I went to the Farnborough Air Show and was amazed by what BAE Systems are working on!

Lancashire Post

Digital Reporter Sam Quine attended the 2024 Farnborough Air Show for a day full of exciting technology, performances and demonstrations in the world of aerospace.

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00:00Hi, my name is Sam Quine, Digital Reporter for the Lancashire Post and Blackpool Gazette

00:04and I'm here stood outside the BAE Systems Warehouse at the Farnborough Airshow.

00:10Now I've been at the show all day and it's been a day of tours, shows, practicals and

00:17interesting information about everything aerospace related as well as defence related.

00:24Now what you may not know about BAE is a lot of things.

00:28You may not know that they're the biggest apprentice hirers in the UK.

00:34Although they're working on a global level, they're still giving a lot back to Lancashire.

00:40They've got education centres at UCLan, they offer, as I said, a lot of apprenticeships

00:48but there's also a lot that they, it's not well known, that they actually create.

00:54So they're in the process of designing new drones for surveillance for the military.

01:00They also have a lot of new simulators and projects to do with AI and teaching that all

01:08try and help military efforts and yeah, it's been a really interesting day.

01:12I've spoke to a lot of people to do with BAE, a lot to do with GCAP, which is a trilateral

01:20agreement between the UK, Italy and Japan and yeah, it's amazing how BAE Systems is

01:29such a recognised and global brand yet the kind of hub for everything aerospace in this

01:39country is in the North West, in Salisbury, in Wharton and they're deep rooted in Lancashire.

01:47Speaking to Managing Director Simon Barnes today, he said they're proud of everything

01:55to do with Lancashire and yeah, although they're a global brand, they're giving much back to

02:01the community in terms of education, apprenticeships and they're happy with the growth that is

02:07going on with the company.

02:09The company are going towards new technological advances and that's how they're trying to

02:15stay ahead of their competition.

02:18The day itself for me, I've been walking around a lot of these exhibitions by different notable

02:24brands such as Airbus, Qatar Airways and BAE as I said and they put on a lot of complex

02:35terminology but also a lot of interactive and fun things such as flight simulators and

02:41the newest models to look at, whether that be drones or planes so yeah, it's been a really

02:47fun day and I look forward to seeing what projects BAE come out with next.

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