Military Embedded Systems

LONDON -- DSEI UK. Shield AI and HII announced today at DSEI UK 2025 -- ongoing now in London -- a partnership to advance modular, cross-domain mission autonomy. Under the agreement, Shield AI’s Hivemind mission autonomy software will be leveraged with HII’s Odyssey suite to develop next-generation autonomous solutions.

LONDON -- DSEI UK. Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace awarded Galleon Embedded Computing a multimillion-dollar contract to produce the company’s Realtime Computer XSR RTC Version 2 (RTC 2) for integration into Kongsberg’s National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAMS), a globally deployed air-defense system.

DSEI UK 2025, LONDON. DDC-I officials announced today that the company selected APC Technology Group as its sales representative for the U.K. and Ireland. The partnership was formally launched at the DSEI UK 2025 show this week in London at APC’s parent company booth, Certify Holdings, #S3-365.

LONDON -- DSEI UK 2025. Speaking with embedded computing suppliers at the DSEI 2025 show in London this week, I’m hearing growing support of requirements for open standards and open architectures, even if they don’t necessarily know about the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) mandate for MOSA, or modular open systems approach, content.

DSEI UK 2025 LONDON. Robin Radar Systems unveiled a software upgrade aided by feedback from Ukrainian counter-UAS (uncrewed aircraft system) operations to its flagship IRIS counter-UAS radar, extending detection range from 5 km (3.1 miles) to 12 km (7.45 miles). This enables IRIS to detect and classify Shahed loitering munitions at long distances, providing operators with early warning against lethal drone weapons.

Military platforms often last for decades, long past the lifespans of modern computing components and boards. System designers for these aging platforms must rely on a variety of solutions from lifetime buys of components when they go end-of-life to working with aftermarket suppliers, who buy obsolete product lines and keep producing them for customers with ultra-long-term needs. In a recent podcast, Ethan Plotkin, CEO of GDCA, and I discussed military aftermarket trends, open architectures, artificial intelligence (AI), and how sustainment reform can help solve long-term obsolescence challenges in defense applications. Edited excerpts follow.

A concept that is gaining steam and technological legs within the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) is the Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control (CJADC2) strategy. We’ve covered CJADC2 since before the DoD added the “C” for “combined” as a way to interact with allied partners in a data-centric network scenario. At first it was mostly visionary discussions without practical solutions, but now actual products are being developed by primes and embedded hardware and software providers.

Recently, I spoke with Tanika Watson, executive leader for the GE Aerospace Future Vertical Lift business, about GE Aerospace’s subcontract to develop and deliver avionics systems for the Army’s Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) program, the role of time-sensitive networking (TSN) in the FLRAA digital backbone, and the impact of the modular open systems approach (MOSA) on military avionics systems going forward.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland. The MOSA Industry & Government Summit & Expo – scheduled for August 27-29, 2025, at the Gaylord National Harbor, in National Harbor, Maryland – will feature conference sessions and exposition covering modular open system approach (MOSA) strategies, technology, and live industry technology demonstrations.

Military platforms often last for decades, long past the life spans of modern computing components and boards. System designers for these aging platforms must rely on a variety of solutions from lifetime buys of components when they go end of life to working with aftermarket suppliers, who buy obsolete product lines and keep producing them for customers with ultra long-term needs. In this podcast with Ethan Plotkin, CEO of GDCA, we discuss military aftermarket trends, open architectures, artificial intelligence, and how sustainment reform can help solve long-term obsolescence challenges get in defense applications.

At SOF Week 2025, Heath Niemi, vice president of Strategic Engagement at Shield AI, highlights the capabilities of the V-BAT tactical uncrewed aerial system - a Group 3 vertical take off and landing (VTOL) uncrewed aerial system (UAS) equipped with Shield AI’s proprietary Hivemind autonomous pilot software.

SOF WEEK 2025 – Tampa, Fla. Experts at Nammo are showcasing their unmanned aircraft system (UAS)-specific offerings at this week's SOF Week 2025. The warheads are easy to mount and operate.

SOF WEEK 2025 — Tampa, Fla. Engineers at Astronics Test Systems are featuring their ATS-6100 RTS at SOF Week 2025, booth #245. The tester combines 19 instruments into one, offering fault detection and operational verification of radio communications at all levels of deployment.

SOF WEEK 2025 – Tampa, Fla. Engineers at ARA are showcasing a low-profile, cross-dipole ARA-380LV-V antenna for UHF SATCOM vehicular communications at SOF Week 2025 this week at booth #33.

SOF WEEK 2025 - TAMPA, Fla. – Gen. Dan Caine the 22nd Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff will deliver the Thursday, May 8 keynote address at SOF Week 2025 at 11 am at the JW Marriott: Tampa Bay Ballroom.

SOF WEEK 2025 – Tampa, Florida. Moog Inc. engineers developed and delivered custom fin Control Actuation System (CAS) shipsets to Leidos in support of the Black Arrow Small Cruise Missile (SCM) for the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM).

SOF WEEK 2025 - TAMPA, Florida. Embraer Defense & Security is showcasing the multi-mission capabilities of the KC-390 Millennium medium airlift and tanker platform for special forces operations at SOF Week 2025.

SOF WEEK 2025 Tampa, Florida. Dawn Zoldi, Col. USAF (ret.), Publisher of Autonomy Global covers how autonomous systems are a growing area of USSOCOM’s arsenal and how uncrewed systems designers are supporting SOF Week 2025 with SOF Week Show Daily Chief Editor John McHale.

SOF WEEK 2025 - TAMPA, Fla. – Ms. Melissa Johnson, Acquisition Executive for U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) Special Operations Forces Acquisition, Technology & Logistics (SOF AT&L) will share updates from SOF AT&L during her keynote presentation on Tuesday morning, May 6, at 10:15 am at the JW Marriott: Tampa Bay Ballroom.

SOF WEEK 2025 - TAMPA, Florida. The SOF Week Assistant from Legion enables attendees to discover the companies attending SOF Week and quickly assess which vendors align with their national security goals.