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A.I.

AI agent completes air combat test flight on Gripen E fighter - News

June 13, 2025

LINKÖPING, Sweden. Helsing and Saab completed a live flight test of an artificial intelligence (AI) agent aboard a Gripen E fighter jet, during which the AI conducted air combat maneuvers in a beyond-visual-range scenario, the company announced in a statement.

Radar/EW

Analog Devices will showcase RF, data, power solutions at IMS 2025 - News

June 12, 2025

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS) 2025—SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) announced that it will be showcasing the industry's most complete, high-performance digitization and processing platform at the IMS 2025 show, set to be held June 15-20 in San Francisco.

Radar/EW

Line-replaceable unit (LRU) displays to be produced for L3Harris by IEE - News

June 11, 2025

SYLMAR, Calif.  Military-display manufacturer IEE is moving into the production phase of its contract with L3Harris that calls for IEE to deliver hundreds of 3ATI electronic warfare (EW) multi-function displays (MFDs).

Comms

Troposcatter system to be delivered to U.S. Army for training and evaluation - News

June 11, 2025

AUSTIN, Texas. Ultra I&C will provide its Archer troposcatter communications system to the U.S. Army for training and evaluation, the company announced. 

Unmanned

Counter-drone training provided to Royal Navy by Qinetiq during exercise - News

June 11, 2025

SICILY, Italy. QinetiQ provided live and virtual counter-drone training to the Royal Navy’s Carrier Strike Group and NATO allies during Exercise Med Strike, a seven-day maritime exercise conducted off the eastern coast of Sicily, the company announced in a statement.

Comms

Multi-sensor satellite system under joint development by BAE Systems, Hanwha Systems - News

June 11, 2025

SEOUL, South Korea. BAE Systems and Hanwha Systems signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly develop a multi-sensor satellite system for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) applications, the company announced in a statement.

Unmanned

Robotic swarming technologies to be advanced by Ombra under U.S. Air Force contract - News

June 10, 2025

TAMPA, Florida. Ombra won a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract from the U.S. Air Force to continue development of robotic swarming technologies focused on runway repair and damage assessment, the company announced in a statement.

Unmanned

More VAMPIRE counter-UAS systems to be delivered to DoD - News

June 10, 2025

MELBOURNE, Florida. L3Harris Technologies won an additional contract from the U.S. Department of Defense to supply more VAMPIRE counter-uncrewed aerial system (UAS) platforms, the company announced in a statement.

Unmanned

Protector drone support for UK to be provided by General Atomics - News

June 10, 2025

SAN DIEGO, California. The U.K. Ministry of Defence signed a support and sustainment contract with General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) for logistics and maintenance of the Royal Air Force’s Protector RG Mk1 uncrewed aerial system (UAS), the company announced in a statement.

Comms

Communications system from Ultra I&C to be evaluated by U.S. Army - News

June 10, 2025

AUSTIN, Tex. Ultra I&C will provide the U.S. Army with its Archer troposcatter system under a new contract aimed at getting Archer into the hands of Army soldiers for training and evaluation in an effort to enhance network resiliency by adding an additional form of secure communications. 

Radar/EW

Radar pact continues between U.S. Navy and Raytheon under $646 million contract - News

June 10, 2025

ANDOVER, Mass. Raytheon (an RTX business) reports that it signed an agreement with the U.S. Navy worth $646 million to continue producing AN/SPY-6(V) radars for Navy ships; this is the fourth option exercised from the March 2022 hardware, production and sustainment contract that is valued up to $3 billion over five years.

Cyber

NSA approves Persistent Systems Wave Relay for classified information transfers - News

June 09, 2025

NEW YORK. Mobile-networking company Persistent Systems announced that its Wave Relay devices gained approval from the National Security Agency (NSA) as IPsec VPN Gateway and MACsec components.

Radar/EW

DARPA program reports record-breaking power-transmission distances - News

June 09, 2025

ARLINGTON, Va. In a series of recent tests held at the U.S. Army White Sands Missile Range, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Persistent Optical Wireless Energy Relay (POWER) program reported setting several new records for transmitting power over distance, with the POWER team recording more than 800 watts of power delivered during a 30-second transmission from a laser situated 8.6 kilometers (5.3 miles) away; over the course of the test campaign, more than a megajoule of energy was transferred.

Unmanned

Final MQ-9A Reaper delivered to U.S. Marine Corps - News

June 09, 2025

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland. The U.S. Marine Corps received its final MQ-9A Reaper Block 5 Extended Range uncrewed aerial system (UAS) from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, concluding a three-year delivery program, the Naval Air Systems Command announced in a statement.

Comms

Missile warning and tracking satellites to be developed for Space Force - News

June 09, 2025

EL SEGUNDO, California. BAE Systems won a $1.2 billion contract from U.S. Space Systems Command to develop a medium Earth orbit (MEO) satellite system for missile warning and tracking, the company announced in a statement.