Military Embedded Systems

PARIS, France. Portugal will buy a sixth KC-390 Millennium aircraft from Embraer, expanding its transport fleet and operational capabilities, the company announced in a statement during the Paris Air Show.

PHOENIX, Arizona. Honeywell and Near Earth Autonomy completed the first autonomous test flight of a Leonardo AW139 helicopter in support of the U.S. Marine Corps Aerial Logistics Connector (ALC) program, the company announced in a statement.

LONDON, United Kingdom. BAE Systems won a £204.6 million contract from the UK Ministry of Defence to support production and integration of the European Common Radar System Mark 2 (ECRS Mk2) onto Royal Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft, the company announced in a statement.

MELBOURNE, Florida. L3Harris Technologies won a contract from Belgium’s Ministry of Defence to supply 14 T4 explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) robots to support ground-based threat mitigation, the company announced in a statement.

ARLINGTON, Virginia. AeroVironment’s JUMP 20 medium uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) provided maritime intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) services for the U.S. Navy’s 4th Fleet during Operation Southern Spear, the company announced in a statement.

DAVIDSON, North Carolina. Curtiss-Wright Corporation won an $80 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide high-speed data acquisition system (HSDAS) hardware and associated services, the company announced in a statement.

LINKÖPING, Sweden. Helsing and Saab completed a live flight test of an artificial intelligence (AI) agent aboard a Gripen E fighter jet, during which the AI conducted air combat maneuvers in a beyond-visual-range scenario, the company announced in a statement.

AUSTIN, Texas. Ultra Intelligence & Communications (Ultra I&C) will provide its Archer troposcatter communications system to the U.S. Army for training and evaluation, the company announced in a statement.

SICILY, Italy. QinetiQ provided live and virtual counter-drone training to the Royal Navy’s Carrier Strike Group and NATO allies during Exercise Med Strike, a seven-day maritime exercise conducted off the eastern coast of Sicily, the company announced in a statement.

SEOUL, South Korea. BAE Systems and Hanwha Systems signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly develop a multi-sensor satellite system for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) applications, the company announced in a statement.

Drones that hunt targets without human pilots. Artificial intelligence (AI) systems that predict when military equipment will break down weeks before it actually fails. Computer networks that keep working even when enemies jam communications or cut internet connections. These visions of the future are unfolding right now, as the defense industry moves beyond prototypes to deploy AI systems that military personnel can use in real operations.

TAMPA, Florida. Ombra won a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract from the U.S. Air Force to continue development of robotic swarming technologies focused on runway repair and damage assessment, the company announced in a statement.

MELBOURNE, Florida. L3Harris Technologies won an additional contract from the U.S. Department of Defense to supply more VAMPIRE counter-uncrewed aerial system (UAS) platforms, the company announced in a statement.

SAN DIEGO, California. The U.K. Ministry of Defence signed a support and sustainment contract with General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) for logistics and maintenance of the Royal Air Force’s Protector RG Mk1 uncrewed aerial system (UAS), the company announced in a statement.

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland. The U.S. Marine Corps received its final MQ-9A Reaper Block 5 Extended Range uncrewed aerial system (UAS) from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, concluding a three-year delivery program, the Naval Air Systems Command announced in a statement.

EL SEGUNDO, California. BAE Systems won a $1.2 billion contract from U.S. Space Systems Command to develop a medium Earth orbit (MEO) satellite system for missile warning and tracking, the company announced in a statement.

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama. Northrop Grumman and Marshall Land Systems signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly develop command-and-control hardware in support of the United Kingdom’s Ground Based Air Defence (GBAD) program, the company announced in a statement.

DULLES, Virginia. Northrop Grumman completed integration of the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s robotic payload onto its Mission Robotic Vehicle (MRV), a key milestone in the Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS) program led by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the company announced in a statement.

PHOENIX, Arizona. Honeywell’s IntuVue RDR-7000 weather radar system has received certification from Brazil’s National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) for installation on Bombardier Learjet 40 and 45 aircraft, the company announced in a statement.

MOORPARK, California. Quantum Systems opened a new 135,000-square-foot U.S. facility in Southern California to scale manufacturing and integration of its AI-enabled intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) uncrewed aerial system (UAS) platforms, the company announced in a statement.