Military Embedded Systems

Time-sensitive networking (TSN) is a suite of standards that adds mathematical timing guarantees to standard Ethernet, enabling deterministic and best-effort traffic (or traffic that has no guarantees) to share the same network without one interfering with the other. What makes this year different from the years before? TSN is moving out of the lab: The military and aerospace use profile for TSN has been standardized and is now showing up in program specifications as a flow-down requirement. Vendors, in response, are delivering hardware.

CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea. U.S. Marines completed the service’s first series of live-fire first-person-view attack drone flights in South Korea using Neros Archer systems for anti-armor and antipersonnel strikes, the Marine Corps announced in a statement.

PETAH TIKVA, Israel. Gilat Satellite Networks demonstrated an artificial intelligence (AI)-based signal-processing technology designed to detect and cancel interference affecting satellite communications links, the company announced in a statement.

EDMONDS, Washington. wolfSSL introduced seven developments extending post-quantum cryptography and Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-3 support across embedded, Linux, networking, virtualization, and satellite systems, the company announced in a statement.

SWINDON, United Kingdom. TEKEVER was selected by the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence for a contract worth up to £400 million over 10 years to provide the British Army with an AR5-based surveillance capability known as CORVUS, the company announced in a statement.

TAIPEI, Taiwan. Shield AI and Taiwan’s National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology demonstrated a coordinated search mission involving three Mighty Hornet III uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) controlled by artificial intelligence (AI), the company announced in a statement.

SAN DIEGO, California. Northrop Grumman and Boeing demonstrated automated mission coordination between the uncrewed MQ-4C Triton and crewed P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft using artificial intelligence (AI) and an open-systems architecture, Northrop Grumman announced in a statement.

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida. Mistral Inc., an Ondas company, received a U.S. Army order worth more than $50 million for tactical lethal uncrewed systems under a previously awarded $982 million multiyear contract, the company announced in a statement.

NOVI, Michigan. The Ground Vehicle Systems Engineering and Technology Symposium (GVSETS) will bring together military, industry, academic, and international representatives from Aug. 11 through 13 to discuss ground vehicle technologies and engineering, the organization announced in a statement.

WASHINGTON, D.C. The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) is expanding an online marketplace designed to help military organizations, law enforcement agencies, and international partners evaluate and acquire validated counter-uncrewed aerial system (C-UAS) technologies, the department announced in a statement.

NEW YORK, New York. Cyabra received a multiyear, six-figure contract to provide an Asia-Pacific intelligence agency with an artificial intelligence (AI)-based platform for monitoring online information dissemination and coordinating operations to influence that information, the company announced in a statement.

MARIGNANE, France. Airbus Helicopters delivered the first NH90 Standard 2 helicopter to the French Armament General Directorate for special-operations missions, the company announced in a statement.

WILHELMSHAVEN, Germany. Rheinmetall won a contract to modernize the German Navy’s F123-class frigate Bayern and extend its operational service life until at least 2035, the company announced in a statement.

SINGAPORE. The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) selected Thales to develop a next-generation air traffic management system and deploy new air traffic control radars, the company announced in a statement.

TAIPEI, Taiwan. Shield AI and Thunder Tiger demonstrated Hivemind autonomy software aboard two uncrewed surface vessels during a coordinated maritime intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance mission, the company announced in a statement.

ARLINGTON, Virginia. AeroVironment and Applied Intuition agreed to integrate collaborative autonomy software into the Mayhem 10 launched-effects system for U.S. and allied military operations, the companies announced in a statement.

CARLSBAD, California. Viasat delivered Move Out/Jump Off Next tactical gateway systems to U.S. Air Mobility Command under a multimillion-dollar task order supporting urgent airborne communications requirements, the company announced in a statement.

STERLING HEIGHTS, Michigan. Velocity is accepting applications from defense and dual-use technology startups for a pitch competition offering more than $30,000 in unrestricted cash prizes, the organization announced in a statement.

CREECH AIR FORCE BASE, Nevada. The U.S. Air Force tested YFQ-44A Fury collaborative combat aircraft during an Agile Combat Employment exercise intended to develop operating procedures for semi-autonomous aircraft, the service announced in a statement.

BOSTON, Massachusetts. Teledyne FLIR Defense received an order from AeroVironment for Argus XL counter-uncrewed aircraft system platforms under a three-year, $500 million contract supporting U.S. military installation protection, the company announced in a statement.