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BAE Systems laid-off workers: jobs, benefits and retraining
about 1,000 professional jobs are open in Virginia, including about 1,000 at BAE Systems. Put in your email and we send a plan built for a layoff: benefits and deadlines first, then jobs matched to your background.
Jobs open now
about 1,000 professional jobs are open in Virginia, and about 1,000 at BAE Systems. Taken from employers' own career sites and checked to still be open.
These are the newest roles, not yet matched to you. Add your email at the top and tell us about your work, and we pick the jobs that fit you.
Personalize my jobsOpen professional jobs at BAE Systems
- Quality Leadership Development Program (QLDP) · BAE Systems · Manassas, VA
- Program Engineering Manager II · BAE Systems · Nashua, New Hampshire, United States
- Systems Administrator · BAE Systems · Rome, New York, United States
- Manager II - Facility Security Officer (FSO) · BAE Systems · Broomfield, Colorado, United States
- Cyber Analyst II – ISSO · BAE Systems · Westminster, Colorado, United States
- Deputy Business Area Operations Director, CAS · BAE Systems USA · Fort Wayne, IN
What should I do first if I was affected?
- File for Virginia unemployment benefits: amounts, weeks, the waiting week and where to file.
- File for Maryland unemployment benefits: amounts, weeks, the waiting week and where to file.
- Compare COBRA and marketplace health coverage before your coverage ends.
- Use the first 72 hours on the steps that matter most.
- Line up bridge income while you search.
What help is there for benefits and retraining?
The public workforce boards for each affected site. Their American Job Centers offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
Anne Arundel County Local Workforce Development Board
For notices in Annapolis Junction
Find a job centerBoard page: centers, jobs and noticesBoard website
Virginia Career Works Northern Region
For notices in Vienna
Find a job centerBoard page: centers, jobs and noticesBoard website
Not laid off? Pick what sounds like you
For anyone planning their next move at BAE Systems or anywhere else. No résumé needed; we send a first-week plan.
Question 1
Where are you right now?
Why we ask: a laid-off week and a thinking-about-a-move week look nothing alike. No résumé, no account.
Questions
- Did BAE Systems file layoff notices?
- Yes. BAE Systems has filed 2 layoff notices with labor departments in Virginia, Maryland, naming 174 workers. The most recent was filed Mar 19, 2026.
- How do I file for unemployment after a layoff at BAE Systems?
- File with the state where you worked, not where you live now. For Virginia, see the unemployment benefits page for the weekly amount, the number of weeks, the waiting week and where to file.
- Are there jobs open for former BAE Systems employees?
- about 1,000 professional jobs are open in Virginia today, and about 1,000 at BAE Systems itself. NextChapter lists them from employers' own career sites and checks that they are still open.
- What help is there for retraining?
- The local American Job Center for each affected site offers free job search help and often pays for training. NextChapter also lists funding programs and graded AI courses.
What did BAE Systems file?
A layoff notice gives the number of workers and the dates the employer reported. It does not say why. Notices are published by each state.
| Notice date | Employer | State | City or county | Workers | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAE SystemsTakes effect Mar 18, 2026 | Virginia | Vienna | 119 | — | State record | |
| BAE Systems, Inc. | Maryland | Annapolis Junction | 55 | Mass Layoff - No Recall | State record |
Notices are as filed with state labor departments and refreshed daily; the newest is dated Mar 19, 2026. Job counts are rounded. NextChapter is independent of BAE Systems. See the layoff tracker for how notices are collected.