During the summer before my senior year, I had the opportunity to work for a government contracts business called BAE Systems. BAE Systems is a global company that takes a role in the developing and distribution of defense and aerospace systems in air and water. Ian King is the president and CEO of an estimated annual gross of about $27 billion at BAE Systems. BAE Systems is a highly classified company where only little of what we do is released.
BAE Systems is the world’s largest defense contractor in the world and the biggest in Europe. BAE Systems was founded in 1999 when two companies merged, Marconi electronic Systems, and British Aerospace, to form BAE Systems. It started out producing British aircraft and defense systems for the government in the United Kingdom. BAE Systems converses business with Boeing, McDonnell Douglas, Lockheed Martin, and many more. BAE Systems eventually made it over to the United States in the early 20th century. The heritage is believed to be traced back to “…1560 when the Royal Powder Factory was established at Waltham Abbey in Essex…”
First, the internship at BAE Systems has been one of the most exciting opportunities that I have had to experience. I was located in the billings department of OG1. The departments role and responsibilities were to determine the in and out cash flow of government contracts big and small to suit the needs of the customer. My spacific duties of the day were to maintain a billings inbox, complete closeout tasks and work on special projects. The inbox would receive new contract awards, change requests for the contracts, invoices, and much more. I was in charge of printing these and gathering the informaiton that goes along with them. I started new contracts for each biller and I handed out change requests that required personal attention to altar the contract. I would do this so I would be able to distribute them to the ten billers who would need this information for the day. Filing is not the best...