Military Embedded Systems

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. RTX's Collins Aerospace won a follow-on contract worth up to $904 million over five years to continue development of the U.S. Navy's Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC), the company announced in a statement.

BETHESDA, Maryland. Lockheed Martin supported the U.S. and Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) in coordinating long-range fires across maritime and land units during exercise Keen Sword near mainland Japan, the company announced in a statement.

PETAH TIKVA, Israel. Gilat DataPath won $4 million in orders from global defense customers for its portable satellite terminals, the company announced in a statement.

LONDON, United Kingdom. BAE Systems won a £285 million contract from the UK Ministry of Defence to support and modernize the Royal Navy’s Shared Infrastructure, Combat Management Systems (CMS), and warship networks under the RECODE program, the company announced in a statement.

MARIGNANE, France. Airbus Helicopters recorded 455 gross orders (net: 450) in 2024, reflecting steady market growth across its light, light twin-engine, and heavy helicopter segments, the company announced in a statement.

ROCHESTER, New York. L3Harris Technologies received full-rate production orders worth nearly $300 million for its Manpack and Leader radios under the U.S. Army's Handheld, Manpack & Small Form Fit (HMS) program, the company announced in a statement.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida. Hisdesat, a prover of secure satellite communications in Spain, is scheduled to launch its SpainSat Next Generation I (SNG I) satellite aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Jan. 29 at 20:34 EST, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced in a statement.

CHERRY POINT, North Carolina. Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) marked the completion of its F-35 Lightning II expansion project with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Jan. 14, the U.S. Navy announced in a statement.

KONGSBERG, Norway. Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace won a $70 million firm-fixed-price modification to an existing contract for the Joint Strike Missile (JSM), bringing the total contract value to $208 million, the U.S. Department of Defense announced in a statement.

HAIFA, Israel. Elbit Systems won a contract from the Israel Ministry of Defense (IMOD) valued at $80 million to develop and install an advanced airborne self-protection suite for the Israeli Air Force’s F-16I aircraft, the company announced in a statement.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico. Red Cat Holdings, Inc. won $518,000 in new orders for its Edge 130 drone from the Army National Guard and another U.S. government agency, the company announced in a statement.

IMMENSTAAD, Germany. Hensoldt finalized testing of its modernized "Einsatzunterstützungsanlage Neue Technologien" (EUA NT) system at four Bundeswehr helicopter bases, the company announced in a statement.

VIENNA, Austria. Schiebel won a multi-year service contract with the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) for its CAMCOPTER S-100 uncrewed aerial system (UAS), the company announced in a statement.

HELSINKI, Finland. Patria and Babcock International Group signed a Memorandum of Understanding to partner on the Patria 6x6 vehicle platform for the UK armed forces, the companies announced in a joint statement.

RESTON, Virginia. Leidos won a $120 million contract from the Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific to provide key management architecture, engineering, and cybersecurity support services for the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community, and civilian agencies, the company announced in a statement.

ORLANDO, Florida. Lockheed Martin won a $270 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to integrate advanced infrared threat-detection sensors onto the F-22 Raptor, the company announced in a statement.

CARLSBAD, California. Viasat, Inc. won a position on NASA’s Near Space Network (NSN) Services contract to provide direct-to-Earth (DTE) connectivity for current and future NASA missions, the company announced in a statement.

PETAH TIKVA, Israel. Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. won $5 million in contracts from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and other international defense forces to provide global defense connectivity support, the company announced in a statement.

WASHINGTON, D.C. Shield AI’s V-BAT uncrewed aerial system (UAS) has been chosen by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) as its first maritime-based intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) platform, the company announced in a statement.

SANTA CLARA, California. ANELLO Photonics won a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract from the U.S. Navy to develop an alternative navigation system for hypersonic vehicles operating in GPS-degraded and GPS-denied environments, the company announced in a statement.