Models
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Overview
BAE Systems, British defense contractor developing autonomous air, land, and naval systems including UAVs, unmanned submarines, and autonomous combat vehicles.
Reality check
Scope note
Registry entity scoped to BAE's autonomy/uncrewed-systems lines, not the whole conglomerate (maritime entity-scoping discipline)
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
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Key facts
Scale
Autonomy relevance
Data & sources
Press releases
1
Web sources
1
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Models (3)
View all models →Current platform
ATLAS (Autonomous Tactical Light Armour System)
BAE Systems Australia ~11-ton 8x8 wheeled armed unmanned ground vehicle with a 25mm Bushmaster cannon and modular payloads (mortar, ATGM, loitering munitions, SHORAD); unveiled at Land Forces 2024, VANTAGE auto-turret live-fired June 2025. No production contract yet.
Current platform
BAE Systems ARCIMS USV
Approximately 11m autonomous/remote/crewed uncrewed surface vessel for mine countermeasures (ATLAS Remote Combined Influence Minesweeping System), built by ATLAS Elektronik UK (a BAE Systems company).
Current platform
BAE Systems Herne (XLUUV)
Extra-large autonomous/uncrewed underwater vehicle for seabed warfare, long-range ISR and anti-submarine warfare, built around BAE's platform-agnostic Nautomate autonomy control system. In development (demonstration program targeting 2027).
Current leadership (2)
- Charles Woodburn Group Chief Executive Officersecondary-verified
- Tom Arseneault President & CEO BAE Systems Inc
Safety record
No incidents on record for BAE Systems.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
BAE Systems in third-party press
BAE Systems completes rapid BATS counter-drone integration testing as programme moves towards live trials with kinetic and non-kinetic measures
US restores homegrown radiation-hardened chip supply for defense with $16M investment
BAE-Backed Venture Capital Firm Expeditions Raises €197 Million Fund for European Defense Startups
Peer companies
- Anduril Industries7 models
- Saildrone4 models
- Saronic Technologies4 models
- Teledyne FLIR4 models
- Kongsberg Maritime3 models
- Milrem Robotics3 models
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- mature
- Counterparty risk class
- low
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 11, 2026
BAE Systems maritime autonomous capabilities
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 5, 2026
BAE Systems ATLAS UGV unveiling
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 5, 2026
BAE Systems ATLAS UGV trials
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 5, 2026
BAE Systems ATLAS UGV test success
- Record createdJun 5, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (2)
Common questions
- What is BAE Systems?
- BAE Systems, British defense contractor developing autonomous air, land, and naval systems including UAVs, unmanned submarines, and autonomous combat vehicles.
- What does BAE Systems make?
- BAE Systems has 3 robot models on the DEPLOY registry: ATLAS (Autonomous Tactical Light Armour System), BAE Systems ARCIMS USV, BAE Systems Herne (XLUUV) (BAE Systems builds physical robots).
- Who competes with BAE Systems?
- On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to BAE Systems building in the same form factors include Anduril Industries, Saildrone, Saronic Technologies, Teledyne FLIR.
- Who is the CEO of BAE Systems?
- Charles Woodburn is the ceo of BAE Systems, per the DEPLOY registry.
- Where is BAE Systems headquartered?
- BAE Systems is headquartered in London, UK.
- 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.
- Is BAE Systems a top robotics company?
- On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, BAE Systems ranks in roughly the top 48% of companies tracked by the registry.
- When was BAE Systems founded?
- BAE Systems was founded in 1999.
- Is BAE Systems safe?
- BAE Systems has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-08
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-08
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.
Methodology surface for BAE Systems.Peer companies
- Anduril Industries7 models
- Saildrone4 models
- Saronic Technologies4 models
- Teledyne FLIR4 models
- Kongsberg Maritime3 models
- Milrem Robotics3 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning BAE Systems from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
BAE Systems completes rapid BATS counter-drone integration testing as programme moves towards live trials with kinetic and non-kinetic measures
BAE Systems has completed integration and deployment testing of its Anti Threat System, or BATS, marking a milestone in the rapid development of its latest counter-drone…
US restores homegrown radiation-hardened chip supply for defense with $16M investment
The U.S. Department of War is investing $16 million in BAE Systems to restore domestic...
BAE-Backed Venture Capital Firm Expeditions Raises €197 Million Fund for European Defense Startups
A defense-tech venture capital firm backed by BAE Systems and the NATO Innovation Fund has raised a €197 million ($225 million) fund to help develop sovereign military…
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/bae-systems.md
- RSS feed: /companies/bae-systems/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/448455d3-ce0c-4f65-8aac-848ffdf128a8
- Revision history: /companies/bae-systems/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Anduril Industries7 models
- Saildrone4 models
- Saronic Technologies4 models
- Teledyne FLIR4 models
- Kongsberg Maritime3 models
- Milrem Robotics3 models
Video
BAE Systems’ FAST Labs™ takes the most advanced concepts and turns them into mission-ready solutions to outpace the threats of today and tomorrow.
BAE Systems shared photos from the test firing of the Multi-Domain Artillery Cannon, a new approach to gun-based air defence with a 155 mm gun firing HVP shells
Reality vs attention
BAE Systems draws attention at the 62nd percentile but verifies reality at the 73rd percentile among underwater robots. Hype Gap -11, 8th widest among underwater robots.
Analysis
Clean safety record across 2 verified deployments. Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Jul 20, 2026