Where is BAE Systems based?

BAE Systems is based in Farnborough, United Kingdom.

When was BAE Systems founded?

BAE Systems was founded in 1999.

What does BAE Systems make?

BAE Systems has 2 robot models on the DEPLOY registry: BAE Systems ARCIMS USV, BAE Systems Herne (XLUUV) (BAE Systems builds physical robots).

Where does BAE Systems operate robots?

BAE Systems is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.

Company

BAE Systems

BAE Systems is the largest UK defense contractor; within a physical-AI / autonomous-systems registry it is scoped to its autonomous and uncrewed maritime systems and naval combat/command systems (alongside land, air, EW and space).

Based in Farnborough, United Kingdom · Founded 1999 · 2 models on record

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Revision history: /companies/bae-systems/history
Data documentation: /data

Key facts

Scale: FY2024 revenue ~GBP 26.3B; ~107,400 employees; order backlog ~GBP 75B
Autonomy relevance: Autonomous/uncrewed maritime systems, submarines, naval combat & command systems; EW, sensors, autonomy
Scope note: Registry entity scoped to BAE's autonomy/uncrewed-systems lines, not the whole conglomerate (maritime entity-scoping discipline)

HQ: Farnborough, United Kingdom
Founded: 1999
Status: LSE: BA.
ID: 448455d3-ce0c-4f65-8aac-848ffdf128a8

Models (2)

BAE Systems ARCIMS USVmaritime
BAE Systems Herne (XLUUV)maritime

Current leadership (1)

Charles Woodburn Group Chief Executive Officersecondary-verified

Supplies to

No verified supply relationships on file. Supply-chain coverage is being added across the registry; check back as the seed populates this company’s outbound edges.

Outbound supply edges from this company. Each relationship appears here when verified with at least two strong sources (maker-official / IR / regulatory / standards-body / verified tier-2). Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history.

Sources (2)

Common questions

What is BAE Systems?: BAE Systems is the largest UK defense contractor; within a physical-AI / autonomous-systems registry it is scoped to its autonomous and uncrewed maritime systems and naval combat/command systems (alongside land, air, EW and space).
Where is BAE Systems based?: BAE Systems is based in Farnborough, United Kingdom.
When was BAE Systems founded?: BAE Systems was founded in 1999.
What does BAE Systems make?: BAE Systems has 2 robot models on the DEPLOY registry: BAE Systems ARCIMS USV, BAE Systems Herne (XLUUV) (BAE Systems builds physical robots).
Where does BAE Systems operate robots?: BAE Systems is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.

Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-06-05

Verification posture

Verified

High confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-06-05

Sources by quality tier

1: primary-company-ir; Company IR disclosure
1: knowledge-base; Knowledge base

The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.