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NASHUA, N.H. BAE Systems reports that it recently delivered its 1,000th infrared seeker -- which provides key sensing and guidance -- to Lockheed Martin for integration on the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptor missile.

MOSA INDUSTRY AND GOVERNMENT SUMMIT & EXPO -- NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. One of the panel discussions at the upcoming MOSA Industry and Government Summit & Expo -- set to be held this week (August 27-29) in National Harbor, Maryland -- is called "HOST, FACE, OMS, SOSA, CMOSS Open Standards Aligning -- Critical Impact Yea or Nay." 

ARLINGTON, Va. The U.S. Space Force is preparing to launch the eighth mission of the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV-8) on August 21 from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, with one of the experiments on board being a quantum inertial sensor, which is a potential alternative to GPS that uses quantum science as a tool for navigation.  

SAN DIEGO. Cubic Defense announced that it won an ID/IQ [indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity] contract award from the U.S. Air Force for activities relating to the procurement, integration, deployment, and sustainment of the entire P5 Combat Training Systems (P5CTS) inventory.  

BERKELEY, Calif. Artificial intelligence (AI) engineering firm Arize AI won a $1.2 million contract from AFWERX for a Direct-to-Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) to conduct a 12–month R&D-focused effort on AI engineering capabilities for large-language model (LLM) AI enhancement to address the most pressing challenges in the U.S. Air Force. 

ARLINGTON, Va. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Digital RF Battlespace Emulator (DRBE) program announced that it built the world’s largest high-fidelity, real-time virtual radio-frequency (RF) test range, saying that it enables previously unachievable scale and realism in the emulation of EW scenarios.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Vessel-construction company Tote Services won a firm-fixed-price contract with the U.S. Navy, worth as much as $311.4 million, to support the operations and maintenance of the Navy's Sea-Based X-Band Radar (SBX-1), which is a semi-submersible, self-propelled platform that provides ballistic missile tracking information for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA). 

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. The size of the military drone or UAS [uncrewed aerial system] market is projected to reach $47 billion by 2032, driven largely by increasing military spending and the growing procurement of military drones by defense forces, according to a market survey by MarketNewsUpdates. 

MCLEAN, Va. and RESTON, Va. Raft and Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) announced they have been awarded the U.S. Air Force Tactical Exploitation of National Capabilities (TENCAP) HOPE 2.0 contract, under which the companies will support the Air Force's continued efforts to accelerate the operationalization of national space-based assets in order to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) assets to transform strategic intelligence into actionable capabilities at the tactical edge.

CEDAR PARK, Tex. Space and defense technology provider Firefly Aerospace won a $176.7 million NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) contract to deliver five NASA-sponsored payloads to the moon’s south pole in 2029.

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POWAY, Calif. Rugged-computing company Core Systems reports that it is supporting Lockheed Martin in building a next-generation missile-defense strategy for the U.S., as Lockheed Martin vies for involvement in the U.S. Defense Department's "Golden Dome" layered defense initiative, a proposed multilayer defense system for the U.S. intended to detect and destroy various airborne threats before they launch or during their flight. 

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. The United States Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) announced it awarded a Protected Tactical Satellite Communications (SATCOM) – Global (PTS-G) indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract and firm-fixed-price orders totaling $37.5 million to five companies. 

PASADENA, Calif. Artificial intelligence (AI)-powered logistics software company Virtualitics announced that it won a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract by the U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) under which Virtualitics will advance AI logistics optimization for readiness spares package (RSP) mobilization, a key part of the AFGSC’s agile combat employment (ACE) strategy.

AUSTIN, Tex. Mission-critical communications firm Ultra I&C reports a successful demonstration of its Orion radio and Archer troposcatter systems to European NATO allies in Poland, marking what it calls a "critical advancement in secure, multi-domain and mobile communications networks."

ARLINGTON, Va. The Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) No Manning Required Ship (NOMARS) autonomous long-duration prototype ship is seen underway on the water in the first video of it operating at sea. 

LOS ANGELES. National-security technology company Epirus announced that it won a $43.5 million contract from the U.S. Army's Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO) under which Epirus will deliver two Integrated Fires Protection Capability High-Power Microwave (IFPC-HPM) Generation II (GEN II) systems, along with associated test events, support equipment, and spares with options for additional tests, components, and support.

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. The military connectors market is expected to reach $2.28 billion by 2030, up from $2.05 billion in 2025, realizing a combined annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.1% according to a new report by MarketsandMarkets, "Military Connectors Market -- Global Forecast to 2030."

SARATOGA, Calif. Software supply-chain security provider Lineaje announced that it received a contract worth $1.8 million from AFWERX, the U.S. Air Force innovation arm.  

SAN DIEGO. Cubic Defense UK, a division of Cubic Corp., won a two-year, sole-source contract with the U.K. Ministry of Defence (UK MOD) for the delivery of the company's Instrumented Live Training – Area Weapons Effects System (ILT-A).