BIGFORK, Mont. Crewed/uncrewed avionics company uAvionix announced that it received a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) contract to develop highly reliable command and control (C2) communications systems for uncrewed aircraft systems (UASs) used in extended beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) operations across challenging terrains.

DUBLIN, Ireland. The global demand for military helicopters is expected to see strong growth from 2024 through 2027, a new report predicts.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden. Saab won an order from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) for conceptual stuties for future fighter systems, the company announced in a statement.

RESTON, Virginia. CACI International won a one-year contract worth up to $239 million to modernize the U.S. Army's Global Secure Internet Protocol Router (SIPR) Network (GSN), the company announced in a statement.

TUCSON, Arizona. Raytheon won a $1.2 billion contract to provide additional Patriot air and missile defense systems to Germany to bolster their air defense capabilities and interoperability with allied forces, the company announced in a statement.

GENEVA, Switzerland. Mercury Mission Systems will collaborate with Lockheed Martin to enhance defense technology manufacturing in for F-35 aircraft in Switzerland, the company announced in a statement.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. Autonomous aircraft company Reliable Robotics reported that it gained approval to participate in the 2024 AFWERX Tactical Funding Increase (TACFI) program for the U.S. Air Force (USAF); the TACFI program was launced to “bridge the capability gap” between current Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) efforts to facilitate the delivery of strategic capabilities for the USAF.

SAN FRANCISCO. The Open Group Sensor Open Systems Architecture (SOSA) Consortium announced the release of the Technical Standard for SOSA Reference Architecture, Edition 2.0, Version 2 (Snapshot 2). 

SAN DIEGO. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) reports that it recently conducted a series of tests on its sonobuoy dispensing system (SDS) using the MQ-9B SeaGuardian uncrewed aerial system (UAS). 

TUCSON, Ariz. Raytheon (an RTX business) won a contract worth $1.2 billion contract to deliver Patriot air and missile-defense systems to Germany. The new systems will provide additional Patriot equipment for Germany's existing air defense infrastructure. 

AUSTIN, Tex. SparkCognition Government Systems (SGS), which provides artificial intelligence (AI) solutions for defense and national security, announced that it signed a contract with the Ohio Aerospace Institute through the Digital, Research, Innovation and Experimentation (D.R.I.V.E.) Consortium that aims to leverage AI to optimize the U.S. Air Force's supply chain.

KENT, Washington. Blue Origin will demonstrate the operational capabilities of its Blue Ring system in the upcoming DarkSky-1 (DS-1) mission, sponsored by the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), which would be a major step in a broader objective to facilitate space access, the company announced in a statement.

SANTA CRUZ, California. Joby Aviation will deliver two electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft to MacDill Air Force Base in 2025 as part of an expanation of activities with the U.S. Air Force, the company announced in a statement.

SAN DIEGO. BAE Systems reports that the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) awarded it an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract worth as much as $182 million to provide geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) Enterprise Modeling (GEM) Services, a suite of services referred to as "GEM Cutter."

WILMINGTON, Del. The global market for semiconductors used in space missions and exploration, valued at $2.1 billion in 2022, is estimated to reach $4.8 billion by 2032, growing at a CAGR [combined annual growth rate] of 8.8% from 2023 to 2032, according to a new report from Allied Market Research, “Space Semiconductor Market."