British defence group BAE Systems on Thursday lost a bid to block staff from striking at two of its sites where Eurofighter Typhoon jets are partly produced and assembled. BAE Systems plc is a British multinational aerospace, arms and information security company, based in London. [4][5] It is the largest manufacturer in Britain as of 2017. [6] It is the largest defence contractor in Europe [7] and the seventh largest in the world based on applicable 2021 revenues. [8] Its largest operations are in the United Kingdom and in the United States, where its BAE Systems Inc. subsidiary is one of the six largest suppliers to the US Department of Defense. Its next ... At BAE Systems, we provide some of the world's most advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions. We employ a skilled workforce of around Workers at BAE Systems in Lancashire have been cleared to proceed with planned industrial action after the High Court dismissed the company's last-minute bid to block strikes. The aerospace giant ...