Military Embedded Systems

CREECH AIR FORCE BASE, Nevada. The U.S. Air Force tested YFQ-44A Fury collaborative combat aircraft during an Agile Combat Employment exercise intended to develop operating procedures for semi-autonomous aircraft, the service announced in a statement.

BOSTON, Massachusetts. Teledyne FLIR Defense received an order from AeroVironment for Argus XL counter-uncrewed aircraft system platforms under a three-year, $500 million contract supporting U.S. military installation protection, the company announced in a statement.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden. Saab won a SEK 10.1 billion ($1.04 billion) order from an undisclosed Middle Eastern country for two GlobalEye airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft, the company announced in a statement.

MADRID, Spain. Indra is leading a 51 million euro program to develop a shipboard point-defense system using laser-guided missiles for Spanish Navy vessels, the company announced in a statement.

SYDNEY, Australia. DroneShield unveiled RfAI-3, a radio-frequency counter-drone detection engine designed to identify both known and previously uncataloged drone emissions, the company announced in a statement.

OBERKOCHEN, Germany. Hensoldt will supply three Compact Infrared Reconnaissance and Alert System (CAIRAS) missile warning systems for Helsing’s CA-1 Europa autonomous combat aircraft, the company announced in a statement.

AMARILLO, Texas. Bell won an estimated $300 million U.S. Navy contract to install Structural and Power Improvements for NextGen Effects (SPINE) upgrades on as many as 49 U.S. Marine Corps AH-1Z Viper and UH-1Y Venom helicopters, the company announced in a statement.

FARNBOROUGH, England. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Thales Belgium, Octave Intelligence and dotOcean signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on software integration and manufacturing activities for MQ-9B SkyGuardian and SeaGuardian intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) operations, General Atomics announced in a statement.

SINGAPORE. ST Engineering secured new Asian deployments for its counter-uncrewed aerial system (C-UAS) technology covering air defense and the protection of multiple critical infrastructure sites, the company announced in a statement.

WARTON, England. BAE Systems unveiled an autonomous uncrewed Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) designed to operate alongside crewed combat aircraft and perform electronic warfare and precision-strike missions, the company announced in a statement.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida. Northrop Grumman launched its Mission Robotic Vehicle and three Mission Extension Pods for satellite servicing, life extension and future artificial intelligence-enabled operations, the company announced in a statement.

LONDON, England. Babcock and Supacat signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on a light mobility vehicle proposed as a replacement for the British Army’s Land Rover fleet, Babcock announced in a statement.

ORLANDO, Florida. EIZO Rugged Solutions introduced a series of 6U OpenVPX general-purpose graphics processing unit (GPGPU) cards for artificial intelligence, sensor processing, radar control, signal processing and video analytics, the company announced in a statement.

MINERAL WELLS, Texas. The Portuguese Army selected an avionics suite and four-axis autopilot from Moog for the modernization of its UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter fleet, the company announced in a statement.

WASHINGTON, D.C. The rapid spread of drones, jamming systems, and frequency-agile threats is changing what defense customers expect from radio-frequency hardware, an industry source said during a recent interview.

FARNBOROUGH, England. Rafael is presenting its LITENING 5 targeting pod for counter-uncrewed aerial system missions at the Farnborough International Airshow, the company announced in a statement.

FARNBOROUGH, England. The Egyptian Aviation Academy ordered 10 Cessna Skyhawk 172 aircraft to modernize its pilot-training fleet, with deliveries planned through 2027, Textron Aviation announced in a statement.

FARNBOROUGH, England. Lockheed Martin is increasing prototype production of its MORFIUS X-Rotor airborne high-power microwave counter-drone system and preparing additional flight tests, the company announced in a statement.

FARNBOROUGH, England. Sikorsky will integrate its MATRIX autonomy software into BETA Technologies’ MV250 hybrid vertical takeoff and landing aircraft for uncrewed logistics missions, the company announced in a statement.

LONDON, England. Avio Aero, IHI Corporation, and Rolls-Royce have completed a series of design reviews that move the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) engine demonstrator closer to ground testing, the company announced in a statement.