As the electromagnetic spectrum becomes increasingly contested, resilient communications are emerging as a foundational requirement for modern military operations. For forces operating in complex air and missile defense environments, maintaining reliable connectivity between sensors, platforms, and command nodes is essential for mission success. Modern tactical communications technologies enable resilient networks capable of operating despite jamming, interference and electronic attack. These secure communications solutions – protected satellite communications, tactical radio, emerging 5G/6G networks – help ensure that distributed forces can share data, coordinate operations, and maintain mission continuity in contested environments.

TAMPA, Florida. Cubic Defense will use SOF Week 2026 to showcase command, control, communications, computers, cyber, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C5ISR) technologies aimed at special operations forces operating in distributed and communications-limited environments, a company official told Military Embedded Systems.

SAN DIEGO, California. Cubic won a contract from Lockheed Martin to supply 130 P5 Internal Subsystems for F-35 Lot 20 production aircraft and reached a pricing agreement covering Lots 21 and 22 in preparation for future orders, the company announced in a statement.

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.

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.  

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).

SAN DIEGO, California. Cubic Defense delivered the first encrypted Air Combat Maneuvering Instrumentation (ACMI) system for fourth-generation fighter aircraft under a U.S. Air Force production contract, the company announced in a statement.