LONG BEACH, California. Rocket Lab USA, Inc. shipped two Mars-bound spacecraft, named Blue and Gold, to Cape Canaveral, Florida, in preparation for launch as part of NASA's ESCAPADE mission, the company announced in a statement.

OWEGO, New York. Sikorsky delivered the 23rd and final VH-92A presidential helicopter to the U.S. Marine Corps, marking the completion of the next-generation fleet, the company announced in a statement.

ULM, Germany. Hensoldt won a contract from Thales to supply additional TRS-4D naval radars for the German Navy's F126 frigates, the company announced in a statement.

ENDICOTT, N.Y. BAE Systems announced that Boeing has chosen it to upgrade the fly-by-wire (FBW) flight control computers (FCC) for the F-15EX Eagle II and F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fighter jets.

RESTON, Virginia. CACI International won a six-year task order valued at up to $239 million to deliver intelligence analysis and operations support to U.S. Army Europe and Africa, the company announced in a statement.

RESTON, Virginia. Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) has been awarded three contracts totaling $58.2 million to provide engineering services to the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division at Point Mugu, California, the company announced in a statement.

NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND -- PATUXENT RIVER, Md. The U.S. Navy recently installed the world’s first unmanned air warfare center (UAWC) aboard the USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) aircraft carrier, where air vehicle pilots (AVPs) will control future MQ-25 Stingray airborne operations.

SAN DIEGO, California. The Japan Coast Guard (JCG) finalized a contract with General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) for the purchase of two SeaGuardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA), scheduled for delivery in 2025, the company announced in a statement.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. Electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft maker Archer Aviation delivered its first Midnight aircraft to the U.S. Air Force (USAF) to evaluate as part of its AFWERX Agility Prime contract, previously valued at as much as $142 million. 

RESTON, Virginia. Leidos won an $86.4 million contract from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) to oversee the lifecycle management of existing and emerging analytics systems, the company announced in a statement.

PLYMOUTH, Michigan. Rheinmetall Group will acquire Loc Performance Products, a Michigan-based vehicle specialist, to strengthen its core business in military vehicles and expand its footprint in the U.S. defense market, the company announced in a statement.

BETHESDA, Maryland. Lockheed Martin signed a definitive agreement to acquire Terran Orbital, a satellite-based solutions provider for the aerospace and defense sectors, the company announced in a statement.

INOWROCŁAW, Poland. The Polish government has signed a Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) for 96 Boeing AH-64E Apache combat helicopters, the company announced in a statement.

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. Pacific Defense announced that it will lead a team to compete for the U.S. Army’s CMOSS Mounted Form Factor (CMFF) program; the team will also include Thales Defense & Security Inc., BAE Systems, Regal Technology Partners, Palantir, and STC (an Arcfield Company).

BURLINGTON, Mass. Collaborative-sensing provider MatrixSpace won a a $1.9 million AFWERX (the innovation arm of the Department of the Air Force) Tactical Funding Increase (TACFI) Phase II Sequential contract to develop a distributed dual-mode mesh radar to be used for military-base defense.