WASHINGTON, D.C. The Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) is no longer just a government acquisition goal -- it's now a business strategy for defense suppliers trying to move technology into the field faster, said panelists at the Military Embedded Systems MOSA Virtual Summit on Feb. 26.

PINNEBERG, Germany. TEWS Technologies GmbH announced the release of its TVNX210, a VNX+ carrier board intended for use with QMC modules. 

Aliso Viejo, Calif. Holt Integrated Circuits announced the release of its ADK-85104 evaluation board, a small ready-to-use platform intended to help engineers rapidly evaluate and characterize Holt’s HI-85104 fault-isolated quad ARINC 429 line driver. 

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. Design and test engineering firm Keysight Technologies signed a $12.5 million follow-on contract with the U.S. Air Force (USAF) to provide kits for assembling the Versatile Diagnostic Automatic Test Station (VDATS), a modular open systems approach (MOSA)-based automatic test solution for avionics maintenance and repair. 

CHANTILLY, Va. General Dynamics Mission Systems (GDMS) announced that it won a cost-plus-incentive-fee and cost-plus-fixed-fee follow-on contract with an initial order value of $255 million as the prime integrator for the U.S. Navy Trident II Fire Control System (FCS).

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. The market for communications technologies used with drones or uncrewed aerial systems (UASs) is projected to grow from $2.67 billion in 2025 to $4.09 billion by 2030, at a combined annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.8% during the forecast period, according to a study by MarketsandMarkets, "Drone Communication Market -- Global Forecast to 2030."

HARSTAD, Norway. Shield AI says it demonstrated ship- and land-based intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) missions with its V-BAT uncrewed aerial system (UAS) during NATO’s HEIMDALL 26 exercise in Norway, the company announced in a statement.

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico. AeroVironment plans to invest more than $30 million to expand manufacturing across three existing sites in Albuquerque’s Sandia Science & Technology Park, the company announced in a statement.

DENVER, Colorado. Lockheed Martin will provide an anti-jamming communications payload for Japan’s Next-Generation Defense Satellite Communication System being developed by Mitsubishi Electric for Japan’s Ministry of Defense, the company announced in a statement.

Melville, N.Y. Micross Components announced that it has expanded its DC-DC converter offerings with the new Class H+ AFLS28XX series, intended to be a cost-effective, radiation-tolerant power conversion solution for low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellations, space missions, launch vehicles, and other space-based systems.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. Red Cat Holdings said Allen Control Systems joined its Futures Initiative and will work with the company on integrating the Bullfrog autonomous counter-drone system with Red Cat platforms, the company announced in a statement.

TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, New Mexico. Hermeus flew its Quarterhorse Mk 2.1 aircraft for the first time at Spaceport America, beginning a flight-test campaign intended to reach supersonic speeds, the company announced in a statement.

ARLINGTON, Virginia. AeroVironment won a $186 million U.S. Army delivery order for Switchblade 600 Block 2 and Switchblade 300 Block 20 loitering munition systems, the company announced in a statement.

Syracuse, N.Y. Defense research and development company SRC Inc. reports that it will participate in the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract,

TORRANCE, Calif. Defense tech company Castelion announced that the U.S. Navy awarded it a contract worth nearly $50 million to advance its lower-cost Blackbeard hypersonic weapon from prototype to integrated, early operational capability.