GERMANY. Cobham Mission Systems, supplier in military aircraft countermeasure components, announced it has won subcontracts to provide chaff and flare dispenser equipment for the German Air Force’s Quadriga Tranche 4 Eurofighter Typhoon fleet.

WILSONVILLE, Ore. FLIR Systems, Inc. announced that it has won an additional $15.4 million contract to deliver its FLIR Black Hornet 3 Personal Reconnaissance Systems (PRS) to the U.S. Army. The advanced nano-unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are being used to augment squad and small unit-level surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities as part of the Army’s Soldier Borne Sensor (SBS) program.

CHANTILLY, Va. Perspecta Inc., a U.S. government services provider, announced that it was selected to develop cyber tools and solutions for the U.S. Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command (MARFORCYBER).

CENTREVILLE, Va. Cybersecurity and intelligence engineering firm Parsons won a contract worth $618 million with the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) for professional services that advance the intelligence community’s global cyber and intelligence technologies for C5ISR [command, control, communications, computers, cyber, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance], exercise, operations, and information services (CEOIS).

BERWYN, Pa. AMETEK, Inc. has announced the comapny's acquisition of NSI-MI Technologies, a provider of radio frequency and microwave test and measurement solutions and services. NSI-MI was acquired for $230 million and has annual sales of approximately $90 million.

LAKE FOREST, Calif. TiaLinx, Inc., developer of highly integrated wireless systems, announced implementation of its planar programmable polarized antenna technology at the Ka-band. The small footprint antenna element has been integrated with the switch and phase shifter to address a fully integrated planar programmable polarized cell with beamsteering capability in an antenna array (P3BA2).

FORT WORTH, Texas. The U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) Systems Command is working toward the next phase of replacing the legacy Light Armored Vehicle with a modern, robust Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle (ARV), and Elbit Systems of America has teamed with Textron Systems to produce a solution that will aim to provide Marines with capabilities including enhanced situational understanding technologies.

SAN DIEGO, Calif. General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced that it has completed the Initial Design Review (IDR) of the space vehicle and ground segment for the U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) Electro-Optical Infrared (EO/IR) Weather System (EWS) satellite program.

PHOENIX, Ariz. Honeywell and Inmarsat announced an agreement to develop and deliver commercial satellite communications (COMSATCOM) solutions to the U.S. government. The solutions will be focused on fixed-wing and non-fixed wing aeronautical platforms operating worldwide, including in Arctic regions. 

SAN FRANCISCO. Medical-focused virtual reality (VR) company SimX -- in a continuation of its partnership with the U.S. Air Force (USAF) and U.S. Space Force -- won four new contracts totaling more than $1.5 million to develop innovative training solutions for special operations forces.

GERMANY. Sensor solutions provider HENSOLDT has received an order from Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) to equip the Royal Netherlands Army's Fennek armored reconnaissance vehicles with visual systems. The scope of the order includes 188 BAA II NL observation and reconnaissance systems as well as a number of spare parts.

WASHINGTON. Shift5, Inc., an operational technology data and cyber security company, has released a solution for real-time predictive maintenance technology for Department of Defense (DoD) weapon systems. The solution combines hardware and software so platform owners and operators can gain visibility into their fleet health status to decrease maintenance costs and increase operational readiness.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. Radiation Test Solutions (RTS) -- a company providing radiation-effects analysis and testing services for electronics and other materials -- has agreed to acquire Radtest Ltd., based in Harwell, England. 

DAVIDSON, N.C. Curtiss-Wright Corporation announced that it was selected by Scientific Research Corporation (SRC) to provide its Fortress flight recorder system to upgrade the T-6 Texan II trainer aircraft used by the U.S. Air Force and Navy. 

SIMI VALLEY, Calif. AeroVironment, Inc., company specializing in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), announced it was awarded a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract by the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) that includes delivery and integration of Switchblade 600 tactical missile systems into specialized maritime platforms, scheduled to be completed by January 2023.