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Vehicle Management

BAE Systems has been designing, developing, and manufacturing military fast jet, rotorcraft, and civil transport flight control systems for more than 50 years.

Today we offer complete vehicle management solutions, including flight controls and autopilots, pilot control sticks, inceptors, and throttle assemblies. We also supply a range of safety-critical vehicle systems, compliant with the world’s most demanding development standards, to customers around the world.

Our products and current programs include:

Full-authority digital fly-by-wire design and development.
Pilot’s inceptors, including electrically driven active inceptors.
Automatic flight control systems.
Command and stability augmentation systems.
Health and prognostic management.
Stores management systems.
Missile launch systems.
SEI CMM level 5 software development.
 

BAE Systems introduced the world’s first active inceptor system, for the Joint Strike Fighter, and also is incorporating this technology into the H-60 Black Hawk helicopter mid-life update. Other platforms include:

  • EuroFighter Typhoon – digital flight control system, pilot’s stick sensor, and stores management for wing pylon station units
  • EH101 Merlin helicopter – integrated electromechanical digital flight control
  • F-35 Joint Strike Fighter – pilot’s active inceptor system
  • H-60 Black Hawk – pilot’s active inceptor system
  • Hawk advanced jet trainer – RVSM-compliant autopilot
  • Nimrod MRA – stability augmentation system
  • Boeing 777 – digital primary flight controls and actuator control electronic
  • Airbus A320 family – secondary flight controls
  • Bombardier regional jet – secondary flight controls
  • EA-6B Prowler – automatic flight control system and autopilot
  • F-22 Raptor – pilot’s passive inceptor
  • T-45 Goshawk – yaw damper

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