TAIPEI, Taiwan. Shield AI and Taiwan’s National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology demonstrated a coordinated search mission involving three Mighty Hornet III uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) controlled by artificial intelligence (AI), the company announced in a statement.

SAN DIEGO, California. Northrop Grumman and Boeing demonstrated automated mission coordination between the uncrewed MQ-4C Triton and crewed P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft using artificial intelligence (AI) and an open-systems architecture, Northrop Grumman announced in a statement.

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida. Mistral Inc., an Ondas company, received a U.S. Army order worth more than $50 million for tactical lethal uncrewed systems under a previously awarded $982 million multiyear contract, the company announced in a statement.

NOVI, Michigan. The Ground Vehicle Systems Engineering and Technology Symposium (GVSETS) will bring together military, industry, academic, and international representatives from Aug. 11 through 13 to discuss ground vehicle technologies and engineering, the organization announced in a statement.

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. The software-defined radio (SDR) market is projected to grow from $23.52 billion in 2026 to $36.80 billion by 2033 -- at a combined annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.6% during the forecast period -- according to a study by MarketsandMarkets, "Software Defined Radio Market by Technology (General Purpose, Tactical & Mission-Critical, Broadband & High-Bandwidth, UAV/Autonomous, Cognitive & AI-Enabled), Frequency (HF/VHF/UHF, L&S, C, X, Ku & Ka), Application, and Region -- Global Forecast to 2033."

WASHINGTON. The U.S. Space Force awarded contracts totaling $615 million to Rocket Lab, STR (Systems & Technology Research), and a third unidentified company to develop technologies for a satellite network intended to track aircraft and missile threats from orbit.

CAMBRIDGE, U.K. Radar and sensor company Cambridge Pixel reports that its radar-processing software demonstrated support for SAPIENT, the open standard adopted by NATO for sensor integration in counter-uncrewed systems,  during the Layered Counter-UAS Initiative (LCI-X) Crucible 1-26 event hosted by Romania during April 2026 at Capu Midia Training Range, as part of Exercise Eastern Phoenix 26.

WASHINGTON, D.C. The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) is expanding an online marketplace designed to help military organizations, law enforcement agencies, and international partners evaluate and acquire validated counter-uncrewed aerial system (C-UAS) technologies, the department announced in a statement.

NEW YORK, New York. Cyabra received a multiyear, six-figure contract to provide an Asia-Pacific intelligence agency with an artificial intelligence (AI)-based platform for monitoring online information dissemination and coordinating operations to influence that information, the company announced in a statement.

PALMDALE, Calif. Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School (TPS), and several industry partners report a successful demonstration of sensor-driven autonomy on a fighter aircraft, during which an artificial intelligence (AI) agent used targeting information from an operational sensor to execute successful air intercepts against a live target.  

WAKEFIELD, Mass. Engineering and IT firm Odyssey reports that it secured a $934 million Technical and Management Advisory Services (TMAS) contract under which it will support the U.S. Air Force Test Center’s 96th Cyber Security Test Group (CTG). 

MARIGNANE, France. Airbus Helicopters delivered the first NH90 Standard 2 helicopter to the French Armament General Directorate for special-operations missions, the company announced in a statement.

WILHELMSHAVEN, Germany. Rheinmetall won a contract to modernize the German Navy’s F123-class frigate Bayern and extend its operational service life until at least 2035, the company announced in a statement.

SINGAPORE. The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) selected Thales to develop a next-generation air traffic management system and deploy new air traffic control radars, the company announced in a statement.

HOBOKEN, N.J. Space and defense technology company Rocket One announced that it will operate under a nonexclusive patent license agreement with the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) covering the Affordable Vehicle Avionics System (AVA), a NASA-developed technology that will serve as the foundation for Rocket One's planned artificial intelligence (AI)-powered software platform that supports spacecraft mission planning, avionics modeling, simulation and engineering workflows.