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BAE Systems (BA): news on Thursday 8 October 2026

+8.7 strongly positive

Coverage was mainly about BAE Systems winning a Lockheed Martin order to supply electronic warfare systems for F-35 jets, covering Lots 20-22. Share price reports were mixed, with one showing a small after-hours dip.

What drove it

F-35 EW contract
Lockheed Martin order
share price moves

The 9 stories

Each headline's own score, strongest first. Links go to the publisher.

+10.0 BAE Systems wins Lockheed Martin contract to supply F-35 EW systems Airforce Technology
Contract win from Lockheed Martin for F-35 EW.
+10.0 EW systems for F-35 jets to be built by BAE Systems Military Embedded Systems
Wins F-35 electronic warfare systems work.
+10.0 BAE Systems Books Lockheed Contract for F-35 Electronic Warfare Systems ExecutiveBiz
Lockheed contract for F-35 EW systems.
+10.0 BAE Systems wins F-35 electronic warfare order covering Lots 20-22 Dealroom
F-35 EW order covering Lots 20-22.
+10.0 BAE Systems tapped to provide AN/ASQ-239 EW systems for F-35 Military Aerospace
Selected to provide AN/ASQ-239 systems for F-35.
+9.2 BAE Systems stock gets a new F-35 electronic warfare order AD HOC NEWS
New F-35 electronic warfare order.
+8.3 BAE Systems wins F-35 order and BAE Systems stock trades at EUR 21.94 AD HOC NEWS
F-35 order win; share price quoted.
−2.5 BAE Systems stock after-hours at EUR 21.55: minus 1.64 percent AD HOC NEWS
Minor share price dip after hours.
+1.7 World recording-breaking Bluebird undergoes repairs at BAE Systems in Warton Blog Preston
Bluebird repairs at Warton; minor, mildly positive.

BAE Systems: every day · Aerospace and defence on 8 October 2026 · FTSE 100 overview for the day