BAE Systems Land Systems. RO Defence was renamed BAE Systems Land Systems (Munitions and Ordnance). In 2005, BAE Systems acquired the US company
United Defense and merged it with the Land Systems business to create BAE Systems Land and Armaments. The former RO Defence business was renamed BAE Systems Land Systems Munitions. In February 2009, it was merged into GCS as Global Combat Systems Munitions.
Products GCS Munitions manufactures
4.6×30mm,
5.56×45mm NATO and
7.62×51mm NATO small arms ammunition, mortars, and land and sea artillery ammunition. It also produces explosives, guidance kits, propellants, demolition charges, initiators, pyrotechnics, and warheads for missiles, torpedoes and depth charges. These include the
BROACH multi-stage warhead produced in partnership with
Thales Missile Electronics and
QinetiQ.
GCS Weapons Manufactures "intelligent ammunition, artillery systems, combat vehicle turrets, naval gun and air defence gun systems." Examples include the
M777 howitzer.
GCS Vehicles testbed based on the
M8 Armored Gun System Global Combat Systems Vehicles produces and supports main battle tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, armoured engineer vehicles, armoured all-terrain vehicles and military bridging vehicles. Examples include the
Challenger 2 main battle tank and the
CV90 infantry fighting vehicle family.
Security & Survivability Security and Survivability (S&S) consists of 3 Functional Areas: Platform Survivability (PS), Individual Protection Systems (IPS) and Advanced Materials. Platform Survivability Product lines include armored,
crashworthy, and armored-crashworthy seating for aerospace products along with mineblast attenuating seats for vehicles. IPS produces individual small arms. In July 2010, it was announced that Security and Survivability would cease to exist on 1 January 2011. The functional areas of S&S will be assigned to Global Tactical Systems (GTS) or the
BAE Systems Products Group.
Support Solutions 's Cosco Busan under repair at BAE Systems in Pier 70 in
San Francisco. The ship
crashed onto the
Bay Bridge on November 7, 2007, and has since left this area. BAE's Support Solutions provides support of the US Navy's
Aegis combat system and "prime systems integration" for the
US and
Royal Navy submarine fleet ballistic missile systems.
BAE Systems Ship Repair of
Norfolk, Virginia is a major non-nuclear ship repair business in the United States, formerly known as
United States Marine Repair. The company's primary customer is the United States Navy, other customers include other branches of the US military and commercial cruise lines such as
Royal Caribbean. USMR had acquired Norfolk Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company (NORSHIPCO) in 1998. In 2004, USMR purchased Honolulu Shipyard Inc. (HSI) for $16 million. HSI was another U.S. Navy ship repair business. USMR was owned by the
Carlyle Group who planned to float the company but instead chose to sell it to
United Defense (which it partially owned) in May 2002. BAE acquired the latter in 2005. The seven shipyards are Norfolk, San Francisco, Pearl Harbor, San Diego, Mobile, Mayport and Jacksonville. == Management ==