WASHINGTON, D.C. The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) chose Anduril Industries to deliver mission autonomy software for coordinating uncrewed and autonomous systems under its Autonomous Collaborative Teaming (ACT) contract, the company announced in a statement.

MILAN, Italy. Teledyne FLIR Defense will deliver UltraFORCE 380X-HDc multi-spectral imaging systems to NL EASP AIR for installation on three Dornier DO328-110 aircraft, the company announced in a statement.

DENVER, Colo. Hughes Network Systems (an EchoStar Corp. subsidiary) won a $6.5 million contract to deploy a 5G open radio access network (ORAN) prototype at U.S. Army post Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas that will feature a RAN intelligent ccontroller (RIC) aimed at enabling the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to test RIC-based software applications for military networks.

IRVINE, California. Anduril Industries won a $200 million, five-year contract from the U.S. Marine Corps to develop and deliver a Counter Uncrewed Aerial System (CUAS) Engagement System (CES) for the Marine Air Defense Integrated System (MADIS), the company announced in a statement.

AUSTIN, Texas. BAE Systems won a follow-on contract from the U.S. Army to further develop its Multi-Class Soft Kill System (MCSKS) countermeasures, which aim to enhance the survivability of ground combat vehicles against guided missiles and nearby threats, the company announced in a statement.

SAN DIEGO, California. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) completed the final qualification test for its 200-horsepower Heavy Fuel Engine (HFE) 2.0 at the company's El Mirage, California, flight facility, the company announced in a statement.

DONAUWÖRTH, Germany. Airbus Helicopters delivered the first of up to 82 H145M helicopters to the German Armed Forces less than a year after signing the contract, the company announced in a statement.

HUNT VALLEY, Maryland. Textron Systems won a task order worth up to $47 million from the U.S. Navy’s Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) to provide contractor-owned/contractor-operated (COCO) uncrewed aerial system (UAS) services for three additional Independence-class Littoral Combat Ships (LCS), the company announced in a statement.

LISBON, Portugal. Thales won a contract with the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) to supply the ForceShield air defense system to the Portuguese Army, the company announced in a statement.

LOWELL, Massachusetts. MACOM Technology Solutions acquired ENGIN-IC, a fabless semiconductor company specializing in Gallium Nitride (GaN) monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs) and integrated microwave assemblies, MACOM announced in a statement.

NEW TAIPEI CITY, Taiwan. Neousys Technology, a provider of rugged embedded systems, announced that its SEMIL industrial computer has been integrated into one of its user's data-logging defense vehicles and will be used to collect, process, and analyze critical real-time data in order to enhance military operations.

CHANDLER, Ariz. Comtech Telecommunications won a sole-source contract from the U.S. Navy Information Warfare Systems Command to supply its U.S sovereign software-defined SLM-5650B satellite communications (SATCOM) modems, upgrade kits, firmware options, and technical support. 

ASHBURN, Virginia. Curtiss-Wright’s Defense Solutions Division and Korean Air’s Research & Development Group signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate on avionics systems for medium and large uncrewed aircraft that is aligned with the Sensor Open Systems Architecture, or SOSA, Technical Standard, the companies announced in a statement.

VALMIERA, Latvia. Patria will deliver 56 additional Patria 6x6 armored vehicles to the Latvian Ministry of Defence to serve as command and control (C2) units, the company announced in a statement.

CHANDLER, Arizona. The U.S. Navy Information Warfare Systems Command awarded Comtech a $50 million contract to supply SLM-5650B satellite communications (SATCOM) modems, upgrade kits, firmware, and technical support, the company announced in a statement.