ANDOVER, Mass. Mercury Systems has won a $165 million firm-fixed-price indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract award from the U.S. Air Force (USAF) for secure flight-data recorders in support of the secure mission data systems (SMDS) on the USAF's F-16 fleet.
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Autonomous search-and-follow demoed on GA-ASI Avenger UAS - News
February 28, 2022POWAY, Calif. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) used a company-owned Avenger unmanned aircraft system (UAS) and five hardware-in-the-loop synthetic Avengers to autonomously search and follow an artificially-generated adversary.
Microsoft and Lockheed Martin collab to advance 5G.MIL tech - News
February 28, 2022BETHESDA, Md. Lockheed Martin is actively collaborating with Microsoft on 5G.MIL solutions to advance reliable connections for U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) systems capable of spanning air, land, sea, space, and cyber domains.
AI-based space technology to utilize satellite and sensor data - News
February 25, 2022DENMARK. The Technical University of Denmark (DTU) and the Danish company Space Inventor are cooperating with the French defense and technology company Thales in Denmark to develop new technology intended to monitor and identify military threats in space and on Earth.
Digital twin in development with NGC to virtually test mission systems - News
February 25, 2022FALLS CHURCH, Va. Northrop Grumman Corporation is developing a digital replica of its flying CRJ testbed airframe and subsystems to take full advantage of digital engineering capabilities in the development of new product lines of mission systems.
Data and cyber optimization business launched by BAE Systems - News
February 25, 2022UNITED KINGDOM. BAE Systems announced that the company has formed a new Digital Intelligence business with the intent to bring together a number of digital, data, and cyber capabilities from across the company to deliver a greater digital advantage to its customers and partners.
Counter-EW weapon for antidrone defense garners AFRL contract for Leidos - News
February 25, 2022RESTON, Va. Leidos Inc. has won a contract with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to produce a next-generation counter-electronic weapon (EW) system to defend against adversarial unmanned aerial system (UAS) activity.
AI and ML innovation contract for AFRL completed by OmniSync - News
February 24, 2022SAN DIEGO, Calif. OmniSync Incorporated has announced the completion of the period of performance under its second innovation contract from the U.S. Air Force, claiming to have fully met the objectives of both contracts.
Deep-space radar capability in development with Northrop Grumman - News
February 24, 2022FALLS CHURCH, Va. Northrop Grumman Corporation has won a $341 million contract by the U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) to develop, test, and deliver a Deep-Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC) in support of its Space Domain Awareness mission.
SOSA aligned DSP engine from Curtiss-Wright debuts with newly introduced Intel "Ice Lake" processor - News
February 24, 2022ASHBURN, Va. Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions introduced the CHAMP-XD3, a Sensor Open Systems Architecture (SOSA)-aligned 3U OpenVPX digital signal processing (DSP) processing module based on the just-announced Intel Xeon D-1700 (known as "Ice Lake") processor.
AI-powered drone swarming demoed at UMEX 2022 - News
February 23, 2022ABU DHABI, UAE. EDGE, a technology group for defense in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has released swarming drones, its latest application for unmanned aerial systems (UAS), on the first day of the Unmanned Systems Exhibition and Conference (UMEX 2022).
FLASH SONICS sonar processing system to fly aboard German NH90 fleet - News
February 23, 2022GERMANY. The German Ministry of Defense has selected Thales to equip the NH90 Multi Role Frigate Helicopter fleet with FLASH SONICS dipping sonar and sonobuoy processing systems.
Laser-guided handheld targeting device to equip USMC - News
February 23, 2022FALLS CHURCH, Va. Northrop Grumman Corporation has been selected to provide the U.S. Marine Corps with the Next Generation Handheld Targeting System (NGHTS). This compact targeting device is designed to provide precision targeting and be capable of operation in GPS-denied environments.
Rugged 5G deployable network launched by Saab - News
February 22, 2022SWEDEN. Saab is launching a ruggedized, 5G communication system for military and crisis operations at the Umex SimTEX 2022 exhibition in the United Arab Emirates called DeployNet.
Spacecraft developed for USSF weather satellite program completes review - News
February 22, 2022SAN DIEGO, Calif. General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced that it has completed the final design review (FDR) of its spacecraft design for the U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command Electro-Optical Infrared (EO/IR) Weather System (EWS) satellite program.
Avionics
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C-130 avionics upgrades to be performed for Royal Moroccan Air Force
July 15, 2025
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HH-60W helicopters, electronic warfare systems approved for potential sale to Norway
July 14, 2025
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P-8A Poseidon aircraft overhaul begins with L3Harris delivery to U.S. Navy
July 11, 2025
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Typhoon canopy transparencies to be supplied through 2030 by GKN Aerospace
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Unmanned
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Carrier boards, test subracks introduced for AI and computing applications by Pixus
July 18, 2025
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Microwave platform from Epirus ordered by U.S. Army office
July 18, 2025
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Military connectors market to reach $2.28 billion by 2030, study predicts
July 18, 2025
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XQ-58A Valkyrie to be integrated with new mission system for Germany
July 17, 2025
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AI-enabled command and control software deployed for Canadian airspace management
July 07, 2025
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AI-powered object detection technology to be provided to NGA by Maxar
June 30, 2025
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GUEST BLOG: Achieving edge AI in space applications
June 27, 2025
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How to Use Automated Synthetic Data Generation in AI Model Development for Object Detection
June 23, 2025
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Cybersecurity training platform to support French Armed Forces under Airbus contract
July 14, 2025
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DARPA convenes colloquium to advance rigorous cybersecurity techniques
June 26, 2025
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Cybersecurity the focus of DARPA Resilient Software program
June 19, 2025
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NSA approves Persistent Systems Wave Relay for classified information transfers
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