NEW YORK, N.Y. Intelligent Artifacts announced that it has been selected for a Phase I SBIR contract award by the US Air Force to conduct research and development (R&D) in pursuit of a "Blue Sky" opportunity for airborne Machine Learning (ML) that meets strict technical standards for safety in aviation.

SIMI VALLEY, Calif. AeroVironment, Inc., company specializing in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), announced the U.S. Army has exercised an option on its Lethal Miniature Aerial Missile Systems (LMAMS) contract for additional Switchblade 300 tactical missile systems for the Army and for export to an allied nation.

CHANTILLY, Va. Intelligence and cyber engineering firm Centauri LLC has won an $11.1 million contract with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to develop algorithms and collection techniques to enable synthetic aperture radar (SAR) sensors to detect, locate, and view ground-based targets as part of the Moving Target Recognition (MTR) project.

FAIRVIEW, Pa. API Technologies Corp. (APITech), a provider of high-performance radio frequency (RF) and microwave signal conditioning and electromagnetic spectrum management solutions, announced they have added an integrated surface mount filtering package to their electromagnetic interference (EMI) filters product line.

WASHINGTON. Two U.S. senators -- Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., and John Thune, R-S.D. -- have sponsored legislation that seeks to direct additional funding to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) for the further development of quantum computers used in national defense and security. 

ASHBURN, Va. SteelCloud LLC, a Security Technical Implementation Guide and Center for Internet Security compliance automation software developer, announced that they now have a sixth contractor who has chosen to leverage its ConfigOS compliance software to automate the cyber hygiene requirements of the Department of Defense's (DoD) Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) initiative.

FORT HUACHUCA, Ariz. Army researchers, as part of a national security team, are observing the evolution of new, low-cost threat emitters intended to improve the Army’s ability to represent the adversary’s equipment and actions. Threat emitters aim to provide a current, simulated battlespace environment designed to train allied warfighters to identify and defeat evolving adversaries.

GERMANY. Raytheon Deutschland GmbH, a subsidiary of Raytheon Intelligence & Space, has developed a digital, passive electronic intelligence (ELINT) sensor called Advanced Radar Detection System (ARDS), that is designed to detect radar emissions on the ground without emitting any signal itself.

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. Skydweller Aero Inc., a U.S.-Spanish aerospace company developing solar powered aircraft for defense and commercial industries, announced the flight demonstration of the company's initial aircraft control, actuation, and sensor technology systems, after software design, installation, and ground testing.

CHANTILLY, Va. Hexagon US Federal has been selected to partner with General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) to provide geospatial solutions from Hexagon's Luciad Portfolio in support of cutting-edge intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) projects.

CHATSWORTH, Calif. Aitech, provider of rugged board and system level solutions for military, aerospace, and space applications, announced it has joined The Open Group Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE) Consortium. 

WASHINGTON. The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has released requests for prototype proposals for Risk-Informed Spectrum Access (RISA) and Multiband Control Channel Architecture (MICCA) requirements under a potential five-year, $2.5 billion other transaction agreement (OTA) with the National Spectrum Consortium (NSC).

LONDON. The unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) market will experience decremental growth of $1.08 billion during 2021-2025, with the growth momentum of that market decelerating at a combined annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.16%, according to a new study from Technavio, "Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (UCAV) Market by Type and Geography -- Forecast and Analysis 2021-2025."

WIESBADEN, Germany. U.S. Army Europe and Africa will add two new units in the coming months and retain three sites previously scheduled to be returned to the German government, due to growing operational requirements in Europe, according to an annoucement by the U.S. Army.

ITALY. Leonardo has been contracted by Boeing to provide its new software-defined radio (SDR), the SWave Airborne SDR SRT-800 for NATO’s fleet of E-3A Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft. The AWACS fleet is being modernized by Boeing to maintain its operational viability through 2035 under the Final Lifetime Extension Program (FLEP).