Government Contractors | Technology 2025: ARSENEAULT, TOM

As president and CEO of BAE Systems Inc., the U.S. arm of British defense giant BAE Systems PLC, Arseneault has overseen developments such as the $5.55 billion acquisition in February 2024 of Colorado-based Ball Aerospace, now known as Space and Mission Systems. In 2024, BAE Systems reported $16.5 billion in sales; it employs 41,000 workers worldwide.

The company has logged several high-dollar contract wins in 2025, with a highlight coming in June when the U.S. Space Force announced BAE Systems would receive a $1.2 billion contract to deliver 10 satellites under the service’s Resilient Missile Warning and Tracking Medium Earth Orbit program, also known as Epoch 2.

Arseneault has been with BAE since 2000, becoming its chief operating officer in 2014 and adding president to his title in 2019. He became CEO in 2020. He previously ran BAE’s electronic sensor division and originally worked at Sander, a Lockheed Martin company, before it was acquired by BAE in 2000. He also held engineering and program management positions at General Electric and TASC.

Arseneault has a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and an MBA from Boston University. He chairs the Defense Industry Initiative’s steering committee.