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SensorCraft modular satellite platform tested by NASA to reduce payload launch costs - News

July 21, 2025

HAMPTON, Virginia. NASA is testing a modular small satellite platform designed to accelerate deployment of spaceborne sensors and reduce mission costs, the agency announced in a statement.

Comms

Software-defined radio to be co-developed by Indra, Bittium for Spain - News

July 21, 2025

MADRID, Spain. Indra Group and Bittium signed an agreement to collaborate on the development of software-defined radio (SDR) technologies for military tactical communications, the companies announced in a joint statement.

Comms

Next Generation Command and Control prototype to be developed for U.S. Army by Anduril - News

July 21, 2025

IRVINE, California. Anduril Industries won a $99.6 million Other Transaction Authority (OTA) agreement from the U.S. Army to deliver a prototype for the service’s Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2) program, the company announced in a statement.

Unmanned

Autonomous DARPA ship shows off in-water testing - News

July 21, 2025

ARLINGTON, Va. The Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) No Manning Required Ship (NOMARS) autonomous long-duration prototype ship is seen underway on the water in the first video of it operating at sea. 

Avionics

Quantum sensor-based navigation systems to be developed for DoD by Honeywell - News

July 18, 2025

PHOENIX, Arizona. Honeywell has been selected by the U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to participate in the Transition of Quantum Sensing (TQS) program, the company announced in a statement.

Unmanned

Autonomous refueling system for uncrewed Navy vessels to be developed by Stratom - News

July 18, 2025

BOULDER, Colorado. Stratom won a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract to develop an autonomous refueling system for U.S. Navy uncrewed surface vehicles (USVs), the company announced in a statement.

Unmanned

Carrier boards, test subracks introduced for AI and computing applications by Pixus - News

July 18, 2025

WATERLOO, Ontario. Pixus Technologies unveiled new carrier boards and specialty cards designed for high-performance computing applications including AI systems and test and measurement platforms, the company announced in a statement.

Unmanned

Microwave platform from Epirus ordered by U.S. Army office - News

July 18, 2025

LOS ANGELES. National-security technology company Epirus announced that it won a $43.5 million contract from the U.S. Army's Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO) under which Epirus will deliver two Integrated Fires Protection Capability High-Power Microwave (IFPC-HPM) Generation II (GEN II) systems, along with associated test events, support equipment, and spares with options for additional tests, components, and support.

Unmanned

Military connectors market to reach $2.28 billion by 2030, study predicts - News

July 18, 2025

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. The military connectors market is expected to reach $2.28 billion by 2030, up from $2.05 billion in 2025, realizing a combined annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.1% according to a new report by MarketsandMarkets, "Military Connectors Market -- Global Forecast to 2030."

Unmanned

XQ-58A Valkyrie to be integrated with new mission system for Germany - News

July 17, 2025

MUNICH, Germany. Airbus Defence and Space and Kratos Defense and Security Solutions entered into a partnership to equip the Kratos XQ-58A Valkyrie uncrewed collaborative combat aircraft (UCCA) with a German-developed mission system for future deployment with the German Air Force, the companies announced in a statement.

Unmanned

Autonomy, datalink interoperability tested in XQ-67A flight - News

July 17, 2025

HIGH DESERT TEST RANGE, California. The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) XQ-67A, an Autonomous Collaborative Platform (ACP) developed by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI), completed a flight test to validate government-owned autonomy and tactical datalink integration, the company announced in a statement.

Cyber

Cybersecure software supply-chain contract signed with USAF, Lineaje - News

July 17, 2025

SARATOGA, Calif. Software supply-chain security provider Lineaje announced that it received a contract worth $1.8 million from AFWERX, the U.S. Air Force innovation arm.  

Unmanned

X10D surveillance drones to be delivered to Norway - News

July 16, 2025

SAN MATEO, California. Skydio won a contract from the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Defence for $9.4 million (101 million NOK) for delivery of its X10D small uncrewed aerial systems (sUAS), the company announced in a statement.

Radar/EW

SCANTER radar systems delivered for Canadian Coast Guard vessel programs - News

July 16, 2025

VANCOUVER, Canada. Terma A/S and Sperry Marine delivered SCANTER-series surveillance radar systems to Seaspan Shipyards in support of the Canadian Coast Guard’s Multi-Purpose Vessel and Polar Icebreaker programs, the companies announced in a statement.

Unmanned

Integrated live-training system to be delivered to U.K. forces by Cubic - News

July 16, 2025

SAN DIEGO. Cubic Defense UK, a division of Cubic Corp., won a two-year, sole-source contract with the U.K. Ministry of Defence (UK MOD) for the delivery of the company's Instrumented Live Training – Area Weapons Effects System (ILT-A).