Military Embedded Systems

Each issue, the editorial staff of Military Embedded Systems will highlight a different organization that benefits the military, veterans, and their families. We are honored to cover the technology that protects those who protect us every day.

62nd AOC INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM & CONVENTION, NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. "Charting a Path to 2035: Navigating the Future of Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations" will be the theme at the annual AOC [Association of Old Crows] International Symposium & Convention, set to be held December 9-11 in National Harbor, Maryland. 

TYSONS CORNER, Va. Corsha, a company acting as a Machine Identity Provider (mIDP) that works to secure machine-to-machine (M2M) communication across operational systems and critical infrastructure, announced that the U.S. Air Force Sustainment Center (AFSC) at Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex (WR-ALC) achieved an Authorization-to-Operate (ATO). 

ARLINGTON, Va. The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) awarded Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) a 10-year, $931 million contract to bring cloud conveniences -- including such features as unified management and multitenancy -- to the U.S. military's most sensitive datacenters.

VILNIUS, Lithuania. Uncrewed systems provider Quantum Systems and defense technology company ADV Defense UAB announced the two companies signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the German-Baltic Defence Industry Conference 2025 in Vilnius, Lithuania.

BURLINGTON, Mass. Artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled radar providers MatrixSpace was named the active sensor category winner in the recent U.S. Army xTechCounter Strike competition, the Army's competition to find innovative counter-uncrewed aerial system (C-UAS) technologies to help protect U.S. and allied forces against the rapid proliferation of small UASs on the battlefield.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Space-technology provider Redwire Corp. announced that it won a $44 million Phase 2 contract with Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to advance the agency's Otter very low Earth orbit (VLEO) mission that aims to demonstrate the world’s first air-breathing satellite spacecraft and advance next-generation orbital capabilities.

COLUMBIA, Md. and SYRACUSE, N.Y. Rohde & Schwarz and SRC, Inc. announced that they made an initial delivery of the RSGEN -- an electronic warfare (EW) environmental signal-generation system the companies partnered on -- to a major U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) test facility.

PASADENA, Calif. Mission AI company Virtualitics announced a new strategic contract with the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (2D MAW) under which the company will deploy its Integrated Readiness Optimization (IRO-MX) solution in support of aviation sustainment and mission readiness for MV-22 Osprey squadrons.

STOCKHOLM. Swedish measurement and positioning company Hexagon announced that it will acquire Inertial Sense, a provider of tactical-grade global navigation solutions and inertial navigation systems (GNSS and INS), which is headquartered in Provo, Utah. 

MCLEAN, Va. Iridium Communications launched its miniature application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), the Iridium PNT ASIC, which is aimed at boosting the security of GPS and other GNSS [global navigation satellite system]-reliant devices against jamming, spoofing, and timing interruptions.

HUDSON, N.H. The BAE Systems Compass Call Mission Crew Simulator (CCMCS) -- a simulator for the EA-37B electronic attack mission system -- has been approved and delivered for training by the U.S. Air Force. 

CHANDLER, Ariz. Microchip Technology announced the release of its radiation-tolerant (RT) ATA6571RT CAN FD transceiver, which the company says is a high-reliability communications solution designed for use in space applications, such as satellites and spacecraft that require robust and efficient data transmission.

PASADENA, Calif. Virtualitics announced the renewal of its Automated Master Storage Planning (A-MSP) contract with the U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC). 

PUTZBRUNN, Germany. Materials-engineering company W.L. Gore & Associates introduced its "High Speed Data Cables for Ultralight Solutions" product line, which it says weighs 50% less than many industry-standard high-speed data cables.  

AURORA, Ontario. Wolf Advanced Technology announced the development of a new family of rugged, SOSA aligned computing solutions -- which it says are accelerated by the NVIDIA IGX Thor platform -- that are designed to deliver data-center-class artificial intelligence (AI) performance at the tactical edge

NORTHBROOK, Ill. The size of the global uncrewed systems market, valued at $27.13 billion in 2024, is projected to grow to $43.54 billion by 2030, at a combined annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.2% during the forecast period, according to a report from MarketsandMarkets.

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. AeroVironment, a provider of counter-unmanned aircraft systems (C-UASs) and air/missile-defense technologies, has been chosen to deliver the U.S. Army’s Next-Generation C-UAS Missile (NGCM).

ORLANDO, Fla. Lockheed Martin won a $233 million firm-fixed-price contract to deliver IRST21 Block II systems -- which the company describes as a passive, long-range sensor system used on fighter jets that uses infrared search and track technology to detect and track airborne threats -- to the U.S. Navy and Air National Guard.

SAN DIEGO. Small uncrewed surface vessel (sUSV) startup Seasats has signed a contract with the U.S. Navy -- reported as an SBIR Phase 3 indefinite-delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract with a ceiling of $89 million -- to deliver its Lightfish USVs to the Marine Corps.