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Charles Woodburn, chief executive of BAE Systems, pictured with the full-sized mock-up of the 6th Generation combat aircraft, the Tempest at Warton. The picture comes as BAE revealed its first half-year results for 2022.

BAe Systems trading update - how the defence giant has fared in 2026

Combat Air Demonstrator

BAE demonstrator takes shape in Lancashire

Caitlin Harmer has been shortlisted for the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s Young Woman Engineer of the Year Award.

Preston apprentice shortlisted for national women in engineering award

The Hawk T1, and newer T2 versions are transonic, two-seat training aircraft used to train fast jet pilots (file photo/Alamy/PA)

What BAe Systems says following crash of Lancashire-made RAF Hawk T2

Tony and Sophie Spedding, who took on a running/walking challenge to raise funds for Baby Beat and Petals in memory of their daughter Rosie.

Wesham couple donate £3,645 to Baby Beat and Petals after challenge

The Garner Hotel in Samlesbury

Samlesbury hotel near M6 and BAe hits the market- here's how much for

Overnight roadworks will close the southbound on-slip of the M9 at junction 5 (Cadgers Brae) for two nights next week. Pic: National World

Months of major roadworks begin on busy stretch of Preston New Road

Computer generated image (CGI) issued by BAE Systems of the latest concept model of the UK's next generation combat aircraft, the Tempest.

BAE Systems reports strong growth

34 pics of cutting-edge BAE Systems tech at Farnborough Air Show

Jobs boost at BAE Systems Warton amid huge £708m defence industry contract extension

Jobs boost at BAE Systems Warton amid £708m defence contract extension

How the new Innovation Hub could look, viewed from Sir Frederick Page Way

Go ahead for Lancashire 'Innovation Hub' aiming to attract specialist businesses

GCAP: Team Tempest currently supports 4,500 people working across industry and the MOD, including 3,000 apprentices and graduates recruited since 2022, 750 members in its Early Careers Network, and a supply chain of around 600 UK suppliers.

£708m contract is significant boost to Lancashire's defence industry

Meet Brontanax - the ‘secret weapon’ prototype built in Lancashire

Ben Hudson, right, with his brother Dan as they prepare to tackle the 50-mile Montane Lakeland 50 in support of three charities.

Kirkham brothers take on Lakeland 50 for three charities

Rosemere - Modafest 11, Modafest is an opportunity for enthusiasts to meet up.

Modafest draws 300 scooter fans

Charles Woodburn, chief executive of BAE Systems, pictured with the full-sized mock-up of the 6th Generation combat aircraft, the Tempest at Warton.

"Much needed clarity": BAE Systems boss reacts to £15bn defence boost
BAE Systems directly employs around 13,700 people in Lancashire across its major aerospace sites in Warton and Samlesbury.
Catherine Musgrove

BAE Systems Samlesbury site

BAE Systems worker quits job after probe into theft worth 'thousands'

Enterprise Zone proposals

£13m flagship hub for Enterprise Zone moves a step closure

Prospect Homes

New 121-home estate near BAE secures £500k boost for community

Two of these Chinook helicopters were heard across the county | PICTURE: Pixabay

Your chance to step inside an RAF Chinook & explore a new career

Warton is set to get a new-look village centre after Fylde Council approved a £300,000 transformation scheme

Plans go in for the £300k revamp of village centre in Preston

Eurofighter Typhoon test aircraft departs Warton Aerodrome

BAE Typhoon test fires 'game-changing' weapon from Warton

BAE Systems tests new weapon from Eurofighter Typhoon at Warton base

Eurofighter Typhoon test aircraft departs Warton Aerodrome

6,000 Lancashire jobs supported as major Typhoon deal moves forward

The BIBAs Class of 2025

Investing in apprentices develops talent for the future, says former BIBAs winne...

Workers at BAE Systems sites in Lancashire have secured an above-inflation pay rise following months of industrial action

Thousands of BAE Systems workers secure pay rise after strikes

Mid air in the Warton-made Typhoon

Watch what it’s really like in a jet supporting 6,000 Lancashire jobs
Lancashire’s Warton-Built Typhoon has been captured from inside the cockpit in a stunning new YouTube episode.
Catherine Musgrove

Brookhouse Aerospace

Jobs 'immediately available' at leading aerospace business

New technology is allowing BAE Systems to produce more explosives for the UK.

BAE boss thanks Lancs workers as "significant success" announced

Staff assembling a Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft at BAE Systems' Warton plant in Lancashire

BAE workers go on strike with pickets outside Lancs sites

Brandon with Alisha Duggan, Manager of Buying of Operations for TK Maxx and Homesense

Chorley man wins prestigious King's Trust Award

Eurofighter Typhoon test aircraft departs Warton Aerodrome

Lancs workers to help BAE Systems new £453m investment take flight

Pictured: BAE Hawk trainer aircraft. A letter of intent has been signed to produce a pilot trainer replacement for the Royal Air Force, with defence giants Saab, BAE Systems, and Boeing. Despite this, Aeralis remain confident its proposal will be successful.

Hundreds of jobs for young people on offer at BAE- here's how to apply

Jelly Babies were first created in Nelson in 1864. The sweets were first manufactured by Thomas Fryer and his sweet company in Colne Road.
One of Fryer’s employees was an Austrian immigrant named Steinbeck, who is reported to have created the jelly baby. When Steinbeck was asked to create a new mould for jelly bears, the end product looked more like babies. The rest, as they say, is history. The sweets were originally named ‘unclaimed babies’, so-called after babies left on church steps, and can be traced back to around the 1880s. In 1885 Riches Confectionary of Duke St, London Bridge, was advertising a sweet called ‘jelly babies’

19 amazing inventions you didn't know were made in Lancashire

BAE Systems Samlesbury

BAE want new building to bring home workers back into the office

Defence giant BAE Systems has received a £133 million contract to develop its most advanced fighter pilot helmet Striker II.

BAE's crucial role in training RAF fast-jet pilots

A purchase of new Typhoon’s will immediately protect around 20,000 highly skilled, well paid defence jobs, primarily at BAE in Warton, Lancashire,

"We'll bring BAE to it's knees" - staff escalate strike action

The moment a helicopter helped to rescue a striken plan from the marshes near BAE Systems

Breaking Plane which crash landed close to BAE Systems removed by helicopter

The light aircraft ditched into the marshes behind the BAE site in Warton at around 3pm on Wednesday (November 4) after reportedly suffering engine trouble

Breaking Latest on plane's emergency landing and more pics from scene near BAE

Unite members win high court victory in pay battle with BAE Systems

BAE workers in Lancashire win High Court strike battle

Keir Starmer sends personal letter to Lancs MP over £8bn Typhoon deal

Workers at two BAE Systems sites in Lancashire are set to strike this winter over a pay dispute

Union's 'digust' at BAE's attempt to thwart Lancashire strike action

Chris Fleet

Engineering specialist Chris to lead operations at Airframe Designs

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaks to workers during a visit to BAE Systems in Warton, Preston, after the signing of a deal with Turkey worth up to £8 billion for 20 UK Typhoon fighter jets - the biggest fighter jet exports deal in a generation

Starmer hails world-class BAE staff as £8bn Typhoon deal boosts jobs

Workers at two BAE Systems sites in Lancashire are set to strike this winter over a pay dispute

Workers at two BAE Systems sites set to strike over pay dispute

Bae Systems Warton Aerodrome have submitted plans for its site.

5,000 BAE Systems staff could go on strike - this is why

Protesters gathered outside BAE Systems in Warton on Tuesday (September 23) as residents voiced their opposition to the proposed wind farm cable route

Protesters fear new wind farm cable could lead to plane crashes at BAE

Left to right (employees of Hurst Green Plastics with the Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire.)
Pictured left to right: Angi Shaw – Stock Control Manager; Basia Korol – Business Development Manager; Martine Dunand-Clarke – HR Director and Co-Owner; Julie Monaco – Accounts Director, Mrs Amanda Parker – Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire; Tommy Sharples – Managing Director; Stephen Clarke – CEO and Owner of Hurst Green Plastics.

Local company is revolutionising workplaces with this genius product

Left to right is the new senior team at Airframe Designs; Jerrod Hartley, Tom Baynes, Phillip le Mottee, Paul Burrow, Martin Stones and Chris Fleet

Airframe Designs appoints four new senior specialists to drive growth strategy

Left to right are David Roberts, chairman of the Advisory Board, and Airframe Designs CEO Jerrod Hartley

Expanding Airframe Designs appoints new Advisory Board chairman

Lancashire-built jet the Eurofighter Typhoon

BAE Systems' Eurofighter deal with Turkey moves a big step closer

Staff assembling a Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft at BAE Systems' Warton plant in Lancashire

"Betrayal" of BAE workers as Typhoon fighter jets production ends

BAE Systems Samlesbury site

We're proud to bring £13.7bn 'defence dividend' to Lancashire says BAE

Around 20,000 jobs are reportedly at risk if the UK government fails to adequately invest in BAE’s next-generation Typhoon programme, say union leaders representing the defence industry

20,000 jobs at risk as union fears for future of BAE-built Typhoons

An idea of where 121 homes could be built in Mellor Brook

Village near you could soon get new 121-home housing estate

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