Military Embedded Systems

MCKINNEY, Texas. Raytheon won a $154 million contract to supply the U.S. Army with Commander's Independent Viewer (CIV) systems, which are aimed at upgrading the Bradley Fighting Vehicles as part of an initiative to enhance the Army's armored combat vehicles with advanced technology, the company announced in a statement.

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates. Milrem Robotics won a contract to provide the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ministry of Defence with 20 tracked robotic combat vehicles (RCVs) and 40 THeMIS uncrewed ground vehicles (UGVs), the company announced in a statement.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico. Red Cat will integrate artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities into a U.S. Army drone being developed for the service's Short Range Reconnaissance (SRR) Tranche 2 program, the company announced in a statement.

WAYNE, New Jersey. Data Link Solutions, a joint venture between BAE Systems and Rockwell Collins, won a contract to supply small form factor (SFF) Link 16 radios to the U.S. Navy that will be incorporated into BAE Systems' FireNet Link 16 tactical systems as part of Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2) operations, Data Link Solutions announced in a statement.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden. Saab won a contract with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ministry of Defence for in-service support for the GlobalEye Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) system, the company announced in a statement.

PORTON DOWN, Wiltshire. Qinetiq won a contract from the UK Defence Science and Technology Laboratory to better protect the British Army's land armored vehicles from using drones and other weapons, the company announced in a statement.

ANDOVER, Massachusetts. Mercury Systems unveiled a new Direct RF (radio frequency) system-on-module (SOM) that uses Intel Agilex Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) to process signals across a broad range of the electromagnetic spectrum, the company announced in a statement.

MCLEAN, Virginia. Northrop Grumman Corporation supported a virtual aerial combat training event at Langley Air Force Base in Virginia using its Distributed Mission Operations Network (DMON) on behalf of the Combat Air Force (CAF) Distributed Training Center (DTC), the company announced in a statement.

BRUSSELS, Belgium. The European Commission initiated the Land Tactical Collaborative Combat (LATACC) project, led by Thales, aimed at enhancing the collaborative capabilities of European coalition forces, Thales announced in a statement.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden. The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) placed an order with Saab for its Mobile Short Range Air Defence (MSHORAD) solution to enhance the country's mobile air defense capabilities between 2024 and 2026, according to a statement from Saab.

SAN DIEGO, California. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. won $50 million worth of contracts from an unidentified customer for the development and support of counter uncrewed aerial system (C-UAS), air defense, and radar systems, the company announced in a statement.

DUBLIN, Ireland. The China anti-jamming market will grow an average of 8.37% over the next five years, a new report predicts.

MARIGNANE, France. Airbus Helicopters plans to acquire Aerovel and its uncrewed aerial system (UAS), Flexrotor, as part of a bid to enhance its tactical UAS offerings, the company announced in a statement.

SAINT-CLOUD, France. Dassault Aviation will provide 42 Rafale combat aircraft to the French Air and Space Force (AAE) under a new contract, the company announced in a statement.

TEL AVIV, Israel. The Israeli Ministry of Defense, in collaboration with Rafael, conducted a test for the SPYDER air defense system in its latest configuration, All in One, Rafael announced in a statement.

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CARLSBAD, California. Viasat has won a contract to provide its High-Throughput Satellite (HTS) technology to the U.S. Army as part of the service's ongoing efforts to boost its communications infrastructure, according to a statement from the company.

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RESTON, Virginia. Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) has won a contract to support the U.S. Navy in its hypersonics advanced concepts and strategic mission programs, the company announced in a statement.