CHICAGO. Motorola Solutions announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Silvus Technologies, Inc. -- a Los Angeles-based provider of mission-critical mobile ad-hoc networks (MANETs) -- for $4.4 billion in up-front consideration.  

POWAY, Calif. General Atomics won a $99.3 million contract with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) for work on what it calls a “hybrid-electric propulsion ducted fan next-generation intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance/strike unmanned aerial system,” which it calls GHOST. 

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia. QinetiQ US won a $41 million task order to support software and technology integration for the U.S. Army’s counter-uncrewed aerial system (UAS) initiatives, the company announced in a statement.

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, California. Hermeus completed a flight test of its Quarterhorse Mk 1 uncrewed aircraft, marking a key milestone in its development of high-speed and hypersonic platforms, the company announced in a statement.

TAIPEI, Taiwan. 7Starlake released a new 3U VPX liquid-cooled ATR system designed for defense and aerospace applications, the company announced in a statement.

PORTLAND HARBOUR, England. The UK Ministry of Defence conducted its largest multi-domain artificial intelligence (AI) trial to date, testing AI capabilities across land, sea, and air platforms, the agency announced in a statement.

MELBOURNE, Florida. L3Harris Technologies won a contract from the Canadian Commercial Corporation to deliver 16 WESCAM MX-20 electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) systems for use aboard the Royal Canadian Air Force’s P-8A aircraft, the company announced in a statement.

ZARAGOZA, Spain. Indra completed testing of its Nemus active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar for integration with Leopard battle tanks, the company announced in a statement.

ST. INIGOES, Maryland. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) introduced a new tethered uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) platform to streamline testing of payload technologies for future uncrewed aerial systems (UAS), the organization announced in a statement.

ASHBURN, Virginia. Romanian firm Pro Optica chose Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions to supply turret drive stabilization system (TDSS) components for the ANUBIS 3.0 remotely controlled weapons station, the company announced in a statement. 

GOLETA, California. Dragoon chose Teledyne FLIR’s Prism SKR and Prism Supervisor software to support autonomous flight and target recognition in its long-range uncrewed aerial system (UAS) prototypes developed under Project Artemis, Teledyne FLIR announced in a statement.

SAN DIEGO, California. Cubic Defense delivered the first encrypted Air Combat Maneuvering Instrumentation (ACMI) system for fourth-generation fighter aircraft under a U.S. Air Force production contract, the company announced in a statement.

TALLINN, Estonia. Milrem Robotics will deliver six THeMIS uncrewed ground vehicles (UGVs) to CNIM Systèmes Industriels for integration into route clearance systems bound for Ukraine, the company announced in a statement.

LANGKAWI, Malaysia. Leonardo and Weststar Aviation Services launched a modernization and expansion program to supply up to 28 helicopters for Malaysian government operations, Leonardo announced in a statement.

HARWELL, United Kingdom. The United Kingdom’s Skynet 6A military communications satellite has completed integration of its communications and service modules, Airbus announced in a statement.