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Binocular night vision systems to be developed for U.S. Army by Elbit America - News

May 01, 2026

FORT WORTH, Texas. Elbit America received a U.S. Army contract to develop and test the Binocular Night Observation Device and establish a path for future production orders, the company announced in a statement.

Avionics

F-35 interoperability with ground systems demonstrated by Lockheed Martin and U.K. Defence Ministry - News

April 30, 2026

BLANDFORD, United Kingdom. Lockheed Martin Skunk Works and the U.K. Ministry of Defence completed a demonstration showing F-35 data sharing with the U.K. NEXUS command-and-control environment and British Army ground effectors, the company announced in a statement.

Unmanned

Autonomous logistics aircraft prototype to be developed for U.S. Marine Corps by Bell and Near Earth Autonomy - News

April 30, 2026

FORT WORTH, Texas. Bell announced it was selected by Near Earth Autonomy to provide a Bell 505 airframe for the U.S. Marine Corps’ Aerial Resupply Vehicle -- Expeditionary Logistics Increment 2 program, the company announced in a statement.

Unmanned

Counter-drone system to be introduced for layered defense by AeroVironment - News

April 29, 2026

ARLINGTON, Virginia. AeroVironment plans to build Halo_Shield, a counter-uncrewed aerial system designed to detect, track, identify, and defeat airborne threats including small drones, drone swarms, and subsonic cruise missiles, the company announced in a statement.

Avionics

Uncrewed logistics aircraft avionics wins NAVAIR contract - News

April 28, 2026

PITTSBURGH, Penn. Aerial mobility provider Near Earth Autonomy won a contract with Naval Air Systems Command -- under the Medium Aerial Resupply Vehicle -- Expeditionary Logistics (MARV-EL) Increment 2 program -- to prototype autonomous logistics aircraft
for the U.S. Marine Corps through an Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) under the Naval Aviation Systems Consortium (NASC).

Unmanned

MQ-25A carrier-based refueling drone completes test flight with Boeing, U.S. Navy - News

April 28, 2026

ST. LOUIS, Missouri. Boeing and the U.S. Navy completed the first test flight of an operational MQ-25A Stingray under the Navy’s $805 million Engineering and Manufacturing Development contract, the company announced in a statement.

Radar/EW

Multifunction radio frequency system demonstrator to be developed under European project led by Indra - News

April 28, 2026

MADRID, Spain. Indra Group is leading the European SCEPTER project to develop a multifunction radio frequency (RF) system demonstrator for defense platforms, the company announced in a statement.

Comms

Laser communications terminal work for U.S. Space Force to move into new phase with General Atomics - News

April 28, 2026

SAN DIEGO, California. General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has been selected to perform Phase 3 of the U.S. Space Force’s Enterprise Space Terminal (EST) program after government verification of its optical communication terminal (OCT), the company announced in a statement.

Comms

Tactical radios to be supplied for Malaysian military programs by Thales - News

April 27, 2026

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia. Thales announced new tactical communications work in Malaysia that includes a local radio assembly line, more than 100 radios for Malaysian Army vehicles, and 16 airborne radios for Royal Malaysian Air Force helicopters, the company announced in a statement.

Avionics

Global 6500 aircraft support to be provided to U.S. military by Bombardier Defense, SNC - News

April 27, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. Bombardier Defense and SNC signed a 10-year service agreement covering two Bombardier Global 6500 aircraft operated for a U.S. military customer, the companies announced in a statement.

Avionics

F-16 Block 70 fighter aircraft selected for Peru by Lockheed Martin - News

April 24, 2026

GREENVILLE, South Carolina. Lockheed Martin announced that Peru selected 12 F-16 Block 70 fighter aircraft to modernize the country’s fighter fleet and support national defense missions, the company announced in a statement.

Radar/EW

Over-the-horizon radar transmit subsystem ordered for homeland defense from OSI Systems - News

April 24, 2026

HAWTHORNE, California. OSI Systems received an undefinitized contract action with a not-to-exceed value of about $235 million to produce and integrate a homeland defense over-the-horizon radar transmit subsystem, the company announced in a statement.

Unmanned

Drone-delivered bunker-busting warhead tested by U.S. Army - News

April 23, 2026

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Alabama. The U.S. Army tested a drone-delivered warhead designed to penetrate bunker targets during a live-fire demonstration at Redstone Arsenal in March, the Army announced in a statement.

Unmanned

Loitering munition systems to be supplied to German military by Rheinmetall - News

April 23, 2026

KOBLENZ, Germany. Rheinmetall received an initial order worth about 300 million euros from the German military for FV-014 loitering munition systems under a broader framework agreement valued in the billions of euros, the company announced in a statement.

Unmanned

Autonomous surveillance towers certified for U.S. border monitoring by GDIT - News

April 23, 2026

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia. General Dynamics Information Technology announced that its autonomous surveillance towers received certification from U.S. Customs and Border Protection for border surveillance operations, the company announced in a statement.