Bae Systems Plc S/Adr (BAESY) Q4 2024 Earnings Call

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Hello, everyone, and thank you for joining us this morning. I'm incredibly proud of the results we're reporting today and of the contributions our people have made to achieve another year of strong financial and operational performance as we continue to support our customers around the world. There are three areas I'd like to focus on today. First, our 2024 financial performance, where we've produced strong top line and earnings growth with better than expected cash flow and order intake. Second, The steps we've taken to continue shaping our portfolio to higher growth, technology focused and strategically important domains such as space, drones, counter drones and electronic warfare. And third, confidence in our outlook, which is driven by our record backlog, reflecting the sustainability of our value compounding business model. Taking a look at the broader backdrop, defense spending globally has continued to strengthen since this time last year, reflecting the elevated threat environment. Our programs and technologies across the group, including our electronic warfare and space capabilities, precision strike and tactical systems, AI, AUKUS, and the Global Combat Air Program, or GCAP, are delivering for our customers today and helping shape the future of defense capabilities. At the same time, we are improving the efficiency and agility of our own operations to succeed in an environment in which many of our government customers are seeking greater efficiency and affordability. In the US, we remain closely aligned to the US National Defence Strategy, which is largely focused on the Asia-Pacific threat environment, and we look forward to working with the new administration. In the UK, the ongoing Strategic Defence Review is set to conclude in the near future. The gover...