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Avionics

Israeli heavy-lift helicopters to receive avionics, electronic warfare, and DIRCM upgrades by Elbit - News

February 06, 2026

TEL AVIV, Israel. The Israel Ministry of Defense signed an approximately $130 million agreement with Elbit Systems to integrate Israeli command-and-control, avionics, electronic warfare, and directed infrared countermeasure capabilities onto 12 Israel Defense Forces Israeli Air Force CH-53K “Pereh” helicopters, the company announced in a statement.

A.I.

Mobile ad hoc network devices to be supplied for U.S. Army by Persistent Systems - News

February 05, 2026

NEW YORK, New York. Persistent Systems won an $87.5 million U.S. Army order for mobile ad hoc network (MANET) devices supporting the transport layer for the Army’s Next-Generation Command and Control (NGC2) prototype, the company announced in a statement.

Comms

Optronics to be supplied for German-built armored vehicles and battle tanks by Hensoldt - News

February 05, 2026

OBERKOCHEN, Germany. Hensoldt won orders valued at more than €400 million from KNDS to provide digital optronics for the Boxer RCT 30 wheeled armored vehicle, known as Schakal, and the Leopard 2 A8 main battle tank, the company announced in a statement.

Radar/EW

Radar systems for Poland's personnel carriers get contract update - News

February 05, 2026

Syracuse, N.Y. Engineering firm SRC, Inc. won a follow-on contract to deliver its SR Hawk surveillance radar systems to Poland's military forces for integration into the Polish armored AWR artillery reconnaissance vehicle, based on the Rosomak wheeled armored personnel carrier. 

Unmanned

Missile production expansion agreements signed by Raytheon, DoD - News

February 04, 2026

TUCSON, Arizona. Raytheon entered into five framework agreements with the U.S. military aimed at expanding production capacity and accelerating deliveries for Tomahawk cruise missiles, Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) weapons, Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IB and Block IIA interceptors, and Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) missiles, the company announced in a statement.

Comms

Amphibious combat vehicles to be provided to U.S. Marine Corps by BAE Systems - News

February 04, 2026

JOHNSTOWN, Pennsylvania. BAE Systems won a $195 million contract to produce 30 additional Amphibious Combat Vehicles (ACVs) for the U.S. Marine Corps, the company announced in a statement.

Radar/EW

TRML-4D air defense radars to be provided to European users by HENSOLDT - News

February 03, 2026

ULM, Germany. HENSOLDT won orders worth more than €100 million from Diehl Defence to supply additional TRML-4D air defense radars for multiple European countries under the European Sky Shield Initiative, the company announced in a statement.

Radar/EW

Infrared search-and-track sensors to be provided to Taiwan by Lockheed Martin - News

February 03, 2026

ORLANDO, Florida. Lockheed Martin won a $328.5 million Foreign Military Sales production contract from the U.S. government to supply IRST21 Legion-ES infrared search-and-track (IRST) sensor systems for the Taiwan Air Force, the company announced in a statement.

Radar/EW

Sonobuoy pact signed between U.K. MoD and Ultra Maritime - News

February 02, 2026

LONDON. Ultra Maritime signed a £40 million ($54.67 million) contract from the U.K. Ministry of Defense (MoD) to deliver sonobuoys for the British navy's Merlin maritime patrol helicopter

Unmanned

Counter-drone batteries to be provided to Poland by Kongsberg and PGZ - News

February 02, 2026

OSLO, Norway. Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace and consortium partner Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa have signed a contract with Poland’s Armaments Agency to deliver counter-uncrewed aerial system (C-UAS) capabilities under the SAN CUAS program, the company announced in a statement.

Unmanned

Advanced sensing and targeting system for ship defense to be developed for DARPA by Raytheon - News

February 02, 2026

PORTSMOUTH, Rhode Island. Raytheon was selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop an advanced sensing and targeting system intended to help defend commercial shipping and naval logistics vessels against threats such as unmanned surface vehicles (USVs), the company announced in a statement.

Comms

Tactical data link terminals to be provided to U.S. Navy and allied forces by Data Link Solutions - News

February 02, 2026

WAYNE, New Jersey. Data Link Solutions won a $248 million U.S. Navy production contract to supply hundreds of Multifunctional Information Distribution System Joint Tactical Radio System (MIDS JTRS) terminals for U.S. forces and allied users, the company announced in a statement.

Unmanned

V-BAT drones and Hivemind software to be supplied to Indian Army by Shield AI - News

January 30, 2026

NEW DELHI, India. Shield AI says the Indian Army has selected the company to supply V-BAT uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) along with licenses for its Hivemind autonomy software to be integrated onto the aircraft, the company announced in a statement.

Avionics

MH-139A helicopters to be built for U.S. Air Force by Boeing - News

January 30, 2026

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania. Boeing will build four additional MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopters and provide related sustainment for the U.S. Air Force under a contract award that brings cumulative program awards to more than $262 million, the company announced in a statement.

Unmanned

Uncrewed surface vessel project gets NATO green light - News

January 30, 2026

KOROPI, Greece. International defense systems company Intracom Defense (IDE) recently was granted approval by the NATO Accelerating Interoperability and Standardization (AIS) Fund to embark on a new project called “Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USV) Standardization: Current Status and Future Outlook,” with the goal of accelerating standardization of USVs by providing guidelines and recommendations to NATO for steering related standardization activities.