RESTON, Va. Technology and engineering firm Leidos won a prime contract to provide intelligence, technical, financial, and management services to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the U.S. government agency that provides oversight for the intelligence community. 

CANBERRA, Australia. BAE Systems Australia has won a two-year contract extension to provide electronic warfare systems for the Royal Australian Air Force’s (RAAF) E-7A Wedgetail aircraft fleet through 2028, according to a company announcement.

BILLERICA, Massachusetts. Teledyne FLIR Defense will supply an additional 1,000 Black Hornet 3 Personal Reconnaissance uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) to Ukraine, according to an announcement from the company. The order has been placed by Norway's Ministry of Defense, as part of their continued support for Ukraine's military efforts.

ARLINGTON, Va. A new project from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is attempting to help government and industry more quickly and reliably harden space-based microelectronics against damage caused by single-event effects, such as solar flares. 

WARRENTON, Va. and SYDNEY, Australia. Artificial intelligence (AI)-based counter-uncrewed systems company DroneShield won a $33 million contract with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), consisting of DroneShield counter-uncrewed aerial system (C-UAS) equipment and multiyear support services.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Collins Aerospace has completed flight testing for the MS-110 Multispectral Airborne Reconnaissance System, which will be integrated onto F-16 fighter aircraft, according to a company statement.

SAINT-CLOUD, France. The Indian Government will buy Navy variants of the Rafale aircraft for the Indian Navy, according to a statement from manufacturer Dassault Aviation.

MELVILLE, New York. Comtech has won a contract to provide the US Army with its Troposcatter Family of Systems (FOS) communications system, according to a recent company announcement.

PHOENIX, Ariz. Spirit Electronics announced its acquisition of Insight Analytical Labs (Colorado Springs, Colorado); Insight Analytical Labs' team, operations, and assets will become part of Spirit Electronics.

NEW YORK. The size of the unmanned maritime vehicle (UMV) market is forecast to reach over $3.1 billion by 2033, a projected increase of over $1.9 billion from the size of the 2023 market, driven by a growing number of applications for littoral warfare, according to a report from GlobalData, "Unmanned Maritime Vehicles – Thematic Intelligence." 

TAUFKIRCHEN, Germany. Hensoldt will supply six radars to the German Armed Force as part of Diehl Defence's IRIS-T SLM air defense system, according to a Hensoldt statement.

ANDOVER, Massachusetts. Mercury Systems has won a five-year contract from U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) to provide digital head-up displays for T-45 Goshawk training aircraft, the company announced in a statement.

WASHINGTON. The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Space Wireless Energy Laser Link (SWELL) passed 100 days of successful on-orbit laser operations on June 29, 2023, with the NRL calling the experiment "the first successful instance of laser power beaming in space."

PARIS, France. Thales is in exclusive negotiations to acquire Cobham Aerospace Communications (AeroComms), a provider of safety cockpit communication systems, according to a statement from Thales.

HAIFA, Israel. Elbit Systems has won a contract to supply two long-range patrol aircraft (LRPA) to an unnamed Asian-Pacific nation, according to a company statement. The contract, worth about $114 million, will be carried out over a five-year span.