WASHINGTON. The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and U.S. Department of Commerce announced that Intel Corp. has received as much as $3 billion in direct funding under the CHIPS and Science Act as part of the Secure Enclave program, which was started to expand the trusted manufacturing of leading-edge semiconductors for the U.S. government.

PHOENIX. Honeywell is launching a new counter-uncrewed aerial system (UAS) defensive system that detects, tracks, and counters UAS swarms by combining beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BLOS) communication with command-and-control capabilities. 

YORK, Pennsylvania. BAE Systems won a $440 million contract to build more than 200 additional A4 variants of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle for the U.S. Army, the company announced in a statement.

MELBOURNE, Australia. Hanwha Defence Australia (HDC) chose Rohde & Schwarz to design and build an electromagnetic compatibility assurance (EMC) test solution for Australian armored vehicles, Rohde & Schwarz announced in a statement.

SYRACUSE, New York. The Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency (NDMA) will buy three additional TPY-4 ground-based multi-mission radars from Lockheed Martin, bringing the total number of units ordered to 11, the company announced in a statement.

DÜSSELDORF, Germany. Rheinmetall will expand its cooperation with ICEYE, a company specializing in Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite operations, as part of a newly signed teaming agreement, Rheinmetall announced in a statement.

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. Uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) specialists Skyfire Consulting has been acquired by Echelon AI, a company that offers autonomous and swarming artificial intelligence (AI) solutions for UASs. 

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland. L3 Technologies won a $587.4 million contract from the U.S. Navy for the engineering and manufacturing development of the Next Generation Jammer Low Band (NGJ-LB) system, the Navy announced in a statement.

EL SEGUNDO, California. Sev1Tech won a $188 million contract from U.S. Space Systems Command (SSC) for the continued development of the meshONE-Terrestrial (meshONE-T) network, the command announced in a statement.

LONDON, England. Airbus Defence and Space and Rohde & Schwarz signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) as part of an effort to enhance communication capabilities for the Royal Navy, the companies announced in a statement.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark. Exail has secured a contract with Precision Technic Defence A/S to provide its Advans Vega Inertial Navigation Systems (INS) for use in mobile surveillance systems by the land forces of a Northern European country, the company announced in a statement.

SAN DIEGO. Cubic Defense will provide an encrypted Air Combat Maneuvering Instrumentation (ACMI) upgrade for U.S. Air Force (USAF) aircraft under a production order from the Air Force.

FALLS CHURCH, Va. General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT -- a business unit of General Dynamics) -- announced its acquisition of Iron EagleX, Inc. (IEX), a company that provides artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML), cyber, software development, and cloud services for the U.S. military Special Operations Forces and the intelligence community.

TOKYO, Japan. Teledyne FLIR Defense will deliver its Star SAFIRE 380-HLD multi-spectral imaging systems to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) as part of a contract worth up to $20.8 million, the company announced in a statement.

MARIGNANE, France. Airbus Helicopters won a contract to deliver 12 H225M multi-role helicopters to the Republic of Iraq, the company announced in a statement. The Iraqi Army Aviation command will operate the helicopters, replacing its aging fleet of Mi-17s.