Military Embedded Systems

CEDAR PARK, Tex. Defense-technology company Firefly Aerospace announced that it agreed to acquire defense-analytics firm SciTec, Inc. (Princeton, New Jersey) for approximately $855 million. 

CAMBRIDGE, U.K. Ground-based radar designer/manufacturer Blighter reports that it won a follow-on contract from a military customer in Southeast Asia to supply its Blighter B400 series radars for border surveillance.

SPACE SYSTEMS COMMAND -- Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado Springs, Colo. & Los Angeles Air Force Base, El Segundo, Calif. The U.S. Space Force announced the operational acceptance of its Advanced Tracking and Launch Analysis System (ATLAS), a next-generation space-domain awareness (SDA) analysis system and software-acquisiton program designed to modernize and enhance the capabilities of the Space Defense Operations Center.

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. Katalyst Space Technologies has secured a contract from NASA to raise the orbit of the space agency's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory; the observatory's orbit is decaying faster than NASA had anticipated due to higher-than-expected atmopsheric drag.

SAN DIEGO. Cubic Defense's Secure Communications business unit won a contract with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to advance Halo, its multilink, multiband, multi-orbit hybrid satellite communications (SATCOM) antenna.

LOWELL, Mass. Technology firm AiRANACULUS recently won a NASA contract to develop an advanced communications platform -- leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML)-based wireless network solutions -- that will be used to support exploration of the lunar surface.

LOS ANGELES. Manufacturing company Machina Labs, which deals in advanced manufacturing that combines artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics for the rapid production of metal structures, announced that it won a contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) in partnership with the Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Institute, a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Manufacturing Innovation Institute based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

WASHINGTON. The Defense Threat Reduction Agency -- a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) agency -- awarded the Cooperative Threat Reduction Integrating Contract IV (CTRIC IV) to six companies: Amentum, Black & Veatch, Fluor, Parsons Corp., V2X, and Jacobs. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract has a total ceiling of $3.5 billion over 10 years.

ARLINGTON, Va. Raytheon (an RTX business) reports that the U.S. Air Force’s Air Combat Command and a Raytheon team successfully executed the longest known AMRAAM [advanced medium-range air-to-air missile] missile shot by a fifth-generation fighter. 

ARLINGTON, Va. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) embarked on the initial phase of its Robust Quantum Sensors (RoQS) program, the agency's effort to make quantum sensing viable beyond the lab and find uses on the ground, at sea, in the air, and even in space.

WASHINGTON. The global market for 3D and 4D military radars -- valued at $10.5 billion in 2024 -- is expected to undergo subtantial growth, to $17.2 billion by 2033, at a combined annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.1%, according to a new report from Verified Market Reports. 

LONDON -- DSEI UK. Babcock International Group (Babcock) and HII signed a Memorandum of Understanding to bring together HII’s REMUS unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) and Babcock’s submarine weapon handling and launch Systems (WHLS). The companies announced the MOU at the ongoing DSEI UK 2025 show, now ongoing in London. 

MEUDON, France. Thales today noted the Royal Navy’s announcement of the official in-service date (ISD) of the Thales Peregrine rotary wing uncrewed air system (RWUAS) capability, which the company called "a major milestone in strengthening the Fleet’s intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) effectiveness.

HORSHAM, U.K. Chess Dynamics (part of Cohort plc) announced two product launches in the area of advanced and modular land and maritime defense systems. 

LONDON -- DSEI UK. Integrated defense-technology solution company AeroVironment (AV) announced the opening of its new office in Hereford, U.K., a facility the company calls "strategically located to bring the full spectrum of the company's capabilities to the U.K. and European defense markets," thereby extending AV's global operations.

LEXINGTON PARK, Md. Precise Systems announced that it has acquired Mission Focused Systems (MFS), a company that delivers systems engineering; cybersecurity; and research, experimentation, and prototyping solutions.

LONDON -- DSEI UK 2025. Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite company ICEYE announced the launch of ISR Cell, an end-to-end containerized unit that gives defense forces direct access to space-based tactical intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) in near-real-time as a way to enhance decision-making speed and effectiveness.

DSEI UK 2025 -- LONDON. Military Embedded Systems is pleased to announce the winners of its Best In Show awards at this week's DSEI [Defence and Security Equipment International] UK 2025 show, underway now at ExCeL, London. 

LONDON. Radar-platform company Echodyne launched a rapid deployment kit (RDK) for its metamaterials electronically scanned array (MESA) EchoShield radar today at DSEI UK 2025, ongoing now at the ExCel Centre in London (September 9-12).  

MÉRIGNAC, France. Exosens launched its 5G image intensifier tube for night-vision applications, which the company says offers an improvement in overall performance of 30% and an increase of up to 35% in detection ranges over previous standard image intensifier tubes, regardless of the darkness level.