Military Embedded Systems

TUCSON, Arizona. Raytheon conducted the first helicopter launch of its new Coyote LE SR uncrewed aerial system (UAS) variant during a recent test at Nine Mile Training Center, the company announced in a statement.

WATERLOO, Ontario. Pixus Technologies released a new 3U, 1-slot OpenVPX backplane designed to support 100 Gigabit Ethernet (100GbE) speeds and development efforts aligned with the Sensor Open Systems Architecture, or SOSA, Technical Standard, the company announced in a statement.

KAUAI, Hawaii. The USS Pinckney (DDG 91) conducted a simulated engagement of a hypersonic medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) using the Aegis Combat System during Flight Test Other-40 (FTX-40), Lockheed Martin announced in a statement.

FORT IRWIN, California. Raytheon completed a live fire demonstration of its DeepStrike autonomous mobile launcher at the U.S. Army’s Project Convergence event, the company announced in a statement.

CANBERRA, Australia. QinetiQ won an AUD $47 million contract to support the Defence Aviation Safety Authority (DASA) under a new strategic agreement aimed at enhancing aviation safety standards within the Australian defence sector, the company announced in a statement.

MCLEAN, Virginia. HII’s Mission Technologies division won a contract to develop a high-energy laser (HEL) weapon prototype for the U.S. Army’s Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO), the company announced in a statement.

ARLINGTON, Virginia. Boeing won a contract from the U.S. Air Force to design, build, and deliver its Next-Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) fighter aircraft, the company announced in a statement.

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia. Teledyne FLIR Defense won a $7.8 million contract with the Middle East Task Company (METCO) to supply Lightweight Vehicle Surveillance Systems (LVSS) to a military customer in Saudi Arabia, the company announced in a statement.

CHATSWORTH, California. Aitech introduced a new space-rated 3U OpenVPX single-board computer (SBC) designed to support high-performance processing in missions ranging from low Earth orbit (LEO) to deep space, the company announced in a statement.

AUSTIN, Texas. Ultra I&C won an $86.8 million contract to develop software prototypes for the Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS) Mission Command System in support of Guam Defense Operations, the company announced. 

SINGAPORE. The Singapore Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA), the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF), and Anduril Industries have entered a partnership to explore mission autonomy for manned-unmanned teaming, Anduril announced in a statement.

ORLANDO, Florida. EIZO Rugged Solutions unveiled the Condor GR5SL 3U VPX Series, a new line of video graphics cards powered by NVIDIA’s Blackwell architecture and aligned with the Sensor Open Systems Architecture, or SOSA, Technical Standard, the company announced in a statement. 

POTTSTOWN, Pennsylvania. BlueHalo won a $30.7 million contract from the Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific to provide systems engineering and support for the Mission Specialist Defender remotely operated vehicle (ROV) under the U.S. Navy’s Maritime Expeditionary Standoff Response (MESR) program, the company announced in a statement.

MCLEAN, Virginia. Booz Allen Hamilton and Shield AI announced a partnership to integrate AI-enabled autonomy into uncrewed systems for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), the companies announced in a statement.

SAN DIEGO, California. Northrop Grumman won a contract from the U.S. Air Force to evaluate NG InSight, a software-programmable, open-architecture processor designed to enhance secure communications across airborne platforms, the company announced in a statement.

HAIFA, Israel. Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and Elbit Systems won a contract to supply an integrated naval electronic warfare (EW) self-protection system for new frigates operated by NATO European countries, the companies announced in a statement.

SAN DIEGO, California. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions won a $3.4 million contract from the U.S. Navy for contractor logistics support and engineering services for the BQM-177A subsonic aerial target system, the company announced in a statement.

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama. Collins Aerospace won an $80 million contract to upgrade the avionics system of U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopters under the H-60M MOSA Avionics Architecture Solution program, the company announced in a statement.

ARLINGTON, Virginia. AeroVironment (AV) won a contract under the Defense Innovation Unit's (DIU) Project Artemis to advance long-range, one-way uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) for the Department of Defense (DoD), the company announced in a statement.

The prospect facing defense contractors is considerable: Pack more computing power, more sensors, and more capabilities into smaller spaces while extending mission endurance. As uncrewed platforms evolve from simple remote-controlled vehicles into autonomous systems with sophisticated sensor arrays, every milliwatt of power must be carefully managed.