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Radar/EW

AN/SPY-7 radar antennas delivered for Japan’s Aegis System Equipped Vessel - News

July 08, 2025

MOORESTOWN, New Jersey. Lockheed Martin delivered the first shipset of AN/SPY-7(V)1 radar antennas for Japan’s Aegis System Equipped Vessel (ASEV) program, the company announced in a statement.

Unmanned

Barracuda underwater drone conducts untethered open-water test - News

July 08, 2025

PORTSMOUTH, Rhode Island. Raytheon completed an open water demonstration of its Barracuda mine neutralization vehicle operating in an untethered, semi-autonomous mode for the first time, the company announced in a statement.

Unmanned

Uncrewed systems tested in first EU-wide campaign in Italy - News

July 07, 2025

MONTELIBRETTI, Italy. Six European defense firms demonstrated uncrewed aerial and ground systems as part of the European Defence Agency’s (EDA) first European Defence Innovation Operational Experimentation (OPEX) campaign, the agency announced in a statement.

A.I.

AI-enabled command and control software deployed for Canadian airspace management - News

July 07, 2025

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario. AirMatrix reports that it officially deployed its Libra artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled command-and-control software platform to support the Canadian government in securing its national airspace and identifying threats from unidentified uncrewed aerial systems (UASs).

Avionics

Navigation systems to be installed on Hellenic Navy FDI frigates - News

July 03, 2025

SAINT-GERMAIN-EN-LAYE, France. Naval Group chose Exail to supply navigation systems for the Greek Hellenic Navy’s Defense and Intervention (FDI) frigates, the company announced in a statement.

Comms

O3b mPOWER satellites to expand SES medium-Earth orbit constellation - News

July 03, 2025

EL SEGUNDO, California. Boeing delivered the ninth and tenth O3b mPOWER satellites to SES for integration into its medium-Earth orbit (MEO) network, the company announced in a statement.

Radar/EW

Electronic warfare upgrades to support Argentinian F-16 fleet modernization - News

July 03, 2025

GRENAA, Denmark. Terma signed a support agreement with the Argentinian Ministry of Defense and the Argentinian Air Force to provide electronic warfare system upgrades and services for 24 former Royal Danish Air Force F-16 aircraft, the company announced in a statement.

Avionics

Hybrid-electric propulsion system research for U.S. Army to be performed by Electra - News

July 02, 2025

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia. Electra won a $1.9 million contract from the U.S. Army to advance the development of hybrid-electric powertrain, power, and propulsion systems (HEPPS) for potential use on current and future aircraft platforms, the company announced in a statement.

Radar/EW

Ground-based radar system for Romania to be developed by Northrop Grumman, ROMARM - News

July 02, 2025

BUCHAREST, Romania. Northrop Grumman signed a memorandum of understanding with Romanian defense company ROMARM to jointly offer a ground-based radar system to the Romanian Air Force, the company announced in a statement.

Avionics

New NAVAIR HOST open standards framework website launches - News

July 02, 2025

Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR)--PATUXENT RIVER, Md. NAVAIR’s open standards framework, Hardware Open Systems Technologies (HOST), launched its new website, which can be found at https://www.navair.navy.mil/host/

Unmanned

DriX H-8 uncrewed surface vessels ordered by European customer for ISR missions - News

July 01, 2025

PARIS, France. Exail won a contract to deliver five DriX H-8 uncrewed surface vehicles (USVs) to an unnamed European nation for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) operations, the company announced in a statement.

Avionics

A-29 Super Tucano aircraft delivered to Paraguayan Air Force - News

July 01, 2025

SÃO JOSÉ DOS CAMPOS, Brazil. Embraer delivered four A-29 Super Tucano light attack and trainer aircraft to the Paraguayan Air Force, the company announced in a statement.

Unmanned

Protocol-based counter-drone tech integrated into Drone Dome system - News

July 01, 2025

TEL AVIV, Israel. Sentrycs’ protocol-based counter-uncrewed aerial system (C-UAS) technology has been integrated into Rafael’s Drone Dome defense system, the company announced in a statement.

Comms

Satellite-based maritime info pact signed between MDA Space, Canadian government - News

June 30, 2025

BRAMPTON, Ontario. Canadian space-industry player MDA Space Ltd. announced its plans to sign a contract extension with Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) to provide critical and continuous maritime-satellite surveillance data and analytics services for dark vessel detection. 

Unmanned

Diehl, Sener to collaborate on remote carriers, UGVs, and hypersonic technologies - News

June 30, 2025

PARIS, France. Diehl Defence and Sener signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on technologies related to hypersonic missiles, uncrewed ground vehicles (UGVs), and remote carriers for future combat air systems (FCAS), the companies announced in a statement.