Military Embedded Systems

ARLINGTON, Virginia. AeroVironment (AV) won a $990 million contract from the U.S. Army to supply Switchblade loitering munitions, the company announced in a statement.

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland. BAE Systems won a $24 million contract from the U.S. Navy to continue the redesign of the AN/UPX-50(C) digital interrogator assemblies, Naval Air Systems Command announced in a statement.

CANBERRA, Australia. Rohde & Schwarz Australia won a contract to deliver its NAVICS integrated communication and control systems for the first three Hunter class frigates of the Royal Australian Navy, the company announced in a statement.

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland. The U.S. Navy’s Strike Planning and Execution program (PMA-281) and Aerial Targets program (PMA-208) have partnered with Shield AI to incorporate autonomous and artificial intelligence (AI) software into the BQM-177A subsonic aerial target, Naval Air Systems Command announced in a statement.

HONOLULU, Hawaii. Raytheon showcased the long-range target detection capabilities of its SeaVue Multi-role Radar (SVMR) during the U.S. Navy's Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC), the company announced in a statement.

ROLLING MEADOWS, Illinois. Northrop Grumman Corporation will participate in the initial phase of the U.S. Army's Improved Threat Detection System program, utilizing the company's Advanced Tactical Hostile Engagement Awareness (ATHENA) sensor, the company announced in a statement.

SANTA CRUZ, California. Joby Aviation demonstrated autonomous airborne logistics operations using a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan during the U.S. Air Force’s ‘Agile Flag 24-3’ exercise, the company announced in a statement.

SAN DIEGO, California. Shield AI conducted its first multi-jet autonomy flights using two Kratos MQM-178 Firejets piloted by its "Hivemind" AI pilot, the company announced in a statement.

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama. Teledyne Brown Engineering won a $114 million task order from the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command under the Design, Development, Demonstration, and Integration (D3I) Domain 1 contract, the company announced in a statement.

SAN DIEGO, California. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) built the first EagleEye multi-mode radar that will be used on the U.S. Army's fleet of Gray Eagle Extended Range Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS), the company announced in a statement.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands Robin Radar Systems won a contract from the Dutch Ministry of Defense for 51 mobile radar units designed for drone detection, which will be donated to Ukraine later this year, the company announced in a statement.

OSHKOSH, Wisconsin. Oshkosh Defense won a five-year contract valued at approximately $1.54 billion from U.S. Army Contracting Command – Detroit Arsenal (ACC-DTA) for the Family of Heavy Tactical Vehicles (FHTV) V program, the company announced in a statement.

WILMINGTON, Massachusetts. Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) introduced the ADSY1100 series, a new family of wideband multichannel RF digitizers, designed in a 3U VPX aligned with the Sensor Open Systems Architecture, or SOSA, Technical Standard, the company announced in a statement.

TAUNTON, Massachusetts. General Dynamics Mission Systems won a $20.7 million modification to a previously awarded contract from the U.S. Navy to deliver Hammerhead Encapsulated Effector systems, the company announced in a statement.

LOUISVILLE, Colorado. Sierra Space will join the U.S. Space Systems Command’s Space Domain Awareness (SDA) Tools Applications and Processing (TAP) Lab Apollo Accelerator Cohort 4, where the company will work on developing artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) capabilities, the company announced in a statement.

HONOLULU, Hawaii. Anduril Industries' advanced Extra-Large Autonomous Undersea Vehicle (XL-AUV), Ghost Shark, has arrived in the United States for the first time, transported via a Royal Australian Air Force C-17A, the company announced in a statement.

SAN DIEGO, California. Shield AI won a contract from NAVAIR PMA-281 to integrate its Hivemind AI pilot onto the Kratos BQM-177A uncrewed aerial system (UAS), the company announced in a statement.

LONG BEACH, California. Rocket Lab USA, Inc. shipped two Mars-bound spacecraft, named Blue and Gold, to Cape Canaveral, Florida, in preparation for launch as part of NASA's ESCAPADE mission, the company announced in a statement.

OWEGO, New York. Sikorsky delivered the 23rd and final VH-92A presidential helicopter to the U.S. Marine Corps, marking the completion of the next-generation fleet, the company announced in a statement.

ULM, Germany. Hensoldt won a contract from Thales to supply additional TRS-4D naval radars for the German Navy's F126 frigates, the company announced in a statement.