FORT DRUM, N.Y. Soldiers from the New York National Guard’s 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team tested very small uncrewed aerial systems (UASs) and laser rangefinder systems during late June 2024, in a program aimed at familiarizing users with small new technologies designed to mitigate the risk to soldiers on the battlefield.

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii. Raytheon reports that it demonstrated -- during the recent Valiant Shield 24 exercises in the Pacific -- a simulated complex missile engagement using the U.S. Army's Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS) and Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System (IBCS), launching the U.S. Navy's long-range effector, Standard Missile-6 (SM-6).

SYRACUSE, NY. Defense R&D company SRC Inc. won a $25 million contract with the U.S. Army to develop the Long-Range Radar, a large instrumentation radar that will be used for range safety, research, development, test, and evaluation of systems on Army test ranges.

ARLINGTON, Va. Raytheon won a contract from the U.S. Army Futures Command (AFC) Futures and Concepts Center (FCC) to trial the use of its RCADE [Rapid Campaign Analysis and Demonstration Environment] tool, which aims to conduct sophisticated, timely theater-level concept experimentation and mission analysis for the connected battlefield.

PACIFIC MISSILE RANGE FACILITY, KAUAI, Hawaii. The U.S. Navy and U.S. Army performed an end-to-end flight test of a hypersonic missile from the Pacific Missile Range Facility as the serivces sought to collect data on the end-to-end performance of the Conventional Prompt Strike and Long Range Hypersonic Weapon All Up Round.

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. Lockheed Martin won a contract with the U.S. Army -- worth $756 million -- to deliver additional capability for the U.S.'s ground-based hypersonic weapon system, the Long Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW).  

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.