Military Embedded Systems

DETROIT ARSENAL, Michigan. American Rheinmetall Vehicles and HDT Expeditionary Systems, Inc. won two contracts totaling $22 million under the U.S. Army's Small Multipurpose Equipment Transport (S-MET) Increment II program, the Army announced in a statement.

WASHINGTON, D.C. The U.S. State Department approved a potential Foreign Military Sale to Romania that includes Sentinel radar systems and related equipment for an estimated cost of $110 million, the department announced in a statement.

In the near future, soldiers tap smartwatches to summon 3D maps, drone swarms execute perfect reconnaissance missions, and autonomous vehicle fleets navigate treacherous terrain in perfect sync. This is the promise of 5G technology: boosting military communications with unprecedented speed, capacity, and reliability.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico. Red Cat Holdings won $1.6 million in contracts for its Edge 130 Blue drones, which will be delivered to U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP), the company announced in a statement.

MESA, Arizona. Boeing conducted the first flight of the Royal Thai Army’s AH-6 Little Bird helicopter on Aug. 22 at its Mesa, Arizona, facility, the company announced in a statement.

MCLEAN, Virginia. HII’s Mission Technologies division won a task order to enhance research in navigation and autonomy technologies for the U.S. Air Force and the Department of Defense, the company announced in a statement.

HUNT VALLEY, Maryland. Textron Systems and its subsidiary Howe & Howe, along with Teledyne FLIR Defense, delivered two RIPSAW M3 prototypes to the U.S. Army for its Robotic Combat Vehicle (RCV) Phase I: Platform Prototype program, the company announced in a statement.

STERLING HEIGHTS, Michigan. General Dynamics Land Systems delivered two TRX prototypes to the U.S. Army as part of the ongoing Robotic Combat Vehicle (RCV) competition, the company announced in a statement.

BURLINGTON, Massachusetts. BAE Systems’ FAST Labs won a $6 million Phase 2 contract from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to continue developing software for the Mission-Integrated Network Control (MINC) program, the company announced in a statement.

ANDOVER, Massachusetts. Raytheon won a three-year, two-phase contract from DARPA to develop ultra-wide bandgap semiconductors (UWBGS) based on diamond and aluminum nitride technology, the company announced in a statement.

MCKINNEY, Texas. Raytheon won a $192 million contract from the U.S. Navy to develop the Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band Expansion (NGJ-MBX), the company announced in a statement.

STENNIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Mississippi. Skydweller Aero completed an uncrewed autonomous flight test campaign for its Skydweller Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS), the company announced in a statement.

ANDOVER, Massachusetts. Mercury Systems won a contract from Boeing to deliver FPGA processor boards for the U.S. Air Force's KC-46A tanker fleet, the company announced in a statement.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark. Rheinmetall Air Defence will supply 16 Skyranger 30 air defense turrets and additional equipment for an 8x8 wheeled platform to the Kingdom of Denmark, Rheinmetall announced in a statement.

LANCASHIRE, United Kingdom. The European Common Radar System Mark 2 (ECRS Mk2), a new radar designed to equip Royal Air Force (RAF) pilots with advanced electronic warfare capabilities, successfully completed its first flight, BAE Systems announced in a statement.

GDYNIA, Poland. WB Group subsidiary Radmor completed the delivery of R35010 personal radios to the navy of an unnamed NATO member state, the company announced in a statement.

SAN DIEGO, California. BAE Systems won a $177.8 million contract from the U.S. Navy for the maintenance and modernization of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Halsey (DDG 97), the company announced in a statement.

MADRID, Spain. Indra signed a framework agreement with the Spanish Ministry of Defence to upgrade the Spanish Army’s ground-based air defense system with advanced Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) systems, the company announced in a statement.

BERLIN, Germany. Exolaunch signed a Launch Services Agreement (LSA) with French satellite manufacturer U-Space to deploy two 12U cubesats, SOAP and PANDORE, on SpaceX's Transporter-13 Rideshare mission in early 2025, Exolaunch announced in a statement.

SAN DIEGO, California. Northrop Grumman won a follow-on contract valued at $161 million from the U.S. Navy for the production of Joint Counter Radio-Controlled Improvised Explosive Device Electronic Warfare (JCREW)/Drone Restricted Access Using Known EW (DRAKE) 2.0 systems, the company announced in a statement.