Military Embedded Systems

LOS ANGELES, California. BAE Systems will develop a new satellite command and control (C2) system for the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command's Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution (FORGE) program, the company announced in a statement. 

CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom. Marshall won a 14-year contract from Thales UK to manufacture, maintain, and support sonar array modules for the Royal Navy’s submarine and frigate fleets, the company announced in a statement.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida. United Launch Alliance (ULA) launched Amazon’s first operational broadband satellites for Project Kuiper aboard an Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, the company announced in a statement.

ANKARA, Turkey. The Turkish Ministry of National Defense announced that the Sub-Cloud Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) BAHA has officially entered service with the Turkish Armed Forces following the completion of inspection and acceptance procedures, manufacturer Havelsan announced in a statement.

BUCHAREST, Romania. Otokar and Automecanica S.A. signed a joint venture agreement to manufacture Cobra II 4x4 armored vehicles in Romania, the company announced in a statement.

OSHKOSH, Wisconsin. The Netherlands Ministry of Defence chose Oshkosh Defense to produce 150 Dutch Expeditionary Patrol Vehicles (DXPV), a variant of the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) designed to meet the requirements of the Future Littoral All Terrain Mobility – Patrol Vehicle (FLATM-PV) program, the company announced in a statement.

BRUSSELS, Belgium. The European Defence Agency (EDA) completed system acceptance tests for uncrewed aerial and ground systems ahead of the Operational Experimentation (OPEX) campaign scheduled for June and July in Rome, the agency announced in a statement.

WESTBOROUGH, Massachusetts. Kopin Corporation won a U.S. Army contract to conduct a Soldier Display Trade Study aimed at defining optimal MicroLED characteristics for extended reality (XR) heads-up displays (HUDs), the company announced in a statement.

BETHESDA, Maryland. Lockheed Martin will acquire the Rapid Solutions business of Amentum in a move aimed at expanding the company’s capabilities in airborne and space-based intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR), tactical systems, and advanced communications, the company announced in a statement.

NEW YORK, New York. The U.S. Army chose Persistent Systems’ Wave Relay mobile ad hoc network (MANET) technology to serve as the data link for the Dismounted Reconnaissance Sets, Kits, and Outfits (DRSKO) program, the company announced in a statement.

MANILA, Philippines. The U.S. State Department approved a sale of 20 F-16 Block 70 fighter jets to the Philippines as part of ongoing efforts to bolster the country's air defense and regional interoperability, the company announced in a statement.

WESTBOROUGH, Massachusetts. Kopin Corporation won a multi-year contract valued at $7.5 million to supply microdisplays for helmet-mounted display systems used by aircraft pilots, the company announced in a statement.

PETAH TIKVA, Israel. Gilat Satellite Networks won more than $15 million in orders from international satellite operators for equipment and services supporting geostationary (GEO), medium Earth orbit (MEO), and low Earth orbit (LEO) Very High Throughput Satellite (VHTS) constellations, the company announced in a statement.

PARIS, France. A new European development program focused on modernizing main battle tank (MBT) technologies has officially launched under the title “Technologies for Existing and Future Main Battle Tanks (FMBTech),” Thales announced in a statement.

ANDOVER, Mass. Raytheon began production of its Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS) after completing flight testing and receiving Milestone C approval from the U.S. Department of Defense, the company announced.

ROME, Italy. AeroVironment won a $46.6 million contract from the Italian Ministry of Defence for the procurement of its JUMP 20 vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) uncrewed aircraft system (UAS), the company announced in a statement. 

TONAWANDA, New York. Pixus Technologies introduced a new line of air transport rack (ATR) enclosures to support high-speed data throughput that is based on the 3U OpenVPX form factor and aligned with the Sensor Open Systems Architecture, or SOSA, Technical Standard, the company announced in a statement.

AT SEA, South Korea. The U.S. Navy and Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) concluded a bilateral mine countermeasures exercise known as Korean Spring Exercise on April 16, aimed at enhancing combined proficiency in mine warfare operations, the U.S. Navy announced in a statement.

FORT WAYNE, Indiana. L3Harris Technologies has completed a $125 million expansion of its Fort Wayne space systems facility to increase production capacity for satellite-based missile warning and defense programs, the company announced in a statement.

SANTA CLARA, California. Intel reached an agreement to sell a 51% stake in its Altera business to private equity firm Silver Lake, establishing Altera as an independent company focused solely on field-programmable gate array (FPGA) solutions, the company announced in a statement.