Military Embedded Systems

Military power systems are changing dramatically as defense platforms pack more capability into the same physical space. From artificial intelligence (AI)-driven threat detection and directed-energy weapons to swarms of autonomous drones and electric aircraft, today’s battlefield needs power in amounts that would have seemed improbable just a decade ago. At the same time, the battlefield itself is evolving: Military units are spreading across vast areas to avoid detection, which creates new challenges in getting energy to where it’s needed most. The question facing military power system designers is no longer just how to generate more power, but how to deliver it efficiently and rapidly to forces that are increasingly mobile and spread out.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland. Generative artificial intelligence (AI) and cognitive electronic warfare (EW) will be a central focus of the technical program at the 62nd AOC International Symposium & Convention, with multiple briefings set to examine how AI is being applied to spectrum operations, according to the event agenda.

HERNDON, Virginia. HawkEye 360 received 23 months of additional funding from the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and the Commercial Systems Program Office (CSPO) to expand its commercial radio-frequency (RF) data and analytics support for U.S. and allied missions, the company announced in a statement.

WASHINGTON, D.C. Shield AI have partnered with Sedaro to pair Shield AI’s Hivemind Pilot autonomy software with Sedaro’s space-systems simulation platform for orbital mission development, the company announced in a statement.

SAN FRANCISCO, California. AMESA won a contract worth $1.25 million from the U.S. Air Force to further develop its multi-agent artificial intelligence (AI) wargaming platform for use at Air University, the company announced in a statement.

HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Massachusetts. The U.S. Air Force is seeking industry proposals for research and development of a modular, upgradable next-generation aircraft protection system built on open architecture standards, the Air Force announced in a SAM.gov notice.

ORLANDO, Florida. Lockheed Martin, working with Blackshark.ai, introduced a Prepar3D Fuse image generator that uses a custom version of Unreal Engine 5 and artificial intelligence (AI) for military simulation and training, the company announced in a statement.

RESTON, Virginia. CACI International won a three-year task order worth up to $79 million to continue supporting the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center on electronic warfare threat detection and defeat, the company announced in a statement.

HUNT VALLEY, Maryland. Textron Systems and its subsidiary Howe & Howe sold a RIPSAW M3 robotic ground vehicle to the government of Sweden, marking the first European sale of the platform, the company announced in a statement.

LYSTRUP, Denmark. Terma A/S acquired UK-based counter-drone specialist OSL Technology to expand its counter-uncrewed aircraft systems (C-UAS) and critical-infrastructure protection offerings, the company announced in a statement.

READING, United Kingdom. The Hydra MAX multi-orbit satellite communications (SATCOM) terminal from ALL.SPACE has reached Technology Readiness Level 6 (TRL 6) following trials under the U.S. Army’s Next Generation Tactical Terminal (NGTT) program at Aberdeen Proving Ground, the company announced in a statement.

WILMINGTON, Massachusetts. Analog Devices introduced the ADPA1112 gallium nitride (GaN) power amplifier for applications spanning 1 GHz to 22 GHz, targeting electronic warfare and test systems, the company announced in a statement.

BRUSSELS, Belgium. The European Defence Agency (EDA) launched a four-year research program aimed at reducing noise generated by autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) to improve naval stealth and limit the impact of human-made sound on marine ecosystems, the agency announced in a statement.

MELBOURNE, Florida. L3Harris Technologies completed the Critical Design Review (CDR) for its next-generation weather imager that will fly aboard the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) satellite program, the company announced in a statement.

ROME, Italy. NATO’s Critical Undersea Infrastructure (CUI) Network convened in Rome to advance coordination between civilian and military organizations on safeguarding undersea infrastructure, the alliance announced in a statement.

PARIS, France. MBDA signed its first export contract with a Middle Eastern nation to supply the SKY WARDEN counter-uncrewed aerial system (C-UAS) solution, the company announced in a statement.

MONTREAL, Canada. CAE will serve as Saab’s preferred supplier for select training and simulation requirements associated with the GlobalEye Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft under a new worldwide cooperation agreement, the company announced in a statement.

RESTON, Virginia. Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) won a five-year, $1.4 billion task order to support the Department of War through the Collaborative Operations for Battlespace Resilient Architecture (COBRA) program, the company announced in a statement.

MUNICH, Germany. Helsing and Saab Germany will integrate Helsing’s artificial intelligence software into the Eurofighter’s future electronic warfare (EW) system under a contract valued in the triple-digit million-euro range, the company announced in a statement.

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands. Shield AI and Destinus will collaborate to integrate Shield AI’s Hivemind mission autonomy software across multiple Destinus uncrewed aerial system (UAS) platforms, the company announced in a statement.