Military Embedded Systems

ANDOVER, Massachusetts. Mercury Systems won a five-year, $243.8 million contract with the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division to provide electronic warfare combat training subsystems that are reprogrammable, the company announced in a statement.

IRVINE, California. Anduril Industries and Hanwha Defense USA have partnered up to develop an offering for the U.S. Army’s Small Multipurpose Equipment Transport (S-MET) Increment II program, Anduril announced in a statement.

DÜSSELDORF, Germany. The German armed forces have chosen Rheinmetall to supply the Skyranger 30 mobile air defense system in a €595 million contract that includes the delivery of a prototype and 18 series production vehicles, with an option for an additional 30 systems, Rheinmetall announced in a statement.

ARLINGTON, Virginia. CAES conducted a live flight test of its Autonomous Flight Termination Unit (AFTU) on a hypersonic test platform, the company announced in a statement.

BUDAPEST, Hungary. Saab won a contract from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) to supply four additional Gripen C fighter aircraft to Hungary, the company announced in a statement.

MOJAVE, California. Stratolaunch completed the second captive carry flight of its Talon-A hypersonic vehicle, TA-1, marking a significant step toward its first powered flight, the company announced in a statement. This recent flight, involving the company's launch platform Roc, is the 13th flight for Roc and the second time it carried a Talon vehicle loaded with live propellant.

DÜSSELDORF, Germany. Rheinmetall won a contract to provide its Skyranger air defense system to Austria's military, with the value of the contract in the mid-three-digit million-euro range and deliveries set to begin in 2026, the company announced in a statement.

LONDON, England. The UK Ministry of Defence launched the UK Defence Drone Strategy, a new initiative backed by a £4.5 billion investment over the next decade, aimed at rapidly equipping the UK Armed Forces with advanced uncrewed systems, the MoD announced in a statement.

SAN DIEGO, California. Cubic Defense won a contract from Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) for the ongoing maintenance, upgrade, and support of the Full Motion Video (FMV) System, dubbed KnightLink, for the MH-60 Sierra (MH-60S) helicopter fleet, the company announced in a statement.

MARIETTA, Georgia. The Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF) received the first C-130J-30 Super Hercules tactical airlifter equipped with the Block 8.1 upgrade, according to a statement from Lockheed Martin. This upgrade is part of a broader effort to enhance the interoperability and capabilities of the Super Hercules fleet in the Nordic region and across Europe.

THOUSAND OAKS, California. Teledyne FLIR Defense will send 800 SkyRanger R70 Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS) to Ukraine on behalf of the Canadian government, the company announced in a statement.

LITTLETON, Colorado. Lockheed Martin has cleared for launch the Pony Express 2 mission, aimed at demonstrating the enhancement of Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control (CJADC2) from space, the company announced in a statement.

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia. BAE Systems has completed its acquisition of Ball Aerospace from Ball Corporation following an announcement on Feb. 14, the company announced in a statement.

MCLEAN, Virginia. Intelsat will develop and test multi-orbit satellite communications (SATCOM) systems on various U.S. Air Force aircraft after winning a $9 million contract with the Air Force Research Laboratory, the company announced in a statement.

MELBOURNE, Florida. The Department of Defense launched five L3Harris Technologies missile tracking satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, supporting the Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS) program and the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Tranche 0 (T0) Tracking Layer program, the company announced in a statement.

SAN DIEGO, California. General Micro Systems introduced the "Shorty 4" series of 1U and 2U rackmount servers tailored for use in space-constrained environments on U.S. Navy vessels, featuring ultra-rugged design and flexibility for non-rackmount installations for tight spaces commonly found on various naval platforms, the company announced in a statement.

SAN DIEGO, California. General Micro Systems (GMS) showcased its X9 Spider Rugged Thunderbolt 4 Tablet/Display -- which is equipped with an ARM-based Qualcomm AI processor and can function both as a mounted display and as a handheld tablet -- at the West 2024 Conference, the company announced in a statement.

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama. AMETEK Abaco Systems' FORCE2C mission computer recently completed its Stage of Involvement (SOI) reviews, getting official approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) after meeting the standards of DO-254 and DO-178C for fixed and rotary wing aircraft, crewed and uncrewed, the company announced in a statement.

ARLINGTON, Virginia. AeroVironment won a contract from Advanced Technology International (ATI), managed by the U.S. Marine Corps Warfighting Lab (MCWL), to provide devices that can control multiple drones, the company announced in a statement.

WASHINGTON, D.C. The U.S. Army will discontinue its Future Attack and Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) development program and focus on the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) and updates to existing helicopter models in a major shift in strategy, the service announced in a statement.