BAE Systems, Maritime Services, PortsmouthĪfter passing through a strict and highly choreographed verification process, our BAE Systems tour guide was Jon Penny, head of manufacturing, supply chain and operational services, who kicked things off with a ‘deep dive’ into the layered threat deterrents BAE Systems provides within the underwater domain.ĭisplayed on the factory floor, in a variety of sizes, each of them sleek and black, was a series of torpedoes each bearing a different and devastating payload – from the smaller Kingfisher model, cut lengthways to showcase the fuse, expulsion charge and submunition to the heavyweight Spearfish torpedo deployed on Royal Navy submarines. In October 2019, The Manufacturer was shown around BAE Systems’ Portsmouth site, and MBDA’s Bolton facility. Both manufacturers are also engaged in supply for the commercial and military electronics market. MBDA is a European developer and manufacturer of missiles, and the result of a guided-missile division merger between Airbus, Leonardo, and BAE Systems in 2001. BAE Systems is a British multinational defence, security and aerospace company with a particular focus on land, air and seacraft.
