Military Embedded Systems

BOULDER, Colorado. Stratom won a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract to develop an autonomous refueling system for U.S. Navy uncrewed surface vehicles (USVs), the company announced in a statement.

WATERLOO, Ontario. Pixus Technologies unveiled new carrier boards and specialty cards designed for high-performance computing applications including AI systems and test and measurement platforms, the company announced in a statement.

MUNICH, Germany. Airbus Defence and Space and Kratos Defense and Security Solutions entered into a partnership to equip the Kratos XQ-58A Valkyrie uncrewed collaborative combat aircraft (UCCA) with a German-developed mission system for future deployment with the German Air Force, the companies announced in a statement.

HIGH DESERT TEST RANGE, California. The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) XQ-67A, an Autonomous Collaborative Platform (ACP) developed by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI), completed a flight test to validate government-owned autonomy and tactical datalink integration, the company announced in a statement.

SAN MATEO, California. Skydio won a contract from the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Defence for $9.4 million (101 million NOK) for delivery of its X10D small uncrewed aerial systems (sUAS), the company announced in a statement.

VANCOUVER, Canada. Terma A/S and Sperry Marine delivered SCANTER-series surveillance radar systems to Seaspan Shipyards in support of the Canadian Coast Guard’s Multi-Purpose Vessel and Polar Icebreaker programs, the companies announced in a statement.

WACO, Texas. L3Harris Technologies won a contract to upgrade multiple C-130 aircraft operated by the Royal Moroccan Air Force (RMAF), the company announced in a statement.

JACKSONVILLE, Florida. Redwire Corporation’s Stalker uncrewed aerial system (UAS), developed by its subsidiary Edge Autonomy, received an Authority to Operate (ATO) and has been added to the Department of Defense’s (DoD) Blue UAS Cleared List, the company announced in a statement.

PARIS, France. Airbus Defence and Space  won an 8-year contrfact from the French Directorate General of Armaments (DGA) to develop and maintain cyber training platforms for the Ministry of the Armed Forces, the company announced in a statement.

WASHINGTON, D.C. The U.S. State Department approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to Norway that includes HH-60W helicopters, electronic warfare systems, and associated support equipment for an estimated $2.6 billion, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced in a statement.

WACO, Texas. L3Harris Technologies delivered the first overhauled P-8A Poseidon aircraft to the U.S. Navy as part of a program depot maintenance effort supporting the Navy’s fleet of 139 aircraft, the company announced in a statement.

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia. General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) won a $143 million contract from the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD) to provide electronic warfare (EW) support for airborne systems, the company announced in a statement.

LUTON, United Kingdom. GKN Aerospace signed a six-year follow-on contract with BAE Systems to continue manufacturing canopy transparencies for the Eurofighter Typhoon, the company announced in a statement.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden. The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) placed an additional order with Ovzon for mobile satellite terminals valued at SEK 72 million ($7.6 million), the company announced in a statement.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia. Thales won a contract from the Malaysian government to supply two additional Ground Master 400 alpha (GM400α) long-range air surveillance radars to support the Royal Malaysian Air Force’s (RMAF) situational awareness efforts, the company announced in a statement.

MOORESTOWN, New Jersey. Lockheed Martin delivered the first shipset of AN/SPY-7(V)1 radar antennas for Japan’s Aegis System Equipped Vessel (ASEV) program, the company announced in a statement.

PORTSMOUTH, Rhode Island. Raytheon completed an open water demonstration of its Barracuda mine neutralization vehicle operating in an untethered, semi-autonomous mode for the first time, the company announced in a statement.

MONTELIBRETTI, Italy. Six European defense firms demonstrated uncrewed aerial and ground systems as part of the European Defence Agency’s (EDA) first European Defence Innovation Operational Experimentation (OPEX) campaign, the agency announced in a statement.

SAINT-GERMAIN-EN-LAYE, France. Naval Group chose Exail to supply navigation systems for the Greek Hellenic Navy’s Defense and Intervention (FDI) frigates, the company announced in a statement.

EL SEGUNDO, California. Boeing delivered the ninth and tenth O3b mPOWER satellites to SES for integration into its medium-Earth orbit (MEO) network, the company announced in a statement.