HERNDON, Virginia. L3Harris Technologies won a contract from Austal USA to provide integrated systems support for the U.S. Navy’s first T-AGOS-25 class ocean surveillance ship, the company announced in a statement.

LONDON, United Kingdom. HENSOLDT will present a range of sensor and electronic surveillance technologies at the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) 2025 exhibition in London, the company announced in a statement.

SAN DIEGO, California. General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) and Kepler Communications conducted a demonstration of bi-directional optical communications between an aircraft-mounted optical terminal and a low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite compatible with the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Tranche 0 architecture, the company announced in a statement.

LONDON. Thales will participate in DSEI UK 2025 -- set to be held at the ExCel Centre in London, September 9-12, 2025 -- by showing how its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered mission-critical systems can deliver trusted help military users gain faster, clearer decisions in contested environments. 

ALVERCA DO RIBATEJO, Portugal. The Portuguese Air Force received its first A-29N Super Tucano aircraft at OGMA facilities following a transfer flight from Embraer’s site in Brazil, the company announced in a statement.

ANDØYA, Norway. Andøya Space and Rheinmetall Nordic AS signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to expand civil and military space operations with a focus on rapid satellite deployment, the companies announced in a statement.

LONDON. Teledyne FLIR OEM (part of Teledyne Technologies Inc.) announced the launch of its Boson+ IQ Development Kit, a solution that combines reference hardware with Prism software, enabling integrators to rapidly develop edge artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities using advanced thermal sensing across defense, security, and industrial platforms. Teledyne FLIR OEM will show the new kit at DSEI UK 2025, set to be held at the ExCel Centre in London, September 9-12, 2025.

WASHINGTON, D.C. The U.S. Army awarded three Other Transaction Authority (OTA) agreements under its Unmanned Systems (UxS) Autonomy effort to Forterra (Clarksburg, Maryland), Overland AI (Seattle, Washington), and Scout AI (Sunnyvale, California), the service announced in a statement.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland. The U.S. Air Force is increasingly banking on open system designs to keep pace with fast-moving threats and ensure new capabilities reach the field quicker, Brig. Gen. Jason Voorheis, program executive officer for fighters and advanced aircraft, told attendees at the MOSA Summit here Friday.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland. The Department of the Navy is pushing modular design and digital engineering to the forefront as it works to implement Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) principles across shipbuilding, aviation, submarine, and Marine Corps programs, said Peter Reddy, deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for research, development, test and engineering (DASN (RDT&E)), during his presentation at the MOSA Summit here Thursday.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland. The U.S. Army is restructuring its missile and space portfolio to fully embrace the Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) as it builds integrated offensive and defensive fires capabilities, said Maj. Gen. Frank Lozano, program executive officer for missiles and space at Redstone Arsenal, during his presentation at the MOSA Summit here Thursday.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland. The U.S. Army’s adoption of the Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) must be driven by empowered people, well-defined technical standards, and sustainable business models, said Patrick Mason, acting principal deputy for the Assistant Secretary of the Army (acquisition, logistics, and technology), during his presentation at the MOSA Summit here Thursday.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland. After decades of incremental progress, the U.S. Air Force is now positioned to fully implement Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) standards across its weapons systems, according to Christopher Garrett, technical advisor for systems engineering at the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center during his presentation at the MOSA Summit here Thursday.

LONDON. Ground-based radar designer/manufacturer Blighter plans to showcase new developments to its border-surveillance and coastal-security radar systems, along with its artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted BlighterNexus software, at DSEI UK 2025, set to be held at the ExCel Centre in London, September 9-12, 2025.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland. The U.S. Navy is changing how it manages open architectures by taking the lead in writing the initial version of its Open Systems Management Plan (OSMP), a move the service hopes embed their priorities from the outset rather than relying on contractors to produce the first draft.