CHICAGO. Silvus Technologies (a Motorola solutions company) announced that the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) added the Silvus StreamCaster 4400 Enhanced (SC4400E) mobile ad hoc network (MANET) radio to its Blue UAS Framework, a rigorous testing and certification program that approves technologies for use in U.S. military unmanned aircraft system (UAS) operations. 

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. Menlo Microsystems (known as Menlo Micro) launched its MM5130-NLX switch, a high-standoff RF front-end protection solution designed for demanding defense and aerospace applications, during the 62^nd Annual Association of Old Crows (AOC) International Symposium & Convention, held earlier this week. 

ANDOVER, Mass. Modular power-component company Vicor reports that it has been working with U.K.-based space consultancy and design firm Spacechips, which has launched a compact artificial intelligence (AI) accelerator card to enable in-orbit AI applications. 

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Florida. Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Air Force completed a separation test of the Stand-in Attack Weapon (SiAW) from an F-16 aircraft, the company announced in a statement.

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. The global uncrewed underwater vehicle (UUV) market, which stands at $5.93 billion in 2025, is projected to rise to $8.72 billion by 2030, at a combined annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8%, according to a new study by MarketsandMarkets.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. Products from Annapolis Micro Systems, Interface Concept, and Open.Tech by Amphenol won Best In Show awards at the AOC [Association of Old Crows] 2025 International Symposium & Convention. 

SYRACUSE, New York. A new electronic warfare (EW) signal-generation system from Rohde & Schwarz and SRC is intended to help U.S. Department of Defense labs move away from bespoke threat simulators and toward an open, scalable approach that better matches the complexity of modern spectrum operations, company officials say.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland. One company is trying to make it easier to build open systems by pulling many of its open-architecture products under a single umbrella.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland. The head of the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) warned vendors at AOC 2025 that new electromagnetic-spectrum tools must plug into joint data systems or risk irrelevance.

62nd AOC INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM & CONVENTION, NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. RF and microwave component supplier Quantic PMI is showing its various lines of performance-critical offerings at the AOC [Association of Old Crows] 2025 International Symposium & Convention, now underway at National Harbor.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland. A new signals-intelligence system on display at the Association of Old Crows conference is designed to help operators sort, identify, and locate radio emitters faster by pushing more automation and analysis to the edge of the network.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland. Spectrum Control is showcasing a 16-channel wideband radio-frequency transceiver card at AOC 2025 that is intended to condense electronic warfare, radar, and signals-intelligence front ends into a single 3U module.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland. As peace talks between Russia and Ukraine falter, a prominent congressman predicted to attendees at the Association of Old Crows' 2025 annual conference on Wednesday that Russia would not stop with Ukraine and would seek to invade Moldova and threaten the Baltics -- although he did not provide evidence or details.

62nd AOC INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM & CONVENTION, NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. Intelligent wireless provider DeepSig is demonstrating how its products leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to detect, classify, and understand signals with high accuracy, low size/weight/power (SWaP), and easy integration into modern electronic warfare (EW) and signals intelligence (SIGINT) systems at the AOC [Association of Old Crows] 2025 International Symposium & Convention, now underway at National Harbor.

HUDSON, N.H. BAE Systems and the U.S. Navy agreed on a new five-year, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to supply APKWS laser-guidance kits that will equip the U.S. military with tens of thousands of additional low-cost precision munitions. The contract has a maximum value of $1.7 billion, with an initial $322 million order.