Military Embedded Systems

SAN DIEGO, California. The U.S. Air Force designated General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc.'s (GA-ASI) Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) prototype as the YFQ-42A, the company announced in a statement.

DENVER, Colorado. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) and Integrated Solutions for Systems (IS4S), in collaboration with AEVEX Aerospace, completed flight tests for the Resilient-Embedded GPS/INS (R-EGI) system, demonstrating its ability to provide reliable navigation in GPS-denied environments, the program office announced in a statement.

WINDSOR LOCKS, Connecticut. Collins Aerospace completed testing of its Enhanced Power and Cooling System (EPACS), a power and thermal management system (PTMS) the company is pitching to replace the existing PTMS on the F-35, according to a company statement.

BETHESDA, Maryland. Lockheed Martin, Nokia, and Verizon are teaming up to develop a 5G solution for military users, integrating Nokia’s 5G technology into Lockheed Martin’s 5G.MIL Hybrid Base Station (HBS), with the goal of enhancing interoperability between commercial 5G networks and military communication systems, the companies announced in a statement.

KONGSBERG, Norway. Kongsberg Discovery completed acceptance testing for the HUGIN Superior autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), marking a milestone in its contract with the U.S. Navy and the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), the company announced in a statement.

MCLEAN, Virginia. HII’s Mission Technologies division won a five-year, $70 million task order to support the U.S. Air Force in securing its systems and software against cyber threats, the company announced in a statement.

MUNICH, Germany. Rohde & Schwarz won a contract from ELT Group to supply electronic warfare (EW) components for the German Navy's F124 Sachsen-class frigates and the Polish Navy's Miecznick-class multirole frigates, the company announced in a statement.

ST. JOHN’S, Newfoundland. Kraken Robotics won $34 million in orders for its SeaPower pressure-tolerant batteries, including a $31 million order from an unnamed defense industry client, the company announced in a statement.

DAHLGREN, Virginia. QinetiQ won a $3.8 million, 12-month delivery order to support the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) Weapons Control and Integration Division, the company announced in a statement.

SAN DIEGO, California. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) demonstrated an anti-submarine warfare (ASW) capability on its MQ-9B SeaGuardian by deploying and testing air-dropped sensors during a series of flight tests, the company announced in a statement.

OSLO, Norway. Teledyne FLIR Defense won a $15 million contract to supply the German Army with its Black Hornet 4 Personal Reconnaissance Systems, the company announced in a statement.

MCLEAN, Virginia. QinetiQ US will participate in a multi-phase prototype effort to support the development of the Future Advanced Long-range Common Optical/Netted-fires Sensor (FALCONS) system for the U.S. Army, the company announced in a statement.

SAN MATEO, California. Skydio, in partnership with Paukner Group, won a contract worth up to €18 million from Spain’s Ministry of Defence to supply autonomous small uncrewed aerial systems (sUAS) to the Spanish Armed Forces, the company announced in a statement. 

BRUSSELS, Belgium. The European Defence Agency (EDA) launched a project focused on automatic 3D modeling to improve situational awareness, threat detection, and effector coordination for military operations, the agency announced in a statement.

CINCINNATI, Ohio. GE Aerospace won a five-year performance-based logistics (PBL) contract to provide avionics support for the U.S. Navy’s fleets of F/A-18, AV-8B, and AH-1Z aircraft, the company announced in a statement.

HAWTHORNE, California. OSI Systems' Security division won an international order worth approximately $32 million to supply radio frequency (RF)-based critical communication systems designed for long-range secure communications, the company announced in a statement.

GOLETA, California. Raytheon completed flight testing of an artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML)-enabled radar warning receiver (RWR) for fourth-generation aircraft, the company announced in a statement.

BOULDER, Colorado. BAE Systems won a $230.6 million contract from NASA to develop spacecraft for the Lagrange 1 Series project as part of NOAA’s Space Weather Next program, NASA announced in a statement.

NORCROSS, Georgia. Safran Defense & Space, Inc. won a contract by Bell Textron to provide onboard and ground flight testing solutions for six aircraft under the U.S. Army’s Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) program, the company announced in a statement.

BERLIN, Germany. General Dynamics European Land Systems (GDELS) won a contract to supply PIRANHA 5 armored vehicles for the German Army’s TaWAN project, a long-range telecommunications network modernization effort, the company announced in a statement.