BAE Systems wins $251M contract to support Navy AEGIS Combat System

The U.S. Navy has awarded Falls Church-based federal contractor BAE Systems with a five-year, $251 million contract to provide critical system engineering and on-site technical expertise to the AEGIS Technical Representative (AEGIS TECHREP) organization.

Under the contract, which was awarded in November 2024 and announced Feb. 17, BAE Systems will support the complex combat system configurations for the Navy, the Missile Defense Agency and the Foreign Military Sales program.

The work will support Navy sites in Mt. Laurel, New Jersey; Bath, Maine; and Pascagoula, Mississippi. Services offered included logistics, engineering, test and evaluation, system acquisitions and cybersecurity.

BAE Systems says that it has developed and deployed “unparalleled digital analytic tools across all these task areas,” and that these tools provide near real-time mission impact assessments caused by software deficiencies. The company says these assessments result in a greater focus on where best to invest in advancing critical combat capability to the Navy.

“For more than 40 years, BAE Systems personnel have collaborated closely with Sailors and civilians to enhance and modernize the fleet of AEGIS-equipped surface ships,” said Lisa Hand, vice president and general manager of BAE Systems’ Integrated Defense Solutions business in a statement. “Our team possesses extensive expertise in AEGIS and Ship Self-Defense Combat Systems, combined with the agility, innovation, and technical skills necessary to provide the U.S. Navy with the safe and effective combat capabilities required to achieve its mission goals.”

Also in November 2024, BAE Systems won an up to $238 million Navy contract to maintain, modernize and repair a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship.

BAE Systems has about 41,000 employees worldwide and reported $13.6 billion in 2023 revenue. In addition to its California shipyard, the company has one in Norfolk and one in Florida. Its Norfolk shipyard team received two Navy contracts in mid-October, 2024 worth a combined $202 million for the maintenance, modernization and repair of two vessels.