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Helmet-mounted microdisplays ordered for U.S. military aircraft - News

April 23, 2025

WESTBOROUGH, Massachusetts. Kopin Corporation won a multi-year contract valued at $7.5 million to supply microdisplays for helmet-mounted display systems used by aircraft pilots, the company announced in a statement.

Comms

Satellite network equipment ordered from Gilat for global VHTS constellations - News

April 23, 2025

PETAH TIKVA, Israel. Gilat Satellite Networks won more than $15 million in orders from international satellite operators for equipment and services supporting geostationary (GEO), medium Earth orbit (MEO), and low Earth orbit (LEO) Very High Throughput Satellite (VHTS) constellations, the company announced in a statement.

Comms

Development of European modernized battle tank begins - News

April 23, 2025

PARIS, France. A new European development program focused on modernizing main battle tank (MBT) technologies has officially launched under the title “Technologies for Existing and Future Main Battle Tanks (FMBTech),” Thales announced in a statement.

Radar/EW

LTAMDS radar enters production phase following U.S. Army approval - News

April 22, 2025

ANDOVER, Mass. Raytheon began production of its Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS) after completing flight testing and receiving Milestone C approval from the U.S. Department of Defense, the company announced.

Unmanned

MOSA VTOL uncrewed aircraft system selected by Italy - News

April 22, 2025

ROME, Italy. AeroVironment won a $46.6 million contract from the Italian Ministry of Defence for the procurement of its JUMP 20 vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) uncrewed aircraft system (UAS), the company announced in a statement. 

Avionics

F-35 power- and thermal-management system marks 1 million flight hours - News

April 22, 2025

PHOENIX. Honeywell announced that its F-35 Power and Thermal Management System (PTMS) marked one million flight hours since the supersonic F-35 strike fighter aircraft first took flight in late 2006. 

Radar/EW

SOSA aligned 3U OpenVPX air transport rack enclosures introduced by Pixus Technologies - News

April 21, 2025

TONAWANDA, New York. Pixus Technologies introduced a new line of air transport rack (ATR) enclosures to support high-speed data throughput that is based on the 3U OpenVPX form factor and aligned with the Sensor Open Systems Architecture, or SOSA, Technical Standard, the company announced in a statement.

Unmanned

Mine countermeasures technology demonstrated in U.S.-ROK exercise off Korean coast - News

April 21, 2025

AT SEA, South Korea. The U.S. Navy and Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) concluded a bilateral mine countermeasures exercise known as Korean Spring Exercise on April 16, aimed at enhancing combined proficiency in mine warfare operations, the U.S. Navy announced in a statement.

Comms

Missile defense satellite payload production facility expanded by L3Harris - News

April 21, 2025

FORT WAYNE, Indiana. L3Harris Technologies has completed a $125 million expansion of its Fort Wayne space systems facility to increase production capacity for satellite-based missile warning and defense programs, the company announced in a statement.

Radar/EW

Altera to become independent FPGA firm under majority investment by Silver Lake - News

April 18, 2025

SANTA CLARA, California. Intel reached an agreement to sell a 51% stake in its Altera business to private equity firm Silver Lake, establishing Altera as an independent company focused solely on field-programmable gate array (FPGA) solutions, the company announced in a statement.

Radar/EW

Air defense system hardware contract awarded to Kratos - News

April 18, 2025

SAN DIEGO, California. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions won a sole-source contract valued at approximately $30 million to produce air defense system hardware for a U.S. national security customer, the company announced in a statement.

Comms

AI-based situational awareness system to be integrated into Czech armored vehicles - News

April 18, 2025

PARDUBICE, Czech Republic. Retia entered into a strategic partnership with Israeli company Axon Vision to integrate artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled situational awareness systems into Czech-manufactured armored vehicles, the company announced in a statement.

Unmanned

Radiofrequency weapon defeats drone swarms in U.K. Army trial - News

April 17, 2025

WEST WALES, U.K. The British Army has completed its largest counter-drone swarm trial, demonstrating a radiofrequency directed energy weapon (RF DEW) system capable of neutralizing multiple uncrewed aerial targets simultaneously, the U.K. Ministry of Defence announced in a statement.

Comms

Dual traveling wave tubes from Thales delivered for Optus-11 satellite - News

April 17, 2025

ULM, Germany. Thales delivered a full set of dual traveling wave tubes (TWTs) for the Optus-11 satellite, a Ku-band spacecraft developed by Airbus Defence and Space under the OneSat reconfigurable satellite program, the company announced in a statement.

Unmanned

Swarming software and high-density motors selected by GA-ASI for technology investment - News

April 17, 2025

SAN DIEGO, California. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) will invest in two Dutch companies—Emergent Swarm Solutions and Saluqi Motors—following their participation in the 2024 Blue Magic Netherlands (BMN) innovation event, the company announced in a statement.