PHOENIX, Ariz. Mission-critical software provider DDC-I has been chosen to provide its Deos safety-critical real-time operating system (RTOS) for use in a communications subsystem destined for the Dream Chaser Cargo System, which Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) is building for NASA.

MELBOURNE, Fla. L3Harris Technologies announced its new man-portable Iver4 580 unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV). The new Iver4 580 is the second vehicle in the Iver4 family of next-generation UUVs to designed to address a variety of customer missions, including survey; multi-domain intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; anti-submarine warfare; seabed warfare; and mine warfare.

CHICAGO, Ill. Boeing delivered the first two F/A-18 Block III Super Hornets to the U.S. Navy for flight testing. One jet is a single-seat E model and the other is a two-seat F model.

HAYWARD, Calif. Ampex Data Systems -- a Delta Information Systems company -- has won a firm-fixed-price contract from the Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division (NAWCWD) at China Lake to produce the Ampex TuffCORD ruggedized network attached storage (NAS) device. 

ANDOVER, Mass. Mercury Systems has received a $49 million order from a leading defense prime contractor to furnish high-performance signal processing and RF solutions for a missile defense program. 

SWEDEN and ESTONIA. Milrem Robotics’, manufacturer of the THeMIS unmanned ground vehicle, is developing a modern robotic fighting vehicle intended to reduce the number of troops on the battlefield. Development is done by Swedish and Estonian engineers.

FALLS CHURCH, Va. Northrop Grumman Corporation has won an order to provide Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasure (LAIRCM) systems and support to the U.S. Air Force. The $151.3 million award was received as part of an existing indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract.

TAUFKIRCHEN, Germany. Sensor-systems maker HENSOLDT reports that it is pleased about the decision by the German Bundestag to develop the new active electronic scanning array (AESA) radar for the entire German Eurofighter fleet; company officials hail the government's move as a positive signal for Germany as a technology base and for successful European cooperation in the defense sector.

NORTHBROOK, Ill. The global market for tactical optics is projected to grow from $9.7 billion in 2020 to #13.0 billion by 2025, -- a CAGR of 6.1% -- according to a new report from MarketsandMarkets, "Tactical Optics Market by Product (Weapon Scopes & Sights, Handheld Sighting Devices, Cameras & Displays), Platform, Application (ISR, Target Acquisition & Identification, Border & Coastal Patrol), End Use, Range, and Region - Global Forecast to 2025." 

ARLINGTON, Va. Raytheon Intelligence and Space (RI&S), a Raytheon Technologies business, was awarded a multiple award indefinite delivery/indefinite quanity (IDIQ) to participate in the U.S. Air Force's development of the Advanced Battle Management System, a future command and control network that will connect military platforms across the globe, designed to give military commanders the ability to make decisions faster.

ATLANTA, Ga. Honeywell has launched its smallest, lightest satellite communications system yet, specifically designed for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). Weighing one kilogram (2.2 pounds), the new system is 90% lighter than Honeywell's smallest connectivity system and is designed to bring some of the same connectivity capabilities enjoyed by larger aircraft to smaller unmanned vehicles in the air or on land.

TUCSON, Ariz. Raytheon Missiles & Defense, a Raytheon Technologies business, completed the first guided release of a StormBreaker smart weapon from an F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, which will become the second fighter jet to add the weapon when the program reaches initial operational capability later this year.

ESCONDIDO, Calif. Edge-computing specialist One Stop Systems (OSS) has won contracts for more than $1 million in prototype orders for a military airborne artificial intelligence (AI) threat detection system from a U.S. Navy prime contractor; under the contracts, more than $676,000 in orders have now shipped, with a purchase order for $350,00 in additional engineering work underway.

GERMANTOWN, Md. Hughes Network Systems reports a recent successful in-flight demonstration of its HeloSat satellite communications (SATCOM) system from a Black Hawk helicopter; company officials say that the HeloSat transmitted consistent, real-time, full-motion video to a live global audience from the Black Hawk as it surveilled the landscape below. 

ANDOVER, Mass. Mercury Systems, Inc., company specializing in secure mission-critical technologies for aerospace and defense, unveiled the new GSC6204 OpenVPX 6U NVIDIA Turing architecture-based graphics processing unit (GPU) co-processing engine, aiming to provide accelerated high-performance computing capabilities to commercial aerospace and defense applications.