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Flight simulators to be delivered to French Armed Forces by Exail - News

May 16, 2025

LANNION, France. Exail will provide flight simulators to Babcock France as part of the French Ministry of the Armed Forces’ Mentor 2 pilot training program, the company announced in a statement.

Unmanned

Modular counter-UAS system used by German Armed Forces to be upgraded - News

May 16, 2025

TAUFKIRCHEN, Germany. Hensoldt won a contract from Germany's Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) to enhance the capabilities of its ASUL counter-uncrewed aerial system (C-UAS), the company announced in a statement.

Avionics

Avionics upgrades to be provided to UH-60L foreign military fleets - News

May 15, 2025

NASHVILLE, Tennessee. ACE Aeronautics chose Ultra PCS and Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions to supply an integrated cockpit voice recorder (CVR), flight data recorder (FDR), and health and usage monitoring system (HUMS) for UH-60L Black Hawk helicopters operated by foreign militaries, the companies announced in a statement.

Avionics

High-speed satellite communications system to upgrade U.S. Army’s ARES aircraft - News

May 15, 2025

PHOENIX, Arizona. L3Harris Technologies chose Honeywell’s JetWave X satellite communication system to enhance the U.S. Army’s Airborne Reconnaissance and Electronic Warfare System (ARES), Honeywell announced in a statement.

Avionics

Integrated avionics display to be showcased at Army aviation summit by DDC-I - News

May 15, 2025

NASHVILLE, Tennessee. DDC-I will exhibit a fully integrated avionics display system powered by its Deos real-time operating system (RTOS) at the Army Aviation Mission Solution Summit, the company announced in a statement.

Unmanned

Uncrewed surface vessel line added to Red Cat’s drone portfolio - News

May 14, 2025

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico. Red Cat Holdings will enter the maritime autonomy market with a new line of uncrewed surface vessels (USVs), expanding its multi-domain unmanned systems offering across air, land, and sea, the company announced in a statement.

Unmanned

Puma drone fleet to be upgraded for Netherlands by AeroVironment - News

May 14, 2025

ARLINGTON, Virginia. AeroVironment signed a new agreement with the Dutch Ministry of Defence to modernize the Netherlands’ Puma 3 AE uncrewed aerial system (UAS) fleet and expand the country’s use of long-endurance systems, the company announced in a statement.

Unmanned

Heavy-lift quadcopter drone to be militarized under Patria, ACC Innovation agreement - News

May 14, 2025

HELSINKI, Finland. Patria and Swedish company ACC Innovation have agreed to jointly develop a military variant of the Thunder Wasp GT quadcopter drone for delivery to a NATO member country, the companies announced in a statement.

Comms

Space laser communications terminal to be developed by Viasat for U.S. Space Force - News

May 14, 2025

CARLSBAD, California. The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command has tasked Viasat to continue development and testing of a space-based optical laser terminal as part of Phase 2 of the Enterprise Space Terminal (EST) program, the company announced in a statement.

Unmanned

µDARC microserver introduced by Kontron for tactical edge computing - News

May 13, 2025

TOULON, France. Kontron released the µDARC microserver, a ruggedized, low-power computing system designed for mobile defense applications in networked environments, the company announced in a statement.

Unmanned

Inertial navigation system from Exail selected for Airbus tactical UAS - News

May 13, 2025

MADRID, Spain. Exail and Spanish partner Grafinta will supply the UmiX-40 inertial measurement unit (IMU) for integration into the navigation system of Airbus’s SIRTAP tactical uncrewed aerial system (UAS), the company announced in a statement.

Unmanned

BlueWhale uncrewed submarine proposed to Hellenic Navy through IAI, HAI partnership - News

May 13, 2025

ATHENS, Greece. Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and Hellenic Aerospace Industry (HAI) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly offer the BlueWhale uncrewed submarine system to the Hellenic Navy, the companies announced in a statement.

Radar/EW

Ground surveillance radars ordered from Blighter for border security - News

May 13, 2025

CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom. Blighter wopn multiple international orders for its ground-based electronic-scanning radars used in border surveillance applications, contributing to a £25 million order book over the past 12 months, the company announced in a statement.

Unmanned

Drone-torpedo hybrid Skelmir S12 launched by Vatn Systems - News

May 12, 2025

PORTSMOUTH, Rhode Island. Vatn Systems introduced a new 12.75-inch diameter autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) designed to support both torpedo and uncrewed underwater missions, the company announced in a statement.

Comms

New mesh networking device for uncrewed and autonomous systems launched by goTenna - News

May 12, 2025

JERSEY CITY, New Jersey. goTenna launched a new mesh networking radio, the Pro X2m, designed for integration into third-party defense and law enforcement platforms to enable off-grid, secure communications for uncrewed and autonomous systems, the company announced in a statement.