BAE Systems Makes First Barrel Delivery Under GBP61 Million Government Contract

12:18 AM EDT, 07/16/2026 (MT Newswires) -- BAE Systems (BA.L) delivered the first of 150 gun barrels to Ukraine under its contract worth 61 million pounds sterling with the British government. The British aerospace and defense group manufactured the artillery barrels at state-owned Sheffield Forgemasters, according to a Wednesday release.