EL SEGUNDO, Calif. The U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) Space Test Program (STP) office has awarded spots to 12 vendors through the Space Test Experiments Platform (STEP) 2.0 contract, which establishes a 10-year multi-award indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract with a $237 million ceiling to bolster spacecraft procurement within STP. 

TUCSON, Ariz. Raytheon announced that it won a contract worth $250 million with Japan's Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (MELCO) for ESSM Block 2 licensed production.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida. A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket successfully launched Amazon’s Kuiper 2 mission from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on June 23 at 6:54 a.m. EDT, the company announced in a statement.

HARWELL, United Kingdom. Telespazio UK won a contract from the European Space Agency (ESA) to serve as prime contractor for the ground segment of the Traceable Radiometry Underpinning Terrestrial- and Helio-Studies (TRUTHS) Earth Watch mission, the company announced in a statement.

HELSINKI. European space and defense technology company ICEYE reports that it has been chosen to provide intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) systems to the Royal Netherlands air force (RNLAF).

BOSTON, Massachusetts. Teledyne FLIR Defense’s Black Hornet 4 personal reconnaissance system has been approved for inclusion on the Defense Innovation Unit’s (DIU) Blue UAS list after completing cybersecurity and NDAA compliance reviews, the company announced in a statement.

PICATINNY ARSENAL, New Jersey. BAE Systems is collaborating with the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center (DEVCOM-AC) to advance upgrades to the M109-52 self-propelled howitzer prototype, the company announced in a statement.

Syracuse, N.Y. Defense research and development company SRC announced that it agreed to deliver a suite of its advanced counter-unmanned aircraft systems (C-UAS) technologies to international buyers as a part of a $1 billion foreign military sales (FMS) agreement between the U.S. government and the state of Qatar. 

NORFOLK, Va. The U.S. Navy reported that the USS Delaware -- a Virginia-class attack submarine -- successfully executed the first-ever forward-deployed submarine torpedo tube launch and recovery of an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) to complete a tactical objective, using the Yellow Moray UUV, marking a major technological milestone in autonomous system development.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden. INVISIO received an order valued at approximately SEK 145 million from a new European customer for its dismounted soldier communications systems, the company announced in a statement.

PARIS, France. Thales and Danish defense manufacturer Terma signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to expand cooperation across the air and air defense, naval, and space sectors, the company announced in a statement.

PARIS AIR SHOW. Critical-system test and simulation provider Spherea announced at the now-underway Paris Air Show that it will acquire the U.S. subsidiary of the Germany-based Konrad Group.

PARIS, France. Singapore’s Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) signed an agreement with Airbus Helicopters to explore crewed-uncrewed teaming between the Republic of Singapore Air Force’s (RSAF) H225M medium-lift helicopter and Airbus’ Flexrotor uncrewed aerial system (UAS), Airbus announced in a statement.

PARIS, France. The Ministry of National Defence of Lithuania selected the Embraer C-390 Millennium as its next-generation military transport aircraft, the company announced in a statement.

ARLINGTON, Virginia. AeroVironment signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with UAS Denmark Test Center, based at Hans Christian Andersen Airport in Odense, to jointly utilize the center’s airspace and test facilities for uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) demonstrations, the company announced in a statement.