MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) awarded artificial intelligence (AI) aviation technology company Beacon AI a Phase 2 prototype Other Transaction Authority (OTA) agreement under which Beacon AI will enhance its AI copilot assistant to optimize aircraft operations and improve aircraft route selection.

THOUSAND OAKS, California. Teledyne FLIR Defense will send 800 SkyRanger R70 Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS) to Ukraine on behalf of the Canadian government, the company announced in a statement.

LYNNWOOD, Wash. Kongsberg Discovery won a contract awarded a contract with the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to rapidly deliver HUGIN autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) capabilities for the U.S. military, a move that could lead to the U.S. Navy acquiring HUGIN Endurance and HUGIN Superior deep-water AUV systems.

ASHBURN, Va. Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions offers the XMC-529 AMD Ultrascale+ MPSoC XMC mezzanine card, part of the company's line of Enhanced TrustedCOTS plug-in modules designed to bring addtionally secure processing to rugged deployed VPX-based systems. 

ROME. Aerospace and defense firm Leonardo has accepted a project from the Italian Ministry of Defense (through the contractual agency Teledife) that intends to use supercomputers, artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML), and cloud computing aboard a constellation of what it calls "cybersecure" satellites orbiting the earth. 

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. DornerWorks reports that AFWERX [a directorate within the Air Force Research Laboratory and the innovation arm of the Air Force] granted it a $1.2 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award focused on a virtualization solution to address pressing cybersecurity challenges in the Department of the Air Force (DAF).

LITTLETON, Colorado. Lockheed Martin has cleared for launch the Pony Express 2 mission, aimed at demonstrating the enhancement of Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control (CJADC2) from space, the company announced in a statement.

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia. BAE Systems has completed its acquisition of Ball Aerospace from Ball Corporation following an announcement on Feb. 14, the company announced in a statement.

MCLEAN, Virginia. Intelsat will develop and test multi-orbit satellite communications (SATCOM) systems on various U.S. Air Force aircraft after winning a $9 million contract with the Air Force Research Laboratory, the company announced in a statement.

MELBOURNE, Florida. The Department of Defense launched five L3Harris Technologies missile tracking satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, supporting the Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS) program and the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Tranche 0 (T0) Tracking Layer program, the company announced in a statement.

SAN DIEGO. Military Embedded Systems is pleased to announce the winners of its Best In Show awards at this week's WEST 2024 (AFCEA West) Conference & Exhibition. 

WEST 2024 CONFERENCE & EXPOSITION -- SAN DIEGO. The U.S. Navy must integrate disruptive and emerging technologies and unleash the creative power of the American sailor and of American industry in order to counter its adversaries now and in the future, stated Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti in her keynote address at WEST 2024, underway this week in San Diego. 

ELLICOTT CITY, Md. IT and engineering services company Data Computer Corporation of America (DCCA) reports that it won a large contract from the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) to provide comprehensive support to DISA’s Command and Control (C2) Portfolio capabilities.

SAN DIEGO, California. General Micro Systems introduced the "Shorty 4" series of 1U and 2U rackmount servers tailored for use in space-constrained environments on U.S. Navy vessels, featuring ultra-rugged design and flexibility for non-rackmount installations for tight spaces commonly found on various naval platforms, the company announced in a statement.

SAN DIEGO, California. General Micro Systems (GMS) showcased its X9 Spider Rugged Thunderbolt 4 Tablet/Display -- which is equipped with an ARM-based Qualcomm AI processor and can function both as a mounted display and as a handheld tablet -- at the West 2024 Conference, the company announced in a statement.