BAE Systems moves to stress integrator role
Does the recent sale of its Inertial Products business signal a round of sell-offs by BAE Systems? A statement accompanying the move noted that the company

Does the recent sale of its Inertial Products business signal a round of sell-offs by BAE Systems? A statement accompanying the move noted that the company’s strategy is to expand as a developer and integrator of systems and “de-emphasize its role as a components provider.” 

BAE owns many other subsystems, ranging from antennas to millimeter-wave radars to thermal weapons sights. According to one company insider, more of them could soon be on the auction block “unless we can vertically integrate them.”