Military Embedded Systems

FARNBOROUGH, England. Lockheed Martin is increasing prototype production of its MORFIUS X-Rotor airborne high-power microwave counter-drone system and preparing additional flight tests, the company announced in a statement.

FARNBOROUGH, England. Sikorsky will integrate its MATRIX autonomy software into BETA Technologies’ MV250 hybrid vertical takeoff and landing aircraft for uncrewed logistics missions, the company announced in a statement.

LONDON, England. Avio Aero, IHI Corporation, and Rolls-Royce have completed a series of design reviews that move the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) engine demonstrator closer to ground testing, the company announced in a statement.

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Florida. A U.S. Air Force F-16 modified with an autonomy kit has begun in-flight testing with an artificial intelligence (AI) agent controlling the aircraft, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency announced in a statement.

PRAGUE, Czech Republic. Embraer delivered the first C-390 Millennium military transport aircraft to the Czech Air Force 20 months after the acquisition agreement was signed, the company announced in a statement.

PARDUBICE, Czech Republic. Eldis Pardubice, a member of CSG, completed factory acceptance testing for the first radar systems under contracts valued at more than $20 million to modernize Vietnam’s air traffic management infrastructure, CSG announced in a statement.

WASHINGTON, D.C. Anduril Industries signed a framework agreement with the U.S. Department of War that could lead to the production and delivery of thousands of pallet- and aircraft-launched Barracuda-500 munitions annually for seven years, the company announced in a statement.

ANKARA, Türkiye. Northrop Grumman and Airbus Defence and Space signed a memorandum of understanding to explore adding MQ-4C Triton uncrewed aerial systems (UASs) to NATO’s Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) Force, the company announced in a statement.

DUSSELDORF, Germany. Rheinmetall and Space Norway signed a memorandum of understanding to explore space-based surveillance capabilities for maritime operations, the company announced in a statement.

MARTINSBURG, West Virginia. Helsing plans to establish its first U.S. manufacturing facility in West Virginia to produce HX-2 artificial intelligence-enabled strike drones, the company announced in a statement.

NORFOLK, England. BAE Systems completed integration and deployment testing of its BAE Systems Anti Threat System (BATS), a counter-drone system intended to detect, track, identify, and defeat hostile uncrewed aircraft, the company announced in a statement.

ROCHESTER, New York. L3Harris Technologies received orders totaling $84 million for AN/PRC-158C Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2) manpack Falcon systems for the U.S. Army, the company announced in a statement.

KIRKLAND, Washington. Echodyne opened a new radar manufacturing facility in Washington State to expand production capacity for its Metamaterials Electronically Scanned Array (MESA) radar products, the company announced in a statement.

CARBONDALE, Pennsylvania. Gentex Corporation won a five-year, $44.8 million indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract from U.S. Army Contracting Command--Redstone for HGU-56/P Rotary Wing Helmet systems and sustainment support, the company announced in a statement.

ANKARA, Türkiye. NATO signed a letter of intent to pursue the acquisition of Northrop Grumman’s MQ-4C Triton aircraft to expand the alliance’s intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) force, the company announced in a statement.

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii. Boeing’s MQ-28 Ghost Bat collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) participated in Exercise Valiant Shield 2026 alongside U.S. and coalition aircraft in the Indo-Pacific region, the company announced in a statement.

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama. Abaco Systems introduced the SBC3618, a rugged 3U VPX single-board computer (SBC) built on Intel Core Ultra Series 3 processors for artificial intelligence (AI) processing at the tactical edge, the company announced in a statement.

ARLINGTON, Virginia. AeroVironment won a three-year, $500 million indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract to provide counter-uncrewed aerial system (C-UAS) capabilities for Joint Interagency Task Force 401’s Domestic Shield Program, the company announced in a statement.

READING, United Kingdom. Edgewing won an 18-month, £4.6 billion contract from the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) Agency for the next phase of the fighter aircraft development program involving Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom, Leonardo announced in a statement.

LONDON, United Kingdom. The Royal Navy and British Army tested the Nyan one-way effector (OWE) uncrewed aerial system (UAS) across maritime and land operations, BAE Systems announced in a statement.