SAN DIEGO, California. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) introduced Gambit 6, a new variant in its Gambit family that adds air-to-ground mission capability to the platform’s existing air-to-air role, the company announced in a statement.

KOUROU, French Guiana. A radar Earth observation satellite, Copernicus Sentinel-1D, was launched into orbit by the Ariane 6 heavy-lift rocket under a contract with the European Space Agency, Arianespace announced in a statement.

CHANDLER, Ariz. Microchip Technology announced the release of its radiation-tolerant (RT) ATA6571RT CAN FD transceiver, which the company says is a high-reliability communications solution designed for use in space applications, such as satellites and spacecraft that require robust and efficient data transmission.

BINGEN, Washington. Insitu added Proliferated Low Earth Orbit (PLEO) satellite communication and laser-targeting capabilities to its ScanEagle uncrewed aerial system (UAS) to support beyond line-of-sight intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and targeting (ISR-T) missions, the company announced in a statement.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. Palladyne AI won a U.S. patent for a system that enables multiple autonomous platforms – such as drones, robots, and fixed sensors – to coordinate tasks and share data as a heterogeneous swarm, the company announced in a statement.

WASHINGTON, D.C. Anduril began flight testing of its YFQ-44A Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA), a semi-autonomous fighter-class prototype designed for manned-unmanned teaming, the company announced in a statement.

ARLINGTON, Virginia. AeroVironment (AV) will integrate the Joint Architecture for Unmanned Systems (JAUS) standard into its AV_Halo Command software through a collaboration with OpenJAUS to enhance interoperability across uncrewed systems, the company announced in a statement.

OSLO, Norway. The Norwegian government ordered additional components for its National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAMS) from Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace under a contract valued at approximately NOK 1 billion, the company announced in a statement.

SYDNEY, Australia. Anduril announced the opening of a 7,400 m² Ghost Shark manufacturing facility in Sydney after the Royal Australian Navy awarded a A$1.7 billion Program of Record, and that the first Ghost Shark extra-large autonomous underwater vehicle (XL-AUV) has rolled off the line and is ready for sea acceptance testing ahead of a planned delivery in January 2026.

ARLINGTON, Virginia. Terma won a $10.5 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide 170 additional three-dimensional (3D) audio systems for the F-16 Fighting Falcon, bringing the service's total order to 310 units, the company announced in a statement.

JACKSONVILLE, Florida. Boeing began upgrading the Royal Australian Air Force’s (RAAF’s) P-8A Poseidon fleet with new sensors, antennas, and computing systems as part of the Increment 3 Block 2 program while also delivering Australia’s 13th aircraft, the company announced in a statement.

PASADENA, Calif. Virtualitics announced the renewal of its Automated Master Storage Planning (A-MSP) contract with the U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC). 

BETHESDA, Maryland. Lockheed Martin announced a $50 million investment in Saildrone to accelerate development of unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) equipped with military payloads and command-and-control systems, the company announced in a statement.

WASHINGTON, D.C. X-Bow Systems reached an agreement with Lockheed Martin’s Astris AI subsidiary to deploy the Astris AI Factory, a secure artificial intelligence (AI) platform designed to enhance digital manufacturing operations for defense applications, the company announced in a statement.

ORLANDO, Florida. EIZO Rugged Solutions is developing the Condor Thor 3U VPX series, a new line of rugged, single-board computers (SBCs) powered by the NVIDIA Jetson Thor platform and aligned with the Sensor Open Systems Architecture, or SOSA, Technical Standard, the company announced in a statement.