Bae Systems Plc S/Adr (BAESY) Q2 2025 Earnings Call

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Good day and thank you for standing by. Welcome to BAE Systems 2025 half-year results conference call and webcast. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. After the speaker's presentation, there will be a question and answer session. To ask a question during the session, please press star 1 and 1 on your telephone. You will then hear an automated message advising your hand is raised. To withdraw your question, please press star 1 and 1 again. Please note that today's conference is being recorded. I would now like to have the conference over to your speaker, Charles Woodburn, Chief Executive Officer. Please go ahead. Hello, everyone, and thank you for joining us this morning. The business has had a busy first six months of the year and delivered another strong set of results. Before I go further, I'd like to thank our employees, trade unions, and supply chain partners for all they do to ensure we deliver on our commitments to our customers. Delivering reliably on our mission to protect those who protect us is increasingly important in the light of escalating global threats. I'd like to leave you with three important messages today. First, we've delivered strong results in the first six months with good growth in both revenue and profit and we're upgrading our full year guidance. Second, our business is exceptionally well positioned for the global opportunities we're seeing. And third, The performance of our business, the positions we have, and the backdrop of increased defense spending across our regions has further increased our confidence in the rate of growth we can deliver and the duration of that growth. These results continue the excellent momentum we've built over successive years of strong financial and operational performance and demonstrate...