Military Embedded Systems

SAN DIEGO, California. The U.S. Air Force has assigned the experimental designation X-68A to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) LongShot program being developed with General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, the company announced in a statement.

COCHSTEDT, Germany. Rheinmetall demonstrated its FV-014 loitering munition system (LMS) during a test event for a potential NATO customer at the National Test Centre for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) operated by the German Aerospace Centre (DLR), the company announced in a statement.

CAMDEN, New Jersey. L3Harris Technologies won a full-rate production contract from General Dynamics Electric Boat to deliver 26 shipsets of submarine communications systems for U.S. Navy Virginia- and Columbia-class submarines, the company announced in a statement.

GAVIÃO PEIXOTO, Brazil. Embraer has delivered the first two A-29 Super Tucano aircraft to the Uruguayan Air Force as part of a fleet renewal program intended to expand missions that include airspace and border protection, the company announced in a statement.

PETAḤ TIQVA, Israel. Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. won a $9 million order from Israel’s Ministry of Defense for the delivery and integration of satellite communications (SATCOM) systems and services, the company announced in a statement.

CANBERRA, Australia. BAE Systems Australia completed trials of its Autonomous Tactical Light Armour System (ATLAS) uncrewed ground vehicle (UGV) as part of development work on a modular autonomous land capability intended to support main battle tank and combat reconnaissance vehicle operations, the company announced in a statement.

ROME, Italy. Leonardo will supply four C-27J Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Defence to add maritime patrol and multi-mission capability for the Royal Saudi Naval Forces, the company announced in a statement.

WILMINGTON, Massachusetts. Analog Devices introduced the ADTR1104, an X-band front-end integrated circuit (IC) that combines a power amplifier, a low noise amplifier (LNA), and a reflective single-pole double-throw (SPDT) switch in a single device, the company announced in a statement.

ANDOVER, Massachusetts. TTTECH North America will provide Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) technology for the U.S. Army’s High Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System (HADES) aerial intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) program, the company announced in a statement.

LONDON, United Kingdom. HENSOLDT and Helsing signed a strategic partnership to develop an artificial intelligence-enabled autonomous combat air system built around Helsing’s CA-1 Europa aircraft, the companies announced in a statement.

SAN DIEGO, California. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems says it flew its YFQ-42A Collaborative Combat Aircraft in a semi-autonomous mission after integrating mission autonomy software from Collins Aerospace, the company announced in a statement.

WASHINGTON, D.C. Shield AI was selected as a mission autonomy provider for the United States Air Force Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program to support Technology Maturity and Risk Reduction (TMRR) activities, the company announced in a statement.

TUCSON, Arizona. Raytheon demonstrated its Coyote Block 3 Non-Kinetic system in a recent United States Army event, where the company says the interceptor defeated multiple drone swarms and supported recovery for reuse, the company announced in a statement.

SAN DIEGO, California. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems was chosen by the United States Marine Corps to support evaluations under the Marine Air-Ground Task Force Uncrewed Expeditionary Tactical Aircraft (MUX TACAIR) Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program, the company announced in a statement.

TOULON, France. Naval Group will take a 20% stake in cortAIx France, Thales’ artificial intelligence effort focused on critical systems, as part of a partnership aimed at developing what the companies describe as sovereign, cyber-secure artificial intelligence for French defense programs, the companies announced in a statement.

LONG BEACH, California. Boeing won a contract from the U.S. Air Force to design and deliver a modernized flight deck for the C-17A Globemaster III transport aircraft, the company announced in a statement.

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama. BAE Systems won $137 million in Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contracts from the United States Army to deliver its Common Missile Warning System (CMWS) to allied nations, the company announced in a statement.

TEL AVIV, Israel. Elbit Systems won multiple contracts totaling more than $100 million from the Directorate of Defense Research & Development within the Israel Ministry of Defense to develop new digitization capabilities for the Israel Defense Forces, the company announced in a statement.

BUDAPEST, Hungary. CAE is participating in a research and development effort in Hungary to develop a graphical user interface for large-scale Live-Virtual-Constructive (LVC) simulation environments, the company announced in a statement.

TEL AVIV, Israel. The Israel Ministry of Defense signed an approximately $130 million agreement with Elbit Systems to integrate Israeli command-and-control, avionics, electronic warfare, and directed infrared countermeasure capabilities onto 12 Israel Defense Forces Israeli Air Force CH-53K “Pereh” helicopters, the company announced in a statement.