WASHINGTON, D.C. -- 2024 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS). Quantic Electronics (East Providence, Rhode Island) and its business units will be showing new products for mission-critical electronics applications at the IMS 2024 conference, to be held June 16-21, 2024. 

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama. BlueHalo won a $95.4 million contract to continue developing directed energy prototypes for the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC) through the Laser technology Research Development and Optimization (LARDO) program, the company announced in a statement.

PARIS. Geospatial artificial intelligence (AI) provider Preligens (formerly called Earthcube) won a contract with an unnamed customer in the Asia-Pacific region to provide AI analytics software on high-volume government satellite imagery.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) experts on open architectures and modular open system approach (MOSA) strategies from Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) PMA-209, Army DEVCOM C5ISR Center, PEO Aviation, and the Air Force ACC will gather on the "You Had Me at Title 10 (MOSA) – Leading Open Standards (FACE, HOST, CMOSS, SOSA) Charge Forward" panel at the MOSA Industry and Government Summit and Expo on June 17 at 1 pm EDT at the Gaylord National Hotel & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland.

MANASSAS, Virginia. Aurora Flight Sciences and Boeing reached the preliminary design review stage for their vertical lift X-plane design as part of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) initiative known as Speed and Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT), Aurora announced in a statement.

HUNT VALLEY, Maryland and MOUNTAIN VIEW, California. Textron Systems and Kodiak Robotics will jointly develop a new uncrewed military vehicle, the companies announced in a statement.

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama. Lockheed Martin won a contract from the U.S. Army to enhance the capabilities of the ground-based Long Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW) system, the company announced in a statement.

FAIRVIEW, Penn. Spectrum Control Inc. officials announced a new Direct RF extension to the company's SCi Blocks family of miniature, modular, and intelligent RF+Digital system building blocks. This 3U VPX SOSA aligned module enables users to rapidly deploy configurable mission-ready RF front ends and high-speed digital signal conversion.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- 2024 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS). Several of the technical sessions at the IMS 2024 conference -- set to be held June 16-21, 2024 -- will feature keynote speakers from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), a research and development agency of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) responsible for the development of emerging technologies for use by the military.

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. Lockheed Martin won a contract with the U.S. Army -- worth $756 million -- to deliver additional capability for the U.S.'s ground-based hypersonic weapon system, the Long Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW).  

Pixus Technologies, a provider of embedded computing and enclosure solutions, now offers a pluggable Tier 3 SOSA aligned chassis management module for OpenVPX.

SAN DIEGO, California. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) teamed up with the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) to provide flight training for the MQ-9A Block 5 Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS) at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Arizona, the company announced in a statement.

MENLO PARK, Calif. Space safety and security firm LeoLabs announced it received a second Consolidated Pathfinder order from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office of Space Commerce (OSC) to continue work on the development of the civil-led, U.S. Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS).

FALLS CHURCH, Va. General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) won a recompete task order worth $185 million to provide cybersecurity services for the Air Force Civil Engineer Center (AFCEC) worldwide.

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands. The Dutch Navy chose High Eye's Airboxer vertical take-off and landing uncrewed aerial system (VTOL UAV) for deployment in maritime operations, the company announced in a statement.