ARLINGTON, Virginia. AeroVironment demonstrated the JUMP 20 vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) medium uncrewed aerial system (UAS) during the U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/4th Fleet Hybrid Fleet Campaign Event (HFCE), the company announced in a statement.

SYDNEY, Australia. Teledyne FLIR Defense introduced its latest maritime surveillance technology, the SeaFLIR 240-EP, at the Indo Pacific 2023 conference at the International Convention Centre, the company announced in a statement.

WAKEFIELD, Mass. PICMG -- PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group, a leading consortium for the development of open embedded computing specifications -- has ratified Revision 3.0 of the MicroTCA.0 (µTCA.0) specification, a move that addresses urgent bandwidth requirements by defining 100 GbE and PCIe Gen 5 fabrics that improve system performance by four times while also expanding platform thermal design power (TDP), thereby enabling the use of higher-performance processors. 

AARHUS, Denmark. The Polish military plans to integrate the SitaWare suite of C4ISR technology from Systematic into its newly acquired M1 Abrams tanks and support vehicles, the company announced in a statement.

WASHINGTON, D.C. Ukraine is set to receive a diverse array of military support, including counter-drone systems, National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems, and precision munitions, as part of the latest U.S. defense package, the Department of Defense announced.

RESTON, Va. Technology company SOSi and the Defense Intelligence Agency’s (DIA) Missile and Space Intelligence Center (MSIC) have signed a task order worth $63 million under which SOSi will deliver artificial intelligence (Al) and machine learning (ML) technology development services.

ANDOVER, Mass. Mercury Systems announced that it signed an agreement with the U.S. Navy to develop manufacturing capabilities that would allow commercial photonics chiplets to accelerate edge processing in defense applications.

ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. The U.S. Air Force's 52nd Combat Communications Squadron (CBCS), based at Robins Air Force base, is beta-testing two new deployable tactical-communications kits: the Agile Communications Package (ACP) and the Fly-Away Communications Terminal (FACT).

NATIONAL GUARD CAMP ATTERBURY-MUSCATATUCK, Ind. The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering and the Indiana National Guard hosted the second iteration of the Technology Readiness Experimentation 2023 event (T-REX) at Muscatatuck Training Center/Camp Atterbury, Indiana during mid-October, as part of the T-REX assessment of technologies that the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) deems critical to warfighting efforts.

BOZEMAN, Mont. Defense-technology company Reveal Technology won a U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant totaling $749,000 for research, development, testing, and evaluation of Reveal's Farsight platform.

WESTERN ATLANTIC OCEAN. An F-35 test pilot achieved a milestone with the execution of the first night shipborne rolling vertical landing (SRVL) on the HMS Prince of Wales, according to a statement from Naval Air Systems Command.

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland. The U.S. Navy initiated improvements to the helmet-mounted components of the F/A-18 and EA-18G aircraft, focusing on the Improved Joint Helmet-Mounted Cuing System (IJHMCS), Naval Air Systems Command announced in a statement.

VIENNA, Austria. Schiebel participated in the REPMUS and Dynamic Messenger 2023 NATO exercises in Portugal, showcasing the maritime capabilities of its CAMCOPTER S-100, the company announced in a statement.

MARIGNANE, France. Airbus Helicopters and Naval Group and the French Navy conducted sea trials for the SDAM (Système de Drone Aérien Marine/Naval Aerial Drone System) on a multi-mission frigate (FREMM), the company announced in a statement.

ARLINGTON, Virginia. Leonardo DRS won a contract from the U.S. Army to produce a prototype of the Joint Effects Targeting System II (JETS II), a next-generation multi-sensor targeting technology designed for forward observers, the company announced in a statement.