02:36 AM EDT, 05/07/2026 (MT Newswires) -- BAE Systems (BA.L) on Thursday affirmed its sales and underlying EPS guidance for 2026.

The British aerospace and defense group anticipates a 7% to 9% growth in sales for the year, compared with 30.7 billion pounds sterling in the prior year.

Meanwhile, underlying EPS is expected to increase between 9% to 11%, compared with 0.752 pound per share earlier.