BAE Systems Electronics , Intelligence & Support BAE Systems Electronics , Intelligence & Support ( EI & S ) is one of two operating groups of BAE Systems Inc . , the North American subsidiary of UK - based BAE Systems . History . The business was formed in June 2005 as BAE Systems Electronics and Integrated Solutions by the merger of BAE ' s Information & Electronic Warfare Systems ( IEWS ) and Information & Electronic Systems Integration ( IESI ) units . The former was the Lockheed Martin Aerospace Electronic Systems business , acquired by BAE in 2000 . Lockheed identified AES as a candidate for disposal following a strategic review in 1999 . BAE Systems agreed to acquire the group in July and completed its acquisition of AES on 27 November 2000 . The group encompassed Sanders Associates , Fairchild Systems and Lockheed Martin Space Electronics & Communications . The purchase of this group by BAE has been described as " precedent setting " given the advanced and classified nature of many of that company ' s products . Businesses . Platform Solutions . This division was formerly known as Lockheed Martin Control Systems ( LMCS ) . LMCS was acquired by BAE from Lockheed Martin in April 2000 for $ 510 million US $ . In August 2004 BAE acquired Boeing Commercial Electronics for $ 66 million ( £36m ) and merged it into Platform Solutions . The division has its HQs in Johnson City , New York and sites in Fort Wayne , Indiana ; Irving , Texas ; Ontario , California ; Redmond , Washington ; and Rochester , England . BAE Systems Platform Solutions manufactures Full Authority Digital Engine Control s , Fly by wire controls , mission computers , space vehicle controls , the HybriDrive vehicle propulsion system , and rail transport controls . The company ' s flight control systems are used on Boeing ' s 757 , 767 , 777 , C - 17 , F / A - 18 and V - 22 aircraft as well as the Northrop Grumman B - 2 bomber , the Saab Gripen and the F - 35 . Platform Solutions also provides the electronic engine controls for all General Electric and CFM International commercial jet engines . Electronic Solutions . The Electronic Solutions line of business – part of BAE Systems Electronic & Integrated Solutions group – is headquartered in Nashua , N . H . , and includes 8800 employees working at 17 locations in the U . S . and Israel . ES is divided into six business areas who serve military customers with the following product lines : Support Solutions . BAE ' s Support Solutions provides support of the US Navy ' s Aegis combat system and " prime systems integration " for the US and Royal Navy submarine fleet ballistic missile systems . BAE Systems Ship Repair of Norfolk , Virginia is a major non - nuclear ship repair business in the United States , formerly known as United States Marine Repair . The company ' s primary customer is the United States Navy , other customers include other branches of the US military and commercial cruise lines such as Royal Caribbean . USMR had acquired Norfolk Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company ( NORSHIPCO ) in 1998 . In 2004 USMR purchased Honolulu Shipyard Inc . ( HSI ) for $ 16 million . HSI was another U . S . Navy ship repair business . USMR was owned by the Carlyle Group who planned to float the company but instead chose to sell it to United Defense ( which it partially owned ) in May 2002 . BAE acquired the latter in 2005 . Information Solutions . BAE Systems Advanced Information Technologies ( BAE Systems AIT ) is a division of BAE Systems E & IS formerly known as ALPHATECH , Inc . The company manufactures processing systems for images and signals that are employed by United States intelligence agencies . Based in Burlington , Massachusetts , the company also has facilities in Virginia and Maryland . ALPHATECH was founded in 1979 as a spin - off from MIT by Nils Sandell , Sol Gully , and Michael Athans . BAE completed its acquisition of ALPHATECH in November 2004 for $ 88m ( £48m ) .