CHARLOTTE, N.C. Collins Aerospace Systems (a unit of Raytheon Technologies) has won a contract with the U.S. government to further develop and build digital night-vision systems for U.S. Navy and Marine Corps rotary-wing and tiltrotor aircrews, the first of its kind, that will enable advanced night vision and display technology and help increase flight safety and mission effectiveness. 

MCLEAN, Va. Alion Science and Technology has won a contract worth $59 million to support the enhancement of computer-based weapons systems for the U.S. Navy Warfare Development Command (NWDC).

NEWTOWN, Conn. Market research firm Forecast International has warned in the past that the impending end of sequestration budget caps would not result in a new spending surge for the Department of Defense (DoD), and this prediction seems to be coming true, according to a statement from the company. 

MOORESTOWN, N.J. Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems has garnered a contract modification worth $25.1 million from the U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) for the design, development, integration, test, and delivery of Advanced Capability Build 20 for the Aegis Combat System Engineering Agent (CSEA) efforts. 

DENVER, Colo. York Space Systems, an aerospace company specializing in complete space segment customer solutions and the manufacturer of standardized spacecraft platforms, in conjunction with Metropolitan State University of Denver (MSU Denver), has been awarded a Small Business Technology Transfer research (STTR) contract by the Air Force Research Laboratory.

CHANDLER, Ariz. Microchip Technology Inc. announced the release of a major software update for its BlueSky GNSS Firewall product, designed to provide a higher level of resiliency against GPS vulnerabilities for systems dependent on GPS signal reception. 

GERMANY. Sensor systems supplier HENSOLDT has welcomed today's decision by the German Bundestag to develop the new Active Electronic Scanning Array (AESA) radar for the entire German Eurofighter fleet as a positive signal for Germany as a technology base and for European cooperation in the defense sector.

LONDON. The military sensor fusion market is predicted to grow to $921 million by 2030, according to a market study by Visiongain, "Military Sensor Fusion Market Forecast 2020-2030."

POWAY, Calif. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has won a $12.1 million contract to upgrade MQ-9 Block 1 and Block 5 remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) and Block 25 Dual Control Module Ground Control Station (DCMGCS) and Block 30 Ground Control Station (GCS) for the Air National Guard (ANG). 

ROCHESTER, N.Y. Orolia Defense and Security has won a contract from the U.S. military to furnish the Orolia BroadSim advanced GPS simulator systems as the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) moves to upgrade testing facilities and field test assets. 

RESTON, Va. Anchore, Inc., company specializing in DevSecOps workflow for software containers, announced it has won a $2.25 million AFWERX Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract. The contract is focused on securing and hardening software containers through automated, policy-based DevSecOps workflows.

HOLMDEL, N.J. AeroDefense, provider of drone detection technology that detects and locates drones and pilots simultaneously, announced plans to develop a rapidly deployable and ruggedized drone detection system with the U.S. Air Force.

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.