Military Embedded Systems

WASHINGTON, D.C. Shield AI and Airbus Defence and Space conducted an autonomous flight demonstration of the DT25 target drone in Andøya, Norway, through integration of Shield AI’s Hivemind autonomy software, the companies announced in a statement.

ARLINGTON, Virginia. Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) and Palantir will collaborate to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) software across BDS production facilities and defense programs, the companies announced in a statement.

MELBOURNE, Florida. L3Harris Technologies and Shield AI demonstrated an artificial intelligence-enabled system for detecting and tracking uncrewed aerial systems (UASs) during a Department of Defense Technology Readiness Experimentation event, the companies announced in a statement.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Florida. GE Aerospace completed a series of supersonic captive carry flight tests of its Atmospheric Test of Launched Airbreathing System (ATLAS) Flight Test Vehicle, advancing development of solid-fueled ramjet (SFRJ) propulsion, the company announced in a statement.

HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Massachusetts. Bombardier Defense delivered its ninth Global series aircraft to the U.S. Air Force for use in the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) program, the company announced in a statement.

HOKKAIDO, Japan. The first Patria AMV XP 8x8 armored vehicle under Japan’s Wheeled Armored Personnel Carrier (WAPC) program has been delivered to the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF), the company announced in a statement.

TAIPEI, Taiwan. Northrop Grumman signed a memoranda of understanding with three Taiwan-based companies to deliver the AN/TPS/78 Advanced Capabilities Radar, the company announced in a statement.

PHOENIX, Arizona. Honeywell introduced the HON1600, a small-thrust-class engine developed for collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) and uncrewed aerial system (UAS) applications, the company announced in a statement.

AARHUS, Denmark. Systematic won an enterprise license contract to provide SitaWare Edge command-and-control software to the German Armed Forces for use by dismounted personnel, the company announced in a statement.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden. Saab will lead the Allied Underwater Battlespace Mission Network (AUWB-MN) project for NATO through the Saab-led MANGROVE consortium, the company announced in a statement.

TEL AVIV, Israel. Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and Israel’s Ministry of Defense completed development of the Iron Beam high-power laser air defense system following a series of tests in southern Israel, the company announced in a statement.

RESTON, Virginia. CACI International won a five-year task order valued at up to $180 million to provide secure network operations for Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) in support of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, the company announced in a statement.

LISBON, Portugal. The Portuguese government signed an amendment with Embraer for the acquisition of a sixth KC-390 Millennium aircraft and ten additional purchase options, the company announced in a statement.

NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia. Airborne Tactical Advantage Company (ATAC), part of Textron Systems, won a U.S. Navy contract valued at up to $554.5 million to continue delivering training support under the Fleet Fighter Jet Services (FJS) program, the company announced in a statement.

ARLINGTON, Virginia. Collins Aerospace won a contract from the NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA) to deliver its Electronic Warfare Planning and Battle Management (EWPBM) software solution, the company announced in a statement.

WESTBOROUGH, Massachusetts. Kopin Corporation won a $15.4 million contract from the Office of the Secretary of Defense through the U.S. Army Contracting Command under the Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment (IBAS) program to develop color MicroLED displays for ground soldier augmented reality applications, the company announced in a statement.

ASHBURN, Virginia. Curtiss-Wright was selected by Rheinmetall Air Defence to supply power management technology and gyroscopes for the Oerlikon Skyranger mobile ground-based air defense system, the company announced in a statement.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates. Terma signed a contract with Albwardy Damen to provide mission systems for a new series of naval vessels in the Middle East and Africa region, the company announced in a statement.

ISTANBUL, Turkey. The SANCAR armed unmanned surface vehicle (AUSV), developed by HAVELSAN and Yonca Shipyard, completed live-fire trials in the Marmara Sea, the companies announced in a statement.

LONDON, United Kingdom. Babcock International signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Australian company Critical Infrastructure Technologies (CiTech) to jointly develop a rapidly deployable hub that integrates 5G communications, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), and counter-uncrewed aerial system (C-UAS) capabilities, the company announced in a statement.