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Avionics

Avionics systems for U.S. Army FLRAA program to be delivered by GE Aerospace - News

April 01, 2025

CINCINNATI, Ohio. GE Aerospace won a subcontract by Bell Textron to design and deliver avionics systems for the U.S. Army’s Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) program, the company announced in a statement.

A.I.

AI agent from Cypher to be added to Army infantry division tactical environment - News

April 01, 2025

ASHBURN, Va. National-security and artificial intelligence (AI) company Cypher announced an agreement with the U.S. Army’s 25th Infantry Division under which the Army will integrate Cypher’s "Battlemind" AI agent into the 25th Infantry Division’s tactical environment.

Unmanned

ViDAR optical payloads delivered to NAVAIR for U.S. Marine Corps - News

March 31, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. Shield AI delivered its first ViDAR (Visual Detection and Ranging) payloads to NAVAIR’s Program Office for Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems (PMA-263), where they will be fielded by the U.S. Marine Corps, the company announced in a statement.

Avionics

F-35 maintenance and upgrades to be provided to Norway by Kongsberg - News

March 31, 2025

RYGGE, Norway. Kongsberg Aviation Maintenance Services signed a contract with the Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency to provide long-term maintenance and upgrade support for Norway’s F-35 fighter aircraft, the company announced in a statement.

Radar/EW

Combat management system to be installed on Chilean Navy frigates - News

March 31, 2025

SANTIAGO, Chile. Havelsan signed an agreement with the Chilean Navy to provide its ADVENT Combat Management System (CMS) for the upgrade of two naval frigates, the company announced in a statement.

Unmanned

Flexrotor drone to be deployed in Asia Pacific under Airbus, Drone Forge partnership - News

March 28, 2025

GEELONG, Australia. Airbus and Australian aerospace company Drone Forge signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to collaborate on the deployment and operational integration of the Flexrotor uncrewed aerial system (UAS) in the Asia-Pacific region, the companies announced in a statement.

Avionics

Five MH-47G Block II Chinook helicopters to be delivered to U.S. Army Special Operations - News

March 28, 2025

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania. The U.S. Army Special Operations Aviation Command (USASOAC) awarded Boeing a $240 million contract to remanufacture five additional MH-47G Block II Chinook helicopters, the company announced in a statement.

Unmanned

UGVs for ordnance disposal garner AeroVironment contract with German force - News

March 28, 2025

ARLINGTON, Va. Uncrewed and robotic systems company AeroVironment (AV), through its wholly owned subsidiary Telerob (which is located near Stuttgart, Germany), won a contract with Germany's federal armed forces to deliver 41 large-sized uncrewed ground vehicles (UGVs) that specialize in explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) and counter-IED missions. 

Comms

Weapons control system prototype to be developed for M109A7 Paladin - News

March 27, 2025

ARLINGTON, Virginia. Leonardo DRS won a $16.9 million prototype project award from the U.S. Army to modernize the electric weapon control system on the M109A7 Paladin self-propelled howitzer, the company announced in a statement.

Unmanned

MQ-9B drone sale to Qatar approved by State Department - News

March 27, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. The U.S. State Department approved a potential Foreign Military Sale to Qatar of MQ-9B uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) and associated equipment for an estimated $1.96 billion, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced in a statement.

Unmanned

Coyote launched-effects drone tested from helicopter platform - News

March 27, 2025

TUCSON, Arizona. Raytheon conducted the first helicopter launch of its new Coyote LE SR uncrewed aerial system (UAS) variant during a recent test at Nine Mile Training Center, the company announced in a statement.

Unmanned

OpenVPX backplane with 100GbE support introduced for SOSA aligned development - News

March 26, 2025

WATERLOO, Ontario. Pixus Technologies released a new 3U, 1-slot OpenVPX backplane designed to support 100 Gigabit Ethernet (100GbE) speeds and development efforts aligned with the Sensor Open Systems Architecture, or SOSA, Technical Standard, the company announced in a statement.

Radar/EW

Aegis Combat System tests ability to counter hypersonic ballistic missile threats - News

March 26, 2025

KAUAI, Hawaii. The USS Pinckney (DDG 91) conducted a simulated engagement of a hypersonic medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) using the Aegis Combat System during Flight Test Other-40 (FTX-40), Lockheed Martin announced in a statement.

Avionics

Training-systems contract spot won by Cubic Defense - News

March 26, 2025

SAN DIEGO. Cubic Defense reports that it won a spot on a ten-year, multiple-award contract to support U.S. Army Program Executive Officer (PEO) Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (STRI) TESS programs, which are aimed at providing engineering and manufacturing for fielded and new TESS systems and supporting home-station training, the Combat Training Centers (CTC), and Foreign Military Sales (FMS).

Unmanned

Autonomous launcher system completes live fire demo for U.S. Army - News

March 26, 2025

FORT IRWIN, California. Raytheon completed a live fire demonstration of its DeepStrike autonomous mobile launcher at the U.S. Army’s Project Convergence event, the company announced in a statement.