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BAE Systems Inc. has landed $42 million from the U.S. Army for laser targeting systems, according to the U.S. Department of Defense.
Under the contract, BAE will deliver 1,200 laser target-locator modules. Work on the contract will be performed in Nashua, N.H., and is expected to be completed by May 2014.
In September, BAE brought in $6.6 million from the U.S. Air Force to develop infrared sensing technology for Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio.
In August, BAE announced a pair of defense contracts that will bring in more than $2 billion to the defense contractor through its Lexington operations. One contract came from the U.S. Army and calls for BAE Systems to produce an all-weather, day-or-night target location system based on lasers, according to the company. The second contract, for the Army and the U.S. Marine Corps, has BAE developing an all-weather visibility system for drivers of ground vehicles used by the two branches.
BAE Systems, which employs more than 30,000 people, is the U.S. subsidiary of United Kingdom-based BAE Systems PLC and is headquartered in Rockville, Md. BAE Systems PLC reported $34.4 billion in sales for 2008.
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