Military Embedded Systems

In early April 2024, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI – Troy, New York) and IBM officially unveiled the world’s first IBM quantum computer on a university campus. The IBM Quantum System One was lauded by university and company officials as key to helping the nation solve some of the world’s most complex problems, including those leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) in the military and defense realm.

SYRACUSE, NY. Technology and engineering company SRC Inc. has been tapped to supply the Polish military with 15 more of the SRC SR Hawk surveillance radar systems for installation aboard Poland's BWR-1D/S Reconnaissance Fighting Vehicles.  

KIRKLAND, Wash. Radar platform provider Echodyne announced that its EchoFlight radar is integrated into the American Aerospace Technologies, Inc. (AATI) AiRanger aircraft, which recently obtained a waiver from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) last week for commercial beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) flight operations, which enables AATI to use the onboard detect-and-avoid (DAA) system to adhere to aircraft right-of-way rules during BVLOS operations. The waiver means that the AiRanger is the first uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) to meet industry consensus standards for the DAA system, the company says.

NASHUA, N.H. BAE Systems signed a contract with the U.S. Navy to develop Dual Band Decoy (DBD) radio frequency (RF) countermeasures, an advanced RF self-protection jammer that shields fighter jets from enemy attacks.

LONDON.  The U.K. Ministry of Defense (MOD) signed an $18 million contract with L3Harris Technologies to supply as many as 50 medium-sized T4 explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) robots to defeat explosive threats located within confined urban spaces. 

RESTON, Va. Science and technology engineering firm Leidos won a $631 million award from the U.S. Army Contracting Command – Aberdeen Proving Grounds for work on the Army's Development, Integration, Acquisitions, Bridging to Logistics & Operations (DIABLO) sensors program. 

SOF WEEK 2024 -- TAMPA, Florida. Tactical-communications provider Silvus Technologies is providing live demonstrations of its DOCK StreamCaster tactical networking system at this week's SOF Week exhibition, now underway in Tampa.

SOF WEEK 2024 -- TAMPA, Florida. L3Harris Technologies is showcasing its Falcon IV AN/PRC-167 multi-channel manpack radio -- a tactical radio that leverages the power of multiple tactical devices converged into a single manpack -- at this week's SOF Week exhibition.

SOF WEEK 2024 -- TAMPA, Florida. DataShapes, Inc. (Charlottesville, Virginia), a developer of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions targeting the electromagnetic spectrum, announced that it has named Kevin Larrabee as Head of Product for the company's AI technology aimed at defense and enterprise customers; at the same time, the company also unveiled the addition of "AI" to its logo and branding, to be known as DataShapes AI.

SOF WEEK 2024 -- TAMPA, Florida. Ben Wallace, former minister of defense for the United Kingdom, will present the keynote address at SOF Week 2024 on Tuesday morning, May 8, focusing on “Lessons Learned and the Future of SOF.”

SOF WEEK 2024--TAMPA, Fla. Open source data provider and technology company Exovera is launching advanced updates to its artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled analytical platform, exoINSIGHT, at this week's SOF Week 2024 show.

ARLINGTON, Va. Uncrewed aerial system (UAS) manufacturer AeroVironment (AV) reports that its Switchblade 600 loitering munition system has been selected for Tranche 1 of the first iteration of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Replicator initiative, the U.S. government's drive to field thousands of autonomous systems across multiple warfighting domains.

SOF WEEK 2024--TAMPA, Fla. Autonomous vehicle maker Mayman Aerospace (Long Beach, California) unveiled a full-scale model of Razor, its vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) high-speed air utility vehicle, during SOF Week 2024, now underway (May 6-10) in Tampa, Florida.

SOF WEEK 2024 --TAMPA, Fla. SOF Week, a national convention dedicated to Special Operations Forces (SOF), returns to Tampa May 6-10, with special focus this year on international attendance, new technology for the warfighter, and discussions about the future of SOF. 

ARLINGTON, Va. The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) reports that it accomplished full-scale, in-water testing of the Manta Ray prototype uncrewed underwater vehicle (UUV) -- built by Northrop Grumman -- during February and March 2024. 

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. The U.S. Army recently announced the cancellation of the Electronic Warfare Planning and Management Tool (EWPMT) task order competition under the RS3 Enterprise contract, a decision officials say was prompted by evolving requirements and a strategic realignment within the program.

LA DÉFENSE, Paris. The European Commission signed a Grant Agreement for the launch of the STORE [Shared daTabase for Optronics image Recognition and Evaluation] collaborative research project, to be coordinated by Thales and funded by the EDF (European Defense Fund).

WILMINGTON, Del. Second Front Systems (2F), a public-benefit software company that facilitates the delivery of mission-critical software solutions, announced that Learn to Win training software is now available for use by U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Impact Level 6 (IL6, classified level) through 2F's Game Warden DevSecOps platform and secure cloud hosting environment. 

ALPHARETTA, Ga. Energy-storage provider Stryten Energy reports that it received a contract award from the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) Family of Advanced Standard Batteries (FAStBat) project to develop and evaluate a prototype 6T lithium-ion battery and potentially extend the technology to other cross-service platforms.

XPONENTIAL 2024 -- SAN DIEGO. Autonomy/autopilot company ModalAI is highlighting its updated and NDAA [National Defense Authorization Act] regulation-compliant versions of its VOXL 2 development uncrewed aerial system (UAS).