Military Embedded Systems

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.

GRENAA, Denmark. Terma signed a support agreement with the Argentinian Ministry of Defense and the Argentinian Air Force to provide electronic warfare system upgrades and services for 24 former Royal Danish Air Force F-16 aircraft, the company announced in a statement.

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia. Electra won a $1.9 million contract from the U.S. Army to advance the development of hybrid-electric powertrain, power, and propulsion systems (HEPPS) for potential use on current and future aircraft platforms, the company announced in a statement.

BUCHAREST, Romania. Northrop Grumman signed a memorandum of understanding with Romanian defense company ROMARM to jointly offer a ground-based radar system to the Romanian Air Force, the company announced in a statement.

PARIS, France. Exail won a contract to deliver five DriX H-8 uncrewed surface vehicles (USVs) to an unnamed European nation for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) operations, the company announced in a statement.

SÃO JOSÉ DOS CAMPOS, Brazil. Embraer delivered four A-29 Super Tucano light attack and trainer aircraft to the Paraguayan Air Force, the company announced in a statement.

TEL AVIV, Israel. Sentrycs’ protocol-based counter-uncrewed aerial system (C-UAS) technology has been integrated into Rafael’s Drone Dome defense system, the company announced in a statement.

PARIS, France. Diehl Defence and Sener signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on technologies related to hypersonic missiles, uncrewed ground vehicles (UGVs), and remote carriers for future combat air systems (FCAS), the companies announced in a statement.

MADRID, Spain. HENSOLDT and Indra completed production of the first Eurofighter Common Radar System Mk1 (ECRS Mk1) units equipped with advanced processor and antenna control subsystems, the companies announced in a statement.

OSLO, Norway. Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace and Thales will merge their Norwegian-based tactical and secure communications businesses into a new 50/50 joint venture aimed at serving the growing communications needs of NATO and allied armed forces, the companies announced in a statement.

WESTMINSTER, Colorado. Maxar Intelligence won a contract from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s (NGA) Luno A program to deliver automated object detection services using artificial intelligence and machine learning, the company announced in a statement.

ARLINGTON, Virginia. AeroVironment’s Wildcat uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) has completed a series of flight milestones under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Early VTOL Aircraft Demonstration (EVADE), part of the AdvaNced airCraft Infrastructure-Less Launch And RecoverY (ANCILLARY) program, the company announced in a statement.

EL SEGUNDO, California. A space radio frequency (RF) payload from Pacific Defense based on the Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) will launch aboard the K2 Space Gravitas Mission in February 2026, the company announced in a statement.

NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland. Northrop Grumman’s newest MQ-4C Triton uncrewed aircraft is undergoing flight testing with the U.S. Navy’s Naval Air Systems Command, the company announced in a statement.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands. The Dutch Ministry of Defence has signed a contract with Rheinmetall Defence Nederland to deliver 20 Ermine ground vehicles to the Ukrainian armed forces, the company announced in a statement.

GETAFE, Spain. The NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) ordered two more Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) aircraft, expanding the Multinational MRTT Fleet (MMF) to 12 aircraft, Airbus announced in a statement.