Military Embedded Systems

STOCKHOLM, Sweden. INVISIO received an order valued at approximately SEK 145 million from a new European customer for its dismounted soldier communications systems, the company announced in a statement.

PARIS, France. Thales and Danish defense manufacturer Terma signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to expand cooperation across the air and air defense, naval, and space sectors, the company announced in a statement.

PARIS, France. Singapore’s Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) signed an agreement with Airbus Helicopters to explore crewed-uncrewed teaming between the Republic of Singapore Air Force’s (RSAF) H225M medium-lift helicopter and Airbus’ Flexrotor uncrewed aerial system (UAS), Airbus announced in a statement.

PARIS, France. The Ministry of National Defence of Lithuania selected the Embraer C-390 Millennium as its next-generation military transport aircraft, the company announced in a statement.

ARLINGTON, Virginia. AeroVironment signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with UAS Denmark Test Center, based at Hans Christian Andersen Airport in Odense, to jointly utilize the center’s airspace and test facilities for uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) demonstrations, the company announced in a statement.

PARIS, France. Eve Air Mobility signed a letter of intent (LOI) with Future Flight Global for the potential purchase of up to 54 electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for operations in Brazil and the United States, the company announced in a statement.

LOS ANGELES, California. The U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) added Silvus Technologies’ StreamCaster LITE 5200 (SL5200) OEM module to the Blue UAS Framework, the company announced in a statement.

MONTREAL, Canada. Haivision released an updated version of its Kraken video processing platform that integrates AI-enabled object detection through Shield AI’s Tracker software, Haivision announced in a statement.

ARLINGTON, Virginia. Five uncrewed aerial system (UAS) designs developed under DARPA’s AdvaNced airCraft Infrastructure-Less Launch And RecoverY (ANCILLARY) program will begin flight testing this month to evaluate vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) performance and mission versatility, DARPA announced in a statement.

PARIS, France. Embraer signed a contract with the Netherlands to deliver an aeromedical evacuation system for the Royal Netherlands Air Force C-390 Millennium fleet, the company announced in a statement.

PARIS, France. Raytheon announced at the Paris Air Show that the Kingdom of Norway will join in the development of the GhostEye radar, a mobile medium-range air and missile defense sensor for the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAMS), the company announced in a statement.

EL SEGUNDO, California. Pacific Defense won a $9.1 million contract from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to develop, integrate, and demonstrate an artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML)-enabled electronic warfare (EW) sensor-effector capability, the company announced in a statement.

SAN DIEGO, California. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) conducted a test flight of its MQ-20 Avenger uncrewed jet on June 11, executing a simulated autonomous missile engagement using government reference autonomy software, the company announced in a statement.

PARIS, France. Portugal will buy a sixth KC-390 Millennium aircraft from Embraer, expanding its transport fleet and operational capabilities, the company announced in a statement during the Paris Air Show.

PHOENIX, Arizona. Honeywell and Near Earth Autonomy completed the first autonomous test flight of a Leonardo AW139 helicopter in support of the U.S. Marine Corps Aerial Logistics Connector (ALC) program, the company announced in a statement.

LONDON, United Kingdom. BAE Systems won a £204.6 million contract from the UK Ministry of Defence to support production and integration of the European Common Radar System Mark 2 (ECRS Mk2) onto Royal Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft, the company announced in a statement.

MELBOURNE, Florida. L3Harris Technologies won a contract from Belgium’s Ministry of Defence to supply 14 T4 explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) robots to support ground-based threat mitigation, the company announced in a statement.

ARLINGTON, Virginia. AeroVironment’s JUMP 20 medium uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) provided maritime intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) services for the U.S. Navy’s 4th Fleet during Operation Southern Spear, the company announced in a statement.

DAVIDSON, North Carolina. Curtiss-Wright Corporation won an $80 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide high-speed data acquisition system (HSDAS) hardware and associated services, the company announced in a statement.

LINKÖPING, Sweden. Helsing and Saab completed a live flight test of an artificial intelligence (AI) agent aboard a Gripen E fighter jet, during which the AI conducted air combat maneuvers in a beyond-visual-range scenario, the company announced in a statement.