SEA-AIR-SPACE 2024--NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. The Navy League's Sea-Air-Space -- a large maritime exposition featuring defense industry leaders and major military decision makers from around the globe sharing the latest updates surrounding the maritime domain -- is slated to feature top-tier speakers and events during its run, April 8-10 2024, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland.

KILN, Miss. Skydweller Aero, a maker of large, autonomous solar-powered aircraft, reports that it accomplished the world's first successful autonomous/unmanned/uncrewed flight of a large solar-powered aircraft; during the flight from Stennis International Airport in Mississippi, the Skydweller uncrewed aerial system (UAS) took off, flew, and landed by itself without human intervention onboard or in control.  

NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER AIRCRAFT DIVISION, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. U.S. Navy and Air Force fighter pilots will start a joint training program at the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Joint Simulation Environment (JSE) facility starting in 2024.

ESCONDIDO, Calif. Rugged high-performance computing supplier One Stop Systems (OSS) recently received a new purchase order from the U.S. Army to design and manufacture an artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled video concentrator intended for use on U.S. Army land vehicles such as the Stryker, Bradley, and Abrams combat vehicles.

SAN DIEGO, California. Kratos and Shield AI recently completed the initial phase of AI-piloted flight testing using the Kratos Tactical Firejet, the companies announced in a statement.

DENVER, Colorado. Palantir Technologies won a contract to from the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) to create the Electromagnetic Battle Management - Joint Decision Support (EMBM-J DS) Prototype, the company announced in a statement.

PACIFIC MISSILE RANGE FACILITY, Hawaii. The U.S. Navy intercepted a medium-range ballistic missile target in an at-sea test with the Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) developed by Raytheon, the company announced in a statement.

FALLS CHURCH, Va. General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) won a contract worth $922 million to modernize the U.S. Central Command's (CENTCOM) enterprise IT infrastructure.

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland. The U.S. Navy began an enhancement of its P-8A Poseidon aircraft fleet with Increment 3 Block 2 modifications, delivering the first aircraft for this upgrade to Boeing on March 27, Naval Air Systems Command announced.

ATLANTA, Georgia. Hermeus will conduct its first flight of the uncrewed hypersonic Quarterhorse Mk 1 later this year at Edwards Air Force Base, the company announced in a statement.

WENHEIM, Germany. Researchers in Japan report that they created the first "n-channel" diamond-based transistor, which they say brings the scientific computing community closer to processors that can operate at super-high temperatures, according to findings in the scientific journal Advanced Science. 

HAIFA, Israel. An unnamed European nation chose Elbit Systems' Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence (C4I) solution to modernize its 155mm howitzer battalions, according to a statement from the company.

LONDON, England. Open software architecture pilot training company AERILS signed a memorandum of understanding with Red 6, a firm specializing in Augmented Reality (AR) technology, to create systems for pilot training, the companies announced in a statement.

SAN DIEGO, California. The Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) has tasked General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) with upgrading their fleet of MQ-9A Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA), the company announced in a statement.

MCLEAN, Va. IT consulting firm ValidaTek secured a contract with the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) that it says will help the agency maintain the availability, security, and stability of its infrastructure.