BAE SYSTEMS To Build More QF-4 Aerial Targets for Air Force.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MOJAVE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 8, 2003 BAE SYSTEMS BAE Systems British manufacturer of aircraft, missiles, avionics, naval vessels, and other aerospace and defense products. BAE Systems was formed (1999) from the merger of British Aerospace (BAe) with Marconi Electronic Systems. has received a $17.3 million U.S. Air Force contract to produce 24 QF-4 aerial targets. QF-4 aerial targets are F-4 fighter aircraft fighter aircraft Aircraft designed primarily to secure control of essential airspace by destroying enemy aircraft in combat. Designed for high speed and maneuverability, they are armed with weapons capable of striking other aircraft in flight. modified into full-scale drones. The remotely piloted aircraft are used by the military as realistic targets in test and training exercises. The contract is the ninth lot in a series of awards that BAE SYSTEMS Flight Systems in Mojave, Calif., is working on to provide Full-Scale Aerial Targets (FSAT FSAT Full-Scale Aerial Target FSAT Financial Systems Assessment Team FSAT Family Service Association of Toronto FSAT Forensic Science Aptitude Test FSAT French and Southern Antarctica Territories FSAT Field Site Acceptance Test FSAT Full-Scale Aerial Attack ). Deliveries will begin in August 2004. Flight Systems is also expecting to be awarded Lots 10 through 14 in February 2004 for work through 2010. The Mojave site specializes in converting jet fighters Jet fighter may refer to:
ABOUT BAE SYSTEMS: BAE SYSTEMS is an international company engaged in the development, delivery and support of advanced defense and aerospace systems in the air, on land, at sea and in space. The company designs, manufactures and supports military aircraft, surface ships, submarines, radar, avionics avionics (ā'vēŏn`ĭks), electronic instruments used in air or space flight; also the design and production of such instruments. Early planes had few instruments, but as aviation and aircraft became more complex, so did instrumentation. , communications, electronics and guided weapon systems. It is a pioneer in technology with a heritage stretching back hundreds of years. It is at the forefront of innovation, working to develop the next generation of intelligent defense systems. BAE SYSTEMS has major operations across five continents and customers in some 130 countries. The company has 100,000 people and generates annual sales of approximately $18 billion through its wholly-owned and joint venture operations. BAE SYSTEMS, innovating for a safer world. BAE SYSTEMS North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. is a high-technology U.S. company employing more than 25,000 people who live and work in some 30 states, the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). , and the United Kingdom. The company is dedicated to solving its customers' needs with highly innovative and leading edge solutions across the defense electronics, systems, information technology, and services arenas. BAE SYSTEMS Flight Systems, a unit of Integrated Defense Solutions in Austin, Texas, employs approximately 140 personnel and is located in Mojave, California Mojave is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kern County, California, United States. The population was 3,836 at the 2000 census. The town is located at the northwest corner of the Mojave Desert, below the Oak Creek Pass. . Flight Systems has been a leading provider of aerial targets to the U.S. military for three decades. They are the exclusive provider of QF-4 Full Scale Aerial Targets (FSAT) and MQM-107E SSAT's to the U.S. Air Force and MQM-107E to the U.S. Army. |
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