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A.I.

Enterprise IT modernization to be provided to STRATCOM by GDIT - News

September 26, 2025

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia. General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) won a $1.5 billion contract to modernize enterprise IT systems supporting U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM), the company announced in a statement.

Unmanned

Uncrewed surface vehicle completes 1,100-nautical-mile transit to NATO exercise - News

September 26, 2025

LA CIOTAT, France. Exail’s DriX O-16 uncrewed surface vehicle (USV) completed a 1,100-nautical-mile voyage from La Ciotat, France, to Troia, Portugal, to participate in NATO’s REPMUS 2025 exercise, the company announced in a statement.

Comms

Robotic spacecraft will attempt to stabilize NASA telescope's orbit - News

September 25, 2025

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. Katalyst Space Technologies has secured a contract from NASA to raise the orbit of the space agency's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory; the observatory's orbit is decaying faster than NASA had anticipated due to higher-than-expected atmopsheric drag.

Comms

High-frequency communications partnership formed by Babcock, KNL - News

September 25, 2025

LONDON, United Kingdom. Babcock International signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Finnish radio manufacturer KNL to collaborate on high-frequency (HF) communications solutions for land, sea, and air forces, the company announced in a statement.

Avionics

F/A-18 service life modification work to shift from St. Louis beginning in 2026 - News

September 25, 2025

ST. LOUIS, Missouri. Boeing will relocate its F/A-18 Super Hornet Service Life Modification (SLM) program from the St. Louis region starting in 2026, with all work at the site scheduled to conclude in 2027, the company announced in a statement.

Avionics

Turbofan engine testing completed for Collaborative Combat Aircraft by Pratt & Whitney - News

September 25, 2025

EAST HARTFORD, Connecticut. Pratt & Whitney completed a round of testing on its small turbofan engine family to validate performance for use on Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA), the company announced in a statement.

Comms

SATCOM antenna from Cubic Defense wins AFRL contract - News

September 24, 2025

SAN DIEGO. Cubic Defense's Secure Communications business unit won a contract with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to advance Halo, its multilink, multiband, multi-orbit hybrid satellite communications (SATCOM) antenna.

Comms

Satellite bus platforms delivered by Terran Orbital for SDA - News

September 24, 2025

BOCA RATON, Florida. Terran Orbital delivered 42 satellite bus platforms to Lockheed Martin in support of the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture Tranche 1 Transport Layer, the company announced in a statement.

Unmanned

Autonomous flight of DT25 target drone conducted by Shield AI, Airbus - News

September 24, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. Shield AI and Airbus Defence and Space conducted an autonomous flight demonstration of the DT25 target drone in Andøya, Norway, through integration of Shield AI’s Hivemind autonomy software, the companies announced in a statement.

A.I.

Artificial intelligence integration expanded at Boeing factories through Palantir partnership - News

September 24, 2025

ARLINGTON, Virginia. Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) and Palantir will collaborate to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) software across BDS production facilities and defense programs, the companies announced in a statement.

Unmanned

AI-powered counter-drone system demonstrated by L3Harris, Shield AI - News

September 23, 2025

MELBOURNE, Florida. L3Harris Technologies and Shield AI demonstrated an artificial intelligence-enabled system for detecting and tracking uncrewed aerial systems (UASs) during a Department of Defense Technology Readiness Experimentation event, the companies announced in a statement.

Avionics

Solid-fueled ramjet tested in supersonic flights by GE Aerospace - News

September 23, 2025

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Florida. GE Aerospace completed a series of supersonic captive carry flight tests of its Atmospheric Test of Launched Airbreathing System (ATLAS) Flight Test Vehicle, advancing development of solid-fueled ramjet (SFRJ) propulsion, the company announced in a statement.

Comms

Airborne communications node aircraft delivered to U.S. Air Force - News

September 23, 2025

HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Massachusetts. Bombardier Defense delivered its ninth Global series aircraft to the U.S. Air Force for use in the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) program, the company announced in a statement.

A.I.

AI-based networking architecture wins NASA contract - News

September 23, 2025

LOWELL, Mass. Technology firm AiRANACULUS recently won a NASA contract to develop an advanced communications platform -- leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML)-based wireless network solutions -- that will be used to support exploration of the lunar surface.

Comms

AMV XP 8x8 armored vehicle provided to Japan by Patria - News

September 22, 2025

HOKKAIDO, Japan. The first Patria AMV XP 8x8 armored vehicle under Japan’s Wheeled Armored Personnel Carrier (WAPC) program has been delivered to the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF), the company announced in a statement.