MELBOURNE, Florida. Satcom Direct Government (SDG) won a five-year, $240 million renewal of its blanket purchase agreement (BPA) for providing satellite connectivity services to various U.S. government bodies, including the the Department of Defense (DoD), the company announced in a statement

SAN DIEGO, California. Kratos won a $57.6 million contract modification for the production of BQM-177A Surface Launched Aerial Targets for the U.S. Navy, the company announced in a statement.

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. Networking and communications company EchoStar and its subsidiary Hughes announced that the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E)) FutureG Office has extended its contract for the continued deployment of standalone 5G networks at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPHH) in Hawaii and at the Naval Air Station Whidbey Island (NASWI) in Washington.  

PUNE, India. The global market for cognitive electronic warfare (EW) is projected to grow from a size of $18.53 billion in 2023 to reach $47.58 billion by 2030, at a CAGR [combined annual growth rate] of 14.41% over the forecast period, according to a report from 360iResearch, "Cognitive Electronic Warfare System Market by Components (Antennas & Transmitters, Electronic Countermeasure Systems, Electronic Support Measures), Capability (Electronic Attack, Electronic Intelligence, Electronic Protection), Operation, Platform -- Global Forecast 2024-2030."

IRVINE, California. Anduril Industries conducted a live fire test of their ALTIUS-700M loitering munition at the U.S. Army's Dugway Proving Grounds in Utah in September, striking targets across six missions, the company announced in a statement.

LONDON, England. The UK Armed Forces will receive 14 extended-range Chinook helicopters (CH47-ER) that have advanced digital cockpits, the Ministry of Defence announced in a statement.

FALLS CHURCH, Va. BAE Systems received a contract from the U.S. Navy to continue supporting the service's Mobile Deployable Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Combat Systems, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (MDC5ISR) programs.

WICHITA, Kansas. Textron Aviation won a contract from U.S. Army Contracting Command to supply two Cessna Grand Caravan EX turboprop aircraft to the Djiboutian Air Force (DAF) for Horn of Africa security, with a potential contract value of up to $100 million over five years, the company announced in a statement.

MCLEAN, Virginia. HII won a contract to build a REMUS 620 uncrewed underwater vehicle (UUV) for a client in the Indo-Pacific Region, set for delivery later this year, that will be used for monitoring and data collection missions, the company announced in a statement.

GEORGETOWN, Texas. Rugged electronics manufacturer AirBorn launched its new VPX power supply, which is a SOSA aligned intelligent VPX power supply with a maximum output power upwards of 2000 watts. 

SAN DIEGO, California. Shield AI won a contract from Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR PMA-281) to integrate its Hivemind artificial intelligence (AI) pilot into the Kratos BQM-177A as part of an initiative to enhance the aircraft with advanced AI-based autonomy capabilities, the company announced in a statement.

Ottawa, Ontario and Kirkland, Wash. Kongsberg Geospatial, a company that develops airspace-deconfliction solutions, teamed with radar-platform company Echodyne to accelerate and extend beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) operations for advanced air mobility (AAM)/uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) applications.

PARIS, France. Thales developed and delivered the Expeditionary Portable Operations Centre (e-POC) to the French Navy, a project commissioned by the French defence procurement agency (DGA) and the Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation (OCCAr) to conduct drone-based mine countermeasures missions, the company announced in a statement.

ESCONDIDO, Calif. HIgh-performance computing (HPC) company One Stop Systems (OSS) reports that it will lead a pilot project for a U.S. intelligence agency to provide a liquid immersion-cooled data-storage system for use on a mobile ground station. that will leverage artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML).  

ROLLING MEADOWS, Illinois. Northrop Grumman Corporation started the production of the AN/APR-39E(V)2 radar warning receivers, following the award of a multi-year contract by the U.S. Army, the company announced in a statement.