Military Embedded Systems

BOSTON, Massachusetts. Autonomous flight technology company Merlin Labs announced a partnership with the U.S. Air Force to bring autonomy to the service's fleet of C-130J Super Hercules transport aircraft.

CAMDEN, Arkansas. Lockheed Martin has delivered the first Multi Launch Rocket System (MLRS) M270A2 launcher to the U.S. Army, the company announced in a statement.

BRAMPTON, Ontario, Canada. MDA Ltd. has won a contract to build Ka-Band steerable antennas for satellites from York Space Systems, which is producing the satellites, according to an MDA statement.

REDONDO BEACH, California. Northrop Grumman Corporation has completed the preliminary design review (PDR) for a high-energy laser prototype rated at 300 kilowatts, according to a company statement.

TAUFKIRCHEN, Germany. Sensor company Hensoldt will deliver upgraded Identification-Friend-or-Foe (IFF) technology to Norwegian armed forces as part of a contract worth $15 million, the company said in a statement.

CHELMSFORD, Massachusetts. Teledyne FLIR Defense has won a $62.1 million contract from the U.S. Armed Services for its Centaur multi-mission robots, the company announced in a statement.

WOODLAND HILLS, California.  Northrop Grumman has won a $337.9 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide avionics and weapons support for H-1 aircraft, according to a Department of Defense statement.

ROCKET CENTER, West Virginia. Northrop Grumman Corporation plans to build a new 113,000 square foot facility in West Virginia that is intended to support advanced weapons development, according to a company statement.

REDWOOD CITY, California. Raytheon Technologies has chosen an artificial intelligence/machine learning application platform for integration on the U.S. Army's Tactical Intelligence Targeting Access Mode (TITAN) program, the company announced in a statement.

LONDON, United Kingdom. Boosted by the aerospace and defense industry, the shape memory alloys market is expected to grow from $10.35 billion in 2021 to $18.16 billion by 2026 — an increase of 75% overall and a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.9%, according to a new report.

REDONDO BEACH, California. Northrop Grumman Corporation has announced that Airbus U.S. Space & Defense Inc. will be the commercial provider of 42 satellite platforms for its proliferated-LEO (low earth orbit) constellation, Northrop announced in a statement.

ROLLING MEADOWS, Illinois. Cambium Networks has delivered the initial order of microwave line-of-sight radios to prime contractor Advanced Technology Systems Company (ATSC) as part of the U.S. Army's Security Surveillance System (SSS) program, Cambium announced in a statement.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida. A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket successfully launched two U.S. military satellites into orbit that will be used for testing sensors in space.

SAN FRANCISCO, California. A new market study predicts that the submarine sensors market will grow from $255 million today to $292.3 million by 2026, for a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.2%.

HAIFA, Israel. Elbit Systems has won a contract worth $80 million to supply Direct Infrared Counter Measures (DIRCM) and airborne electronic warfare (EW) systems for a country in the Asia-Pacific region, according to a company statement.

WASHINGTON, D.C. The Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded CAE USA a three-year contract to develop a prototype software emulator that uses artificial intelligence to help personnel test tactics and scenarios, according to a company statement.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden. The Swedish Defence Material Administration has purchased two GlobalEye Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft from manufacturer Saab, with options to purchase two more, according to a company statement.

ANDOVER, Massachusetts. Mercury Systems has received a $10 million contract award from an unidentified prime contractor for an airborne radio modernization program, according to a company statement.

HAIFA, Israel. Elbit Systems has been awarded a $548 million contract to supply multi-domain combat networked warfare capabilities to an unidentified country in the Asia-Pacific region, the company said in a statement.

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Maryland. The Army has awarded two contracts worth $36 million each for the development and integration of a prototype ground system that would connect sensors with users in the field, which would support beyond-line-of-sight targeting.