MCLEAN, Virginia. Intelsat will develop and test multi-orbit satellite communications (SATCOM) systems on various U.S. Air Force aircraft after winning a $9 million contract with the Air Force Research Laboratory, the company announced in a statement.

MELBOURNE, Florida. The Department of Defense launched five L3Harris Technologies missile tracking satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, supporting the Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS) program and the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Tranche 0 (T0) Tracking Layer program, the company announced in a statement.

SAN DIEGO. Military Embedded Systems is pleased to announce the winners of its Best In Show awards at this week's WEST 2024 (AFCEA West) Conference & Exhibition. 

WEST 2024 CONFERENCE & EXPOSITION -- SAN DIEGO. The U.S. Navy must integrate disruptive and emerging technologies and unleash the creative power of the American sailor and of American industry in order to counter its adversaries now and in the future, stated Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti in her keynote address at WEST 2024, underway this week in San Diego. 

ELLICOTT CITY, Md. IT and engineering services company Data Computer Corporation of America (DCCA) reports that it won a large contract from the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) to provide comprehensive support to DISA’s Command and Control (C2) Portfolio capabilities.

SAN DIEGO, California. General Micro Systems introduced the "Shorty 4" series of 1U and 2U rackmount servers tailored for use in space-constrained environments on U.S. Navy vessels, featuring ultra-rugged design and flexibility for non-rackmount installations for tight spaces commonly found on various naval platforms, the company announced in a statement.

SAN DIEGO, California. General Micro Systems (GMS) showcased its X9 Spider Rugged Thunderbolt 4 Tablet/Display -- which is equipped with an ARM-based Qualcomm AI processor and can function both as a mounted display and as a handheld tablet -- at the West 2024 Conference, the company announced in a statement.

WEST 2024 CONFERENCE & EXPOSITION -- SAN DIEGO. Phoenix International Systems unveiled its RPC4 rugged network attached storage (NAS)/data logger at this week's WEST 2024 conference and exhibition. 

TAMPA, Fla. Safety-critical software firm CoreAVI reports that Airbus completed a successful flight test of its Auto’Mate (autonomous in-flight refueling) demonstrator that uses CoreAVI’s GPU accelerated artificial intelligence (AI) software stack, including VkCore SC and ComputeCore. 

WEST 2024 CONFERENCE & EXPOSITION -- SAN DIEGO. One Stop Systems (OSS), which specializes in rugged high-performance compute (HPC) for artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and sensor processing at the edge, is highlighting its specialized high-performance AI computing solutions at WEST 2024, held this week in San Diego. (February 13-15). 

ARLINGTON, Va. Collins Aerospace (an RTX business) reports delivery of vehicle-mounted air-traffic control systems -- called Air Traffic Navigation, Integration, and Coordination Systems (ATNAVICS) – to the U.S. Air Force to provide air-traffic management in the most contested environments.

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama. AMETEK Abaco Systems' FORCE2C mission computer recently completed its Stage of Involvement (SOI) reviews, getting official approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) after meeting the standards of DO-254 and DO-178C for fixed and rotary wing aircraft, crewed and uncrewed, the company announced in a statement.

SAN FRANCISCO. Modular autonomy provider Xwing won approval from the U.S. Air Force to fly autonomous Air Force cargo missions across California. 

WEST 2024 CONFERENCE & EXPOSITION -- SAN DIEGO. Engineering and design firm Fuse Integration (San Diego) plans to demonstrate its tactical edge networking solutions at this week's AFCEA/USNI West 2024 Conference and Exposition, scheduled to be held February 13-15.

ARLINGTON, Virginia. AeroVironment won a contract from Advanced Technology International (ATI), managed by the U.S. Marine Corps Warfighting Lab (MCWL), to provide devices that can control multiple drones, the company announced in a statement.