Short-range ship defense system wins Raytheon $74 million Navy contract - News
July 14, 2025LOUISVILLE, Ky. Raytheon reports that it won a $74 million contract to produce RAM Guided Missile Launching Systems (GMLS) for the U.S. Navy.
NASA and U.S. Navy sign contracts with Aeluma to stimulate sensing, quantum systems - News
July 10, 2025GOLETA, Calif. Semiconductor company Aeluma announced it signed new contracts with NASA and the U.S. Navy that it expects will accelerate development and commercialization for next-generation quantum and sensing systems.
Electronic warfare suites garner Pacific Defense new Navy contract - News
July 09, 2025EL SEGUNDO, Calif. MIssion systems company Pacific Defense won a $18.4 million contract with the Office of Naval Research (ONR) for the delivery, integration, and optimization of a networked set of integrated systems aligned with the Sensor Open Systems Architecture, or SOSA, Technical Standard plus electronic warfare (EW) signal-processing software suites aimed at addressing emerging peer and near-peer capabilities.
AI-enabled command and control software deployed for Canadian airspace management - News
July 07, 2025MISSISSAUGA, Ontario. AirMatrix reports that it officially deployed its Libra artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled command-and-control software platform to support the Canadian government in securing its national airspace and identifying threats from unidentified uncrewed aerial systems (UASs).
New NAVAIR HOST open standards framework website launches - News
July 02, 2025Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR)--PATUXENT RIVER, Md. NAVAIR’s open standards framework, Hardware Open Systems Technologies (HOST), launched its new website, which can be found at https://www.navair.navy.mil/host/.
Satellite-based maritime info pact signed between MDA Space, Canadian government - News
June 30, 2025BRAMPTON, Ontario. Canadian space-industry player MDA Space Ltd. announced its plans to sign a contract extension with Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) to provide critical and continuous maritime-satellite surveillance data and analytics services for dark vessel detection.
DARPA convenes colloquium to advance rigorous cybersecurity techniques - News
June 26, 2025ARLINGTON, Va. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recently held its Resilient Software Systems Colloquium, during which more than 300 participants from across the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), defense industry, U.S. government, allies, academia, and formal-methods developers convened as part of DARPA's goal to catalyze widespread adoption of formal methods, mathematically rigorous techniques that can dramatically improve the security and reliability of software systems.
Rad-hard COTS parts introduced by Microchip Technology - News
June 26, 2025CHANDLER, Ariz. Semiconductor company Microchip Technology introduced its new part, the SA15-28 off-the-shelf radiation-hardened (rad-hard) DC-DC 15W power converter with a companion SF100-28 EMI filter. both of which are designed to meet MIL-STD-461 specifications.
Space Systems Command names 12 firms to spacecraft-innovation program - News
June 25, 2025EL SEGUNDO, Calif. The U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) Space Test Program (STP) office has awarded spots to 12 vendors through the Space Test Experiments Platform (STEP) 2.0 contract, which establishes a 10-year multi-award indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract with a $237 million ceiling to bolster spacecraft procurement within STP.
Raytheon and Mitsubishi sign contract for Block 2 missile production - News
June 24, 2025TUCSON, Ariz. Raytheon announced that it won a contract worth $250 million with Japan's Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (MELCO) for ESSM Block 2 licensed production.
Satellite systems from ICEYE to be delivered to Netherlands air force - News
June 23, 2025HELSINKI. European space and defense technology company ICEYE reports that it has been chosen to provide intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) systems to the Royal Netherlands air force (RNLAF).
Counter-UAS tech to be delivered to Qatar under DoD FMS agreement - News
June 23, 2025Syracuse, N.Y. Defense research and development company SRC announced that it agreed to deliver a suite of its advanced counter-unmanned aircraft systems (C-UAS) technologies to international buyers as a part of a $1 billion foreign military sales (FMS) agreement between the U.S. government and the state of Qatar.
UUV launched and recovered via torpedo tube, U.S. Navy reports - News
June 23, 2025NORFOLK, Va. The U.S. Navy reported that the USS Delaware -- a Virginia-class attack submarine -- successfully executed the first-ever forward-deployed submarine torpedo tube launch and recovery of an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) to complete a tactical objective, using the Yellow Moray UUV, marking a major technological milestone in autonomous system development.
Spherea announces acquisition of U.S. subsidiary of Konrad Group - News
June 20, 2025PARIS AIR SHOW. Critical-system test and simulation provider Spherea announced at the now-underway Paris Air Show that it will acquire the U.S. subsidiary of the Germany-based Konrad Group.
Cybersecurity the focus of DARPA Resilient Software program - News
June 19, 2025ARLINGTON, Va. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is teaming with the U.S. Air Force to integrate formal methods-based cybersecurity tools -- a mathematically rigorous approach to software development that helps eliminate exploitable vulnerabilities before software is deployed -- on the MQ-9 Reaper, the first project in the DARPA Resilient Software Systems Capstone program.
Mission-training aircraft unveiled by Pilatus at Paris Air Show - News
June 19, 2025PARIS AIR SHOW. Switzerland-based aicraft manufacturer Pilatus unveiled its new trainer aircraft -- dubbed the PC-7 MKX -- to the public at the Paris Air Show this week.
AdaCore and CodeSecure agree to merger - News
June 18, 2025NEW YORK, NY and BETHESDA, Md. Mission-critical software provider AdaCore and embedded-software security company CodeSecure have announced a definitive merger agreement, under which the unified company (known as AdaCore) will cover software safety, security, and reliability across critical industries.
Qorvo introduces new S-Band switched filter bank modules at IMS 2025 - News
June 17, 2025IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS) 2025—SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. RF solution provider Qorvo introduced two high-performance S-Band switched filter bank (SFB) modules designed to meet the rising demand for agile, compact, and efficient radar systems in defense and aerospace applications. Qorvo launched these SFB modules at the IMS 2025 show, underway now in San Francisco.
Safety comms for Airbus military transport to be supplied by Thales - News
June 17, 2025PARIS AIR SHOW. Airbus Defense & Space chose Thales to supply the safety satcom system of the A400M military-transport aircraft program, which is a military airlifter that combines the ability to fly to long distances and carry large and heavy loads; the platform therefore needs extended connectivity for ensuring mission success and operational effectiveness.
Parasoft enhances safety-critical software test tools - News
June 17, 2025MONROVIA, Calif. Automated software-testing firm Parasoft reports the release of Parasoft C/C++test 2025.1, an enhanced version of safety-critical compliance software with important enhancements to the company’s flagship static and dynamic testing solution for C and C++ software developers.