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.
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New EW signal generator partnership aims to close realism gap in lab testing - News
December 11, 2025SYRACUSE, 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.
Company's open-systems hub aims to simplify VPX sourcing for defense designers - News
December 11, 2025NATIONAL 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.
DISA chief to industry: 'your system is not interesting' without data sharing - News
December 11, 2025NATIONAL 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.
RF and microwave components from Quantic PMI on show at AOC 2025 convention - News
December 11, 202562nd 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.
AI-enabled SIGINT suite aims to cut time from signal to decision - News
December 10, 2025NATIONAL 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.
Wideband RF transceiver card targeting multi-mission EW payloads showcased at AOC 2025 - News
December 10, 2025NATIONAL 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.
After Ukraine, 'Moldova will be next' claims congressman at AOC 2025 - News
December 10, 2025NATIONAL 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.
AI-enabled SIGINT products from DeepSig shown at this week's AOC 2025 show - News
December 10, 202562nd 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.
BAE Systems signs new $1.7 billion precision-guidance contract with U.S. Navy - News
December 10, 2025HUDSON, 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.
Autonomous surface vessel maker contracts with Navy for drone boats - News
December 09, 2025AUSTIN, Tex. Autonomous-systems maker Saronic agreed to a $392 million production contract with the U.S. Navy to accelerate the delivery of autonomous surface vessels (ASVs), making the deal one of the Navy's largest OTA [Other Transaction Authority] agreements for maritime uncrewed systems.
U.S. & allies 'need to wake up' to electromagnetic threats, White House official says at AOC 2025 - News
December 09, 2025NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland. Electronic warfare professionals "need to wake up" to growing threats across the electromagnetic spectrum, Laurie Moe Buckhout, Assistant National Cyber Director for Policy at the White House, said during her keynote address to the Association of Old Crows (AOC) 2025 annual conference here.
Spectrum-dominance product shown by HII at AOC 2025 - News
December 09, 202562nd AOC INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM & CONVENTION, NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. Defense shipbuilder HII is showcasing its GRIMM high-performance spectrum dominance solution technology -- along with its capabilities in situational awareness, along with its capabilities in situational awareness, intelligence support, and force protection -- at the AOC [Association of Old Crows] 2025 International Symposium & Convention, now underway at National Harbor.
Loitering munition systems for Marine Corps to be supplied by Teledyne FLIR - News
December 08, 2025BOSTON, Massachusetts. Teledyne FLIR Defense received a $42.5 million contract from U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command to deliver Rogue 1 loitering munition systems under the Organic Precision Fires-Light (OPF-L) program, the company announced in a statement.
Electronic warfare, radar processing tech to be showcased by Mercury at AOC 2025 - News
December 08, 2025NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland. Mercury will highlight electronic warfare and radar processing technologies aligned with open-systems standards at the AOC International Symposium & Convention 2025, the company announced in a statement.
Unmanned
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Reduced SWaP pressure forcing connector redesigns
February 26, 2026
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Autonomy software flight test completed on YFQ-44A aircraft by Shield AI
February 26, 2026
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Long-range standoff weapons integration planned for MQ-9B by General Atomics
February 24, 2026
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Thales drone shortlisted for UK Apache wingman drone program
February 24, 2026
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Senseeker Machining Company Acquires Axis Machine
February 11, 2026
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Modular protection solution shown by Leonardo DRS at WEST 2026
February 10, 2026
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Missile warning systems to be supplied by U.S. to allied nations via BAE Systems
February 10, 2026
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Digital warfare and border defense systems to be developed for Israel by Elbit Systems
February 10, 2026
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AI assurance the aim of new DARPA program
February 11, 2026
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Sovereign AI center to be established for naval defense systems in France by Naval Group, Thales
February 11, 2026
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AI-enabled autonomous vehicles nets Kodiak AI a Marine Corps contract
February 11, 2026
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AI capabilities to be integrated into Abaco's defense-ready hardware
February 09, 2026
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IT infrastructure award announced by U.S. Air Force
February 12, 2026
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Cybersecurity certification level 2 announced by Spectra Defense Technologies
January 20, 2026
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Network-modernization contract for U.S. Space Force won by CACI International
January 05, 2026
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Air Force installation to begin M2M comms across systems, infrastructure
December 02, 2025














