Military Embedded Systems

ARLINGTON, Virginia. The U.S. Department of State approved a possible foreign military sale of AeroVironment's (AV) Switchblade 300 loitering munition systems to Taiwan, estimated at $60.2 million, AeroVironment announced in a statement.

SAN DIEGO, California. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions demonstrated the second of three launch methods for the Valkyrie uncrewed aerial system (UAS): the Kratos Trolley Launch System (KTLS), the company announced in a statement.

MELBOURNE, Florida. The U.S. Navy has approved the preliminary design plans for a next-generation electronic warfare (EW) system to be installed on F/A-18 Hornet and Super Hornet aircraft, developed by L3Harris, the company announced in a statement.

WASHINGTON, D.C. Shield AI won a contract to provide intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) services to the U.S. Coast Guard using the V-BAT uncrewed aircraft system (UAS), the company announced in a statement.

OSLO, Norway. The Norwegian government has placed an order for new Norwegian Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS) from Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace, aiming to bolster the nation's air defense capabilities against aerial threats, the company announced in a statement. Deliveries are expected to commence in 2027.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden. Saab signed a contract with the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) for the delivery of a third GlobalEye airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft, the company announced in a statement.

SAN DIEGO, California. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) and Lockheed Martin are collaborating to enhance the MQ-9B SeaGuardian uncrewed aerial system (UAS) with a net-enabled weapons (NEW) capability, according to a GA-ASI statement.

ROME, Italy. Leonardo's AW609 tiltrotor successfully completed its first ship trial campaign with support from the Italian Navy, the company announced in a statement.

CANBERRA, Australia. Hensoldt Australia achieved a milestone for the AIR5431 Phase 2 program by introducing a new Air Traffic Control (ATC) sensor into operational service at the Army Aviation Centre Oakey, reaching initial operational capability (IOC) for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), the company announced in a statement.

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia. L3Harris won contracts from Irving Shipbuilding Inc. to supply and install the Integrated Platform Management System (IPMS) and Control & Instrumentation system for the Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC), the company announced in a statement.

ARLINGTON, Virginia. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) officially designated the hybrid-electric uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) developed under its Series Hybrid Electric Propulsion AiRcraft Demonstration (SHEPARD) program as the XRQ-73, the agency announced in a statement.

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii. The Air National Guard/Air Reserve Command Test Center tested a new satellite communications (SATCOM) suite on the HC-130J aircraft during the recent Sentry Aloha exercise, the Air National Guard announced in a statement.

PARIS, France. Thales has received the inaugural full Design Verification Report (DVR) from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for its light uncrewed aerial system (UAS) designed for medium-risk operations under Specific Assurance Integrity Level (SAIL) III, the company announced in a statement.

WILMINGTON, Massachusetts. Analog Devices introduced the ADPA1116, a gallium nitride (GaN) power amplifier that operates across a frequency range from 0.3 GHz to 6 GHz and is designed to enhance RF and microwave applications by providing a saturated output power of 39.5 dBm, the company announced in a statement.

MIRABEL, Canada. Bell Textron Canada Limited conducted the first flight of the Royal Canadian Air Force’s (RCAF) modernized CH-146 Griffon helicopter under the Griffon Limited Life Extension (GLLE) project, the company announced in a statement.

LONDON, England. BAE Systems' new Cross Domain Solution (CDS), the XTS IRIS Large Scale Enterprise platform, has successfully passed the UK CAPS evaluation alongside the Secure Voice and Video Gateway (SVG) Application, the company announced in a statement.

PARIS, France. Rheinmetall and Anduril Industries signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on the design, development, and production of new layered counter-small unmanned aerial system (C-sUAS) air defense systems, targeting primarily European markets, the companies announced in a statement.

PARIS, France. Thales signed three agreements with Ukrainian industry to enhance operational support for the Ukrainian Armed Forces and strengthen local defense capabilities, particularly in the areas of electronic warfare, tactical communications, air defense systems, radars, and uncrewed aerial systems (UAS), the company announced in a statement.

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BRUSSELS, Belgium. Thales Belgium, WB Electronics, and AREX have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop a new remote weapon system equipped with 70mm rockets, the companies announced in a statement.