BAE Systems’ strongest first-half results in years – with sales up 9%, a record order backlog and full-year guidance raised across every metric – provide the clearest commercial signal yet of what sustained allied defence investment means in practice for the UK’s largest defence company and the supply chain behind it. BAE Systems has upgraded its full-year financial guidance after reporting strong first-half results across every business sector, with rising global defence budgets, robust programme execution and record order intake combining to deliver one of the company’s most significant half-year performances in recent memory. Sales grew 9% on a constant…
