TORRANCE, Calif. Defense tech company Castelion announced that the U.S. Navy awarded it a contract worth nearly $50 million to advance its lower-cost Blackbeard hypersonic weapon from prototype to integrated, early operational capability.

NETANYA, Israel. Orbit Communication Systems Ltd. won a $3.2 million follow-on order from the Israeli Ministry of Defense for the supply of satellite communication systems, the company announced in a statement.

ABERPORTH, Wales. QinetiQ conducted a four-day live-firing exercise off the Welsh coast in which Royal Navy personnel aboard HMS Duncan trained against drone attacks and other simulated threats, the company announced in a statement.

WASHINGTON, D.C. Shield AI’s Hivemind mission autonomy software completed its first flight test aboard Anduril’s YFQ-44A aircraft during a flight over the Mojave Desert, the company announced in a statement.

WALLOPS ISLAND, Virginia. Hypersonix Launch Systems is preparing for the first mission of its scramjet-powered hypersonic aircraft, with a launch window scheduled to open at 4 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday, Feb. 25, the company announced in a statement.

HAIFA, Israel. Elbit Systems Ltd. will supply its Helmet Display and Tracking System for the Israeli Air Force’s UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter fleet, the company announced in a statement.

SAN DIEGO, California. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. is developing the integration of long-range standoff weapons for its MQ-9B SkyGuardian and SeaGuardian uncrewed aerial system (UAS) variants, the company announced in a statement.

ZEITHAIN, Germany. Patria delivered the first five Common Armoured Vehicle System (CAVS) 6x6 armored vehicles to the Bundeswehr under two procurement contracts signed in December 2025, the company announced in a statement.

LONDON, United Kingdom. Thales has been down-selected to submit a proposal to the U.K. Ministry of Defence for its Land Autonomous Collaborative Platform program, known as Project NYX, the company announced in a statement.

AUSTIN, Tex. Artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled cyberdefense company Wraithwatch reports that it has been chosen to fulfill a $30 million contract to deploy its agentic cyberdefense platform across multiple U.S. federal agencies that serve critical national-security missions.

SAN DIEGO, California. The U.S. Air Force has assigned the experimental designation X-68A to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) LongShot program being developed with General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, the company announced in a statement.

COCHSTEDT, Germany. Rheinmetall demonstrated its FV-014 loitering munition system (LMS) during a test event for a potential NATO customer at the National Test Centre for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) operated by the German Aerospace Centre (DLR), the company announced in a statement.

TUCSON, Ariz. Raytheon reports that its StormBreaker smart weapon has been approved by the U.S. Navy for operational use on the F/A-18-E/F Super Hornet strike fighter. 

ESCONDIDO, Calif. One Stop Systems (OSS) announced several new awards totaling $10.5 million -- one from the U.S. Navy and another from a leading U.S.-based prime defense contractor -- under which OSS will deliver data-storage units in support of the P-8A Poseidon reconnaissance aircraft.

CAMDEN, New Jersey. L3Harris Technologies won a full-rate production contract from General Dynamics Electric Boat to deliver 26 shipsets of submarine communications systems for U.S. Navy Virginia- and Columbia-class submarines, the company announced in a statement.