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Radar/EW

Thermal-management innovations sought by DARPA, HRL Laboratories - News

March 13, 2025

MALIBU, Calif. Technology research concern HRL Laboratories will present a superior cooling system for stacks of microelectronic chips as part of a project launched by the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) that seeks to create compact thermal-management technology in a chip stack using 3D heterogeneous integration (3DHI).

Avionics

MAPS Gen II navigation system enters full-rate production for U.S. Army - News

March 12, 2025

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Collins Aerospace received approval to begin full-rate production of the Mounted Assured Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Generation II system (MAPS Gen II) for the U.S. Army and Marine Corps, the company announced in a statement.

Comms

Ku-band Dual Travelling Wave Tubes delivered for ASTRA 1Q satellite - News

March 12, 2025

PARIS, France. Thales delivered Ku-band Dual Travelling Wave Tubes (Dual-TWTs) for the ASTRA 1Q satellite, which was built by Thales Alenia Space for global content and connectivity provider SES, the company announced in a statement.

Avionics

High-speed data acquisition systems to be provided to U.S. Navy by Curtiss-Wright - News

March 12, 2025

ASHBURN, Virginia. Curtiss-Wright won a $50 million firm-fixed-price Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract from Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) to supply high-speed data acquisition systems and repair services for the Special Flight Test Instrumentation Pool, the company announced in a statement.

Unmanned

Rotor blown wing drone completes helicopter and airplane flight tests - News

March 11, 2025

STRATFORD, Connecticut. Sikorsky flew a rotor blown wing uncrewed aerial system (UAS) in both helicopter and airplane flight modes, the company announced in a statement.

Cyber

Los Angeles Air Force Base, Space Systems Command sign IT contract with Trace Systems - News

March 11, 2025

MCLEAN, Va. Enterprise IT providers Trace Systems announced that it won a contract to provide Base Operations Support (BOS) -- IT Services to Los Angeles Air Force Base (LAAFB), home to Space Base Delta 3 (SBD 3) and Space Systems Command (SSC) Field Command, as well as other locations outside of LAAFB.

Cyber

Cybersecurity, ISR contract signed with GTMR and NAVAIR - News

March 11, 2025

HOLLYWOOD, Md. Cybersecurity providers Global Technology and Management Resources (GTMR -- a subsidiary of IT company Castellum) signed a $103.3 million contract with the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) to provide special missions management of on-site services for NAVAIR’s Program Office 290 Special Missions.

Avionics

Military satellites will benefit from U.K.-made surveillance system - News

March 10, 2025

LONDON. Software technology made in the U.K will help the military monitor satellites in space under the terms of a new £65 million ($83.69 million) deal.

A.I.

AI-assisted UAS demos for USSOCOM completed at Camp Roberts - News

March 10, 2025

CAMP ROBERTS, Calif. Uncrewed systems engineering firm Tekever (Lisbon, Portugal) reports that it successfully completed an operational exercise with U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) at Camp Roberts that demonstrated the use of the company's artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted uncrewed aerial system (UAS) technology.

Comms

Mobile ad hoc network to be deployed for Baltic Sea nations by Persistent Systems - News

March 10, 2025

NEW YORK, New York. Persistent Systems won $29 million in contracts to provide mobile ad hoc networking (MANET) technology for a new multinational maritime security initiative in the Baltic Sea region, the company announced in a statement.

Unmanned

Camcopter S-100 chosen for European Defence Agency's logistics program - News

March 07, 2025

VIENNA, Austria. The European Defence Agency (EDA) chose Schiebel’s Camcopter S-100 unmanned aerial system (UAS) for its “Autonomous Systems for Cross-Domain Logistics (Air and Land)” program under the Hub for European Defence Innovation (HEDI), the company announced in a statement.

Comms

Updated voice comms systems delivered for Navy destroyers - News

March 07, 2025

ARLINGTON, Va. Leonardo DRS announced it delivered its first next-generation Integrated Voice Communication Systems (IVCS) that will be used on the U.S. Navy’s Arleigh Burke DDG51-class destroyers.

Comms

Tactical comms tech to be supplied to U.S. Marines by Curtiss-Wright - News

March 07, 2025

ASHBURN, Virginia. Curtiss-Wright’s Defense Solutions Division won an $18 million contract from the U.S. Marine Corps to provide Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA)-based tactical communications technology for the Combat Data Network (CDN) program, the company announced in a statement.

Unmanned

Loitering munitions for Ukraine to be supplied by Anduril UK under new deal - News

March 07, 2025

LONDON, United Kingdom. The UK government signed a nearly £30 million contract with Anduril UK to supply Ukraine’s armed forces with Altius 600m and Altius 700m loitering munitions, the UK Ministry of Defence announced in a statement.

Comms

Satellite communications to be provided to unnamed military in Asia-Pacific by Gilat - News

March 06, 2025

PETAH TIKVA, Israel. Gilat Satellite Networks won a $6 million contract to provide its SkyEdge II-c platform to an unnamed military organization in the Asia-Pacific region, the company announced in a statement.