NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) E-2/C-2 Airborne Command & Control Systems Program Office (PMA-231) awarded a $16 million contract to defense software company Fuse Integration to produce and install Fuse CORE 4.0 virtualized network systems for the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft.

VIENNA, Austria. Schiebel’s Camcopter S-100 received the first-ever Design Verification Report (DVR) for a Rotary Wing Unmanned Air System (RWUAS) from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), the company announced in a statement.

ULM, Germany. The German Aerospace Centre (DLR) recently tested a new compact radar system from Hensoldt designed to monitor uncontrolled airspace, the company announced in a statement.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. Connectivity engineering firm Applied Dynamics International (ADI) announced that it successfully completed its project to modernize the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellite-emulator systems, an effort ADI says uses an open-architecture framework based on the modular open systems approach (MOSA) principles.

FARNBOROUGH, England. BAE Systems acquired Kirintec, a U.K.-based company specializing in cyber and electromagnetic activities (CEMA) and counter-uncrewed aerial system (C-UAS) technologies, the company announced in a statement.

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina. Honeywell completed its $1.9 billion acquisition of CAES Systems Holdings LLC (CAES) from Advent International, the company announced in a statement.

FAIRFAX, Virginia. General Dynamics Mission Systems (GDMS) won a $491.6 million contract from the Space Development Agency (SDA) to support the Ground Management and Integration (GMI) program, the company announced in a statement.

ROLLING MEADOWS, Illinois. Northrop Grumman’s AN/ALQ-257 Integrated Viper Electronic Warfare Suite (IVEWS) completed U.S. Air Force testing at the Joint Preflight Integration of Munitions and Electronic Sensors (J-PRIMES) facility, the company announced in a statement.

SAN FRANCISCO. The global market for military uncrewed aerial systems (UASs) or drones, measured at $36.14 billion in 2024, is expected to grow at a combined annual growth rate (CAGR) of 13.8% to 2030, according to a study from Grand View Research, "Military Drone Market Size, Share & Trends Analysis Report By Type (Fixed-wing, Rotary Blade, Hybrid), By Operation Mode, By Range, By Application, By Region, And Segment Forecasts, 2024 - 2030."

HAMBURG, Germany. Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems and NVL have signed a cooperation agreement to jointly construct the F127 air defense frigates for the German Navy, the companies announced in a statement.

KIELCE, Poland. Thales and PIT-RADWAR, a member of the PGZ Group, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for strategic cooperation in radar technologies, Thales announced in a statement.

OSLO, Norway. Kongsberg Aviation Maintenance Services (KAMS) won a contract from the Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency (NDMA) to upgrade the Norwegian Armed Forces’ Bell 412 helicopters, the company announced in a statement.

MONTREAL, Canada. Haivision Systems announced that its subsidiary Haivision MCS won a five-year production agreement with the U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) to equip U.S. Navy vessels with a comprehensive suite of Haivision ultra-high- performance video-processing solutions for mission-critical display along with video transcoding, storage, and distribution components.

LINKÖPING, Sweden. Saab AB received an order from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV), a government agency acting under Sweden's defense department, to supply the Giraffe 1X radar for one of Sweden’s ground-based air defense (GBAD) solutions.

RESTON, Va. CACI International won a five-year task order -- valued at as much as $80 million -- to continue providing engineering support expertise to the U.S. Navy Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Corona Division.