Britain has awarded a 285-million-pound ($355.57 million) contract to London-listed BAE Systems to upgrade the Ministry of Defence's Royal Navy combat systems, the government said on Tuesday. Last week,

The defence giant has been awarded a contract to maintain and modernise combat management systems on Royal Navy vessels, supporting more than 200 UK jobs.

Over 200 UK jobs will be supported through a new contract awarded to BAE Systems by Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S), to modernise the Royal Navy’s warship combat management systems (CMS) and increase their ability to track, analyse and respond to threats in combat.

The US Navy has contracted BAE Systems to upgrade Mk 45 5-inch naval gun systems, including the overhaul of existing systems, to the Mk 45 Mod 4 configuration. This modification, worth $23.5m, supplements a prior $47m contract,

BAE Systems has won a £285m contract to upgrade the combat systems on Royal Navy vessels. The RECODE (Real-time Combat System Open Data Enablers) programme will help support more than 200 jobs, including at the defence giant’s site in Filton.

BAE Systems won a U.K. government contract worth $355.8 million to upgrade the threat detection systems on Royal Navy warships, less than a week after the U.K. said it tracked a Russian ship in British waters.