Military Embedded Systems

FORT ERIE, Canada. Airbus Helicopters signed a contract with SkyAlyne, a joint venture between CAE and KF Aerospace, to deliver 19 H135 helicopters to the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) for pilot training, the company announced in a statement.

WAKEFIELD, Massachusetts. Odyssey Systems Consulting Group won a five-year, $531 million contract to provide advisory and assistance services to the U.S. Air Force’s Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance (ISR) and Special Operations Forces (SOF) Directorate, the company announced in a statement.

RIJEN, Netherlands. Embraer, in partnership with Rheinmetall, will provide a new training solution for the Royal Netherlands Air Force’s C-390 Millennium fleet, the companies announced in a statement.

HARTFORD, Connecticut. Bombardier Defense delivered its eighth Bombardier Global jet to the U.S. Air Force for its Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) program, the company announced in a statement.

ARLINGTON, Virginia. Leonardo DRS won a contract worth up to $235 million from the U.S. Navy's Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) to supply AN/SPQ-9B radars, a ship-based system designed for detecting air and surface targets, the company announced in a statement.

WASHINGTON, D.C. The U.S. Marine Corps completed its first live-fire training exercise with a new air defense system that integrates the Iron Dome (Tamir) interceptor, Rafael announced in a statement.

ORLANDO, Florida. Lockheed Martin will deliver Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods (ATP) to Poland as part of a U.S. Foreign Military Sale worth $90.68 million, the company announced in a statement.

STRATFORD, Connecticut. Sikorsky, a subsidiary of Lockheed Martin, won a contract to supply 35 UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters to Greece as part of a Foreign Military Sale, the company announced in a statement

SYRACUSE, New York. Lockheed Martin won a $113 million contract from the U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command for the full-rate production of the Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP) Block 2 systems for Japan, marking the first international sale of the system, the company announced in a statement

FAIRFAX, Virginia. General Dynamics Mission Systems won a $22.2 million contract to advance its Next Generation Survival Radio (NGSR) prototype for the U.S. Air Force as the single provider, the company announced in a statement.

HAIFA, Israel. Elbit Systems won a $200 million contract from the Israeli Ministry of Defense (IMOD) to deliver high-power laser systems for integration into the “Iron Beam” air defense system, the company announced in a statement.

NAVAL BASE VENTURA COUNTY POINT MUGU, California. Raytheon demonstrated its GhostEye MR radar’s capabilities at the Gray Flag 2024 joint test event in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Air Force, and U.S. Navy, the company announced in a statement.

WASHINGTON, D.C. The U.S. State Department approved a potential $828 million Foreign Military Sale of AN/TPS-77 and AN/TPS-78 radar systems and support services to the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States (TECRO), according to a statement from the Defense Security Cooperation Agency.

DÜSSELDORF, Germany. Rheinmetall has completed the delivery of an additional 20 Marder 1A3 infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) to Ukraine, the company announced in a statement.

PRAGUE, Czech Republic. The Czech Ministry of Defense signed a contract with Embraer for two C-390 Millennium multi-mission transport aircraft, aiming to modernize the operational capabilities of the Czech Air Force, Embraer announced in a statement.

GREENVILLE, South Carolina. The first Bulgarian F-16 Block 70 completed its initial flight test on October 22, marking a major milestone in the delivery of the 16 jets planned for Bulgaria, Lockheed Martin announced in a statement.

WICHITA, Kansas. The Pegasus aircraft, modified for Germany's Persistent German Airborne Surveillance System (PEGASUS) program, has successfully completed its first flight at Bombardier's Wichita Flight Test Center, Hensoldt announced in a statement.

MELBOURNE, Florida. L3Harris Technologies and Palantir Technologies entered into a strategic partnership to advance technology development and support L3Harris' digital transformation initiatives, the companies announced in a statement.

DOHA, Qatar. Fincantieri Group signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Barzan Holdings to jointly develop the Omega360 radar system for Qatar’s national anti-drone defense, the company announced in a statement.

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, California. Aechelon Technology won follow-on orders from the U.S. Mobility Air Force to upgrade five KC-135 operational flight trainers and two boom operator weapons systems trainers with new visual systems, the company announced in a statement.