Military Embedded Systems

MCLEAN, Va. IT consulting firm ValidaTek secured a contract with the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) that it says will help the agency maintain the availability, security, and stability of its infrastructure.

WILMINGTON, Mass. The Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) ADSY1100 series is a family of wideband multichannel RF digitizers in a 3U VPX SOSA [Sensor Open Systems Architecture] aligned format, aimed at use in electronic test and measurement systems, radar/communications systems, electronic warfare (EW), phased-array radar systems, and broadband communications applications. 

BIGFORK, Mont. Crewed/uncrewed avionics company uAvionix announced that it received a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) contract to develop highly reliable command and control (C2) communications systems for uncrewed aircraft systems (UASs) used in extended beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) operations across challenging terrains.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. Autonomous aircraft company Reliable Robotics reported that it gained approval to participate in the 2024 AFWERX Tactical Funding Increase (TACFI) program for the U.S. Air Force (USAF); the TACFI program was launced to “bridge the capability gap” between current Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) efforts to facilitate the delivery of strategic capabilities for the USAF.

SAN DIEGO. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) reports that it recently conducted a series of tests on its sonobuoy dispensing system (SDS) using the MQ-9B SeaGuardian uncrewed aerial system (UAS). 

TUCSON, Ariz. Raytheon (an RTX business) won a contract worth $1.2 billion contract to deliver Patriot air and missile-defense systems to Germany. The new systems will provide additional Patriot equipment for Germany's existing air defense infrastructure. 

AUSTIN, Tex. SparkCognition Government Systems (SGS), which provides artificial intelligence (AI) solutions for defense and national security, announced that it signed a contract with the Ohio Aerospace Institute through the Digital, Research, Innovation and Experimentation (D.R.I.V.E.) Consortium that aims to leverage AI to optimize the U.S. Air Force's supply chain.

SAN DIEGO. BAE Systems reports that the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) awarded it an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract worth as much as $182 million to provide geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) Enterprise Modeling (GEM) Services, a suite of services referred to as "GEM Cutter."

WILMINGTON, Del. The global market for semiconductors used in space missions and exploration, valued at $2.1 billion in 2022, is estimated to reach $4.8 billion by 2032, growing at a CAGR [combined annual growth rate] of 8.8% from 2023 to 2032, according to a new report from Allied Market Research, “Space Semiconductor Market." 

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. Networking and communications company EchoStar and its subsidiary Hughes announced that the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E)) FutureG Office has extended its contract for the continued deployment of standalone 5G networks at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPHH) in Hawaii and at the Naval Air Station Whidbey Island (NASWI) in Washington.  

PUNE, India. The global market for cognitive electronic warfare (EW) is projected to grow from a size of $18.53 billion in 2023 to reach $47.58 billion by 2030, at a CAGR [combined annual growth rate] of 14.41% over the forecast period, according to a report from 360iResearch, "Cognitive Electronic Warfare System Market by Components (Antennas & Transmitters, Electronic Countermeasure Systems, Electronic Support Measures), Capability (Electronic Attack, Electronic Intelligence, Electronic Protection), Operation, Platform -- Global Forecast 2024-2030."

FALLS CHURCH, Va. BAE Systems received a contract from the U.S. Navy to continue supporting the service's Mobile Deployable Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Combat Systems, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (MDC5ISR) programs.

GEORGETOWN, Texas. Rugged electronics manufacturer AirBorn launched its new Power Blade VPX power supply, which is a SOSA aligned intelligent VPX power supply with a maximum output power upwards of 2000 watts. 

Ottawa, Ontario and Kirkland, Wash. Kongsberg Geospatial, a company that develops airspace-deconfliction solutions, teamed with radar-platform company Echodyne to accelerate and extend beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) operations for advanced air mobility (AAM)/uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) applications.

The White House announced in February 2024 that it will invest more than $5 billion in semiconductor-related research and development (R&D) and workforce needs, including establishing the National Semiconductor Technology Center (NSTC), to advance the government's goals of driving semiconductor progress.

ESCONDIDO, Calif. HIgh-performance computing (HPC) company One Stop Systems (OSS) reports that it will lead a pilot project for a U.S. intelligence agency to provide a liquid immersion-cooled data-storage system for use on a mobile ground station. that will leverage artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML).  

RESTON, Va. Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) reports landing a contract worth $444 million to modernize the launch instrumentation and information systems at U.S. Space Force launch sites in Florida and California.

U.S. ARMY DUGWAY PROVING GROUND, Utah. The U.S. Army reports successful conclusion of initial system flight tests of a medium-range launched effects prototype to verify the functionality of the system components. Launched effects are small uncrewed aerial systems (UASs) that shoot out of something else mid-flight.

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. The U. S. Army hosted Project Convergence Capstone 4 (PC-C4), a joint multination, multiphase set of exercises during February and March 2024, with the Department of the Air Force reporting that its role in the experiments was to provide a multi-service synchronized air picture, enabling decision-making up and down echelon and across the joint force with mission partners and allies.

SEATTLE. Space-based imagery company BlackSky received a $2 million defense contract to provide data to train artificial intelligence (AI) models; the contract was awarded by engineering/test firm Axient on behalf of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL).