NASA WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY, Va. Four flat, disk-shaped satellites called DiskSats lifted off just after midnight on December 18 as part of a U.S. Space Force (USSF) and NASA experiment, intended to test a new small-satellite form factor designed for operations in very low Earth orbit (LEO).

HELSINKI. International satellite operator ICEYE has partnered with Rheinmetall to supply Germany's armed forces with space-based reconnaissance data that has exclusive access to a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite constellation. 

ANNAPOLIS JUNCTION, Md. Defense company ELTA North America announced a series of contracts -- worth a total of $32 million -- to co-produce next-generation processors and optical sensors to be used in armored vehicle protection systems. 

KONGSBERG, Norway. Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace signed a contract valued in the high double-digit million euros with Rheinmetall Air Defence to deliver a command-and-control solution for the Skyranger 30 mobile air defence system for the Dutch Ministry of Defence, the company announced in a statement.

NORDHOLZ, Germany. NHIndustries delivered the first NH90 Sea Tiger helicopter to the German Navy as part of a planned 31-aircraft fleet scheduled to be completed by 2030, the company announced in a statement.

ALPHARETTA, Georgia. Galleon Embedded Computing, a Spectra Defense Technologies business unit, says it was selected to provide ruggedized mission computing systems to support modernization work on next-generation ground vehicles, the company announced in a statement.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. L3Harris Technologies was chosen to be a subcontractor to provide assured communications support for the U.S. Air Force’s E-4C fleet as part of the Survivable Airborne Operations Center (SAOC) program, the company announced in a statement.

DONAUWÖRTH, Germany. Germany exercised an option for 20 additional H145M light combat helicopters--known as Leichter Kampfhubschrauber (LKH)--bringing its total order to 82 aircraft, Airbus announced in a statement.

GREENLAWN, N.Y. BAE Systems won an $11 million contract with Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) to integrate its AN/APX-127(V)1 combined interrogator transponder (CIT) -- an identification friend or foe (IFF) system -- on South Korean KF-21 fighter aircraft.

CANBERRA, Australia. Leidos Australia and its Land 156 project partners demonstrated an integrated counter-drone capability for the Australian Defence Force (ADF) during Exercise Southern Arrow 25, the company announced in a statement.

ZURICH, Switzerland/TAUFKIRCHEN, Germany. HENSOLDT signed a long-term framework agreement with Rheinmetall Air Defence AG to supply radars from its SPEXER 2000 family for integration into Rheinmetall’s air defence systems, the company announced in a statement.

WILMINGTON, Massachusetts. Analog Devices is offering the ADPA1113, a 2 GHz to 6 GHz gallium nitride (GaN) radio-frequency power amplifier rated at 46.5 dBm output power, the company announced in a statement.

CHICAGO. Silvus Technologies (a Motorola solutions company) announced that the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) added the Silvus StreamCaster 4400 Enhanced (SC4400E) mobile ad hoc network (MANET) radio to its Blue UAS Framework, a rigorous testing and certification program that approves technologies for use in U.S. military unmanned aircraft system (UAS) operations. 

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. Menlo Microsystems (known as Menlo Micro) launched its MM5130-NLX switch, a high-standoff RF front-end protection solution designed for demanding defense and aerospace applications, during the 62^nd Annual Association of Old Crows (AOC) International Symposium & Convention, held earlier this week. 

ANDOVER, Mass. Modular power-component company Vicor reports that it has been working with U.K.-based space consultancy and design firm Spacechips, which has launched a compact artificial intelligence (AI) accelerator card to enable in-orbit AI applications.