Military Embedded Systems

BERLIN, Germany. Exolaunch will deploy eight customer satellites for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Kakushin Rising mission aboard a Rocket Lab Electron launch, the company announced in a statement.

ANDOVER, Massachusetts. Mercury Systems won a contract from L3Harris Technologies to provide solid-state data recorders for the U.S. Space Development Agency’s Tranche 3 Tracking Layer satellites, the company announced in a statement.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. Red Cat Holdings said a NATO ally selected its Black Widow small uncrewed aerial system (sUAS) through a competitive tender in March 2026, with deliveries of an undisclosed number of systems scheduled for 2026, the company announced in a statement.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden. Sweden placed an order worth about SEK 2.6 billion with Saab for a mobile, modular counter-uncrewed aerial system meant to protect the Swedish Armed Forces and civil infrastructure from drone threats, the company announced in a statement.

LONDON, England. QinetiQ will support a five-year joint U.K.-Belgium program to help establish a Belgian Joint Electromagnetic Warfare Support Centre, the company announced in a statement.

SETE LAGOAS, Brazil. IDV inaugurated a new production line in Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, for the LMV-BR 2 4x4 multirole vehicle, the company announced in a statement.

WILMINGTON, Massachusetts. Analog Devices introduced the ADL8201, a direct current to 30 GHz reflective radio frequency limiter designed to protect sensitive circuitry, the company announced in a statement.

BALTIMORE, Maryland. Northrop Grumman won a contract from the U.S. Navy for as many as nine more Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP) Block 3 systems, including the first shipset planned for installation on an aircraft carrier, the company announced in a statement.

DUSSELDORF, Germany. Rheinmetall and Boeing Australia entered a strategic partnership to offer the MQ-28 Ghost Bat for Germany’s planned 2029 fielding of collaborative combat aircraft, the company announced in a statement.

OSLO, Norway. The Royal Netherlands Navy declared Shield AI’s V-BAT uncrewed aerial system (UAS) operational following testing aboard HNLMS Johan de Witt off northern Norway, the company announced in a statement.

WASHINGTON, D.C. SatShow Week 2026 put a spotlight on the hardware behind modern space operations, with exhibitors showing everything from onboard computers and power modules to anti-jamming antennas, software-defined radios, and virtual ground systems.

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia. BAE Systems and Scale AI have signed a strategic relationship agreement to speed the development and fielding of agentic artificial intelligence capabilities for Department of War mission environments and operational platforms, the company announced in a statement.

PARIS, France. Thales launched Expeditionary PathMaster, a portable mine countermeasures system designed to let naval forces carry out full missions from shore, small boats, mine hunting ships, or other platforms, the company announced in a statement.

PHOENIX, Arizona. Honeywell signed a supplier framework agreement with the U.S. Department of War and will invest $500 million over multiple years to expand production capacity for defense technologies, the company announced in a statement.

FORT EUSTIS, Virginia. Sikorsky completed flight testing and delivered the U.S. Army’s experimental UH-60MX Black Hawk helicopter with the company’s MATRIX autonomy suite integrated, the company announced in a statement.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden. Saab signed a memorandum of understanding with Canadian artificial intelligence company Cohere to collaborate on artificial intelligence technologies for the GlobalEye airborne early warning and control aircraft, the company announced in a statement.

MOJAVE, California. Northrop Grumman’s Talon IQ testbed completed a mission autonomy flight using Shield AI’s Hivemind software, demonstrating third-party software integration on the aircraft’s open-architecture platform, the company announced in a statement.

BERLIN, Germany. Germany’s parliamentary Budget Committee approved the next phase of the MEKO A-200 DEU project, clearing the way for continued work toward the planned procurement of four TKMS frigates for the German Navy, the company announced in a statement.

NASHUA, New Hampshire. BAE Systems won a contract from Robins Air Force Base in Georgia to support and sustain the AN/ALQ-221 Advanced Defensive System for the U.S. Air Force’s U-2 reconnaissance aircraft, the company announced in a statement.

ULM, Germany. HENSOLDT signed a long-term supply agreement with United Monolithic Semiconductors under which UMS will provide 900,000 gallium nitride semiconductor components for HENSOLDT radar systems by 2030, the company announced in a statement.