BAE Systems’ secret weapons give British Olympic team the edge

Posted on 2 Aug 2012 by Tim Brown

Defence, aerospace and security company, BAE Systems, has adapted military technology to assist the British Olympic team to reach their full potential at the London 2012 Games.

BAE Systems has helped the British Olympic Cycling Team to find increased levels of speed, strength and endurance by installing a sophisticated performance monitoring system at the Manchester Velodrome, the base of the British Team’s training. Military precision lasers, normally used to identify friend or foe on the battlefield, have played a key role in…

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