PARDUBICE, Czech Republic. Retia entered into a strategic partnership with Israeli company Axon Vision to integrate artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled situational awareness systems into Czech-manufactured armored vehicles, the company announced in a statement.

WEST WALES, U.K. The British Army has completed its largest counter-drone swarm trial, demonstrating a radiofrequency directed energy weapon (RF DEW) system capable of neutralizing multiple uncrewed aerial targets simultaneously, the U.K. Ministry of Defence announced in a statement.

ULM, Germany. Thales delivered a full set of dual traveling wave tubes (TWTs) for the Optus-11 satellite, a Ku-band spacecraft developed by Airbus Defence and Space under the OneSat reconfigurable satellite program, the company announced in a statement.

SAN DIEGO, California. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) will invest in two Dutch companies—Emergent Swarm Solutions and Saluqi Motors—following their participation in the 2024 Blue Magic Netherlands (BMN) innovation event, the company announced in a statement.

FORT IRWIN, California. The U.S. Air Force joined other services and allied forces during Project Convergence Capstone 5 (PC-C5) to evaluate joint command-and-control (C2) technologies, including the Tactical Operations Center–Light (TOC-L), the service announced in a statement.

NEW YORK, New York. Persistent Systems was added to the U.S. Navy’s Family of Systems (FoS) indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract to provide data link technologies for unmanned surface vessels (USVs), the company announced in a statement.

WASHINGTON, D.C. Shield AI acquired the Data Driven Readiness (DDR) software toolset from Crowdbotics to enhance its artificial intelligence-enabled autonomy products, the company announced in a statement.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. Information systems contractor Vectrus Systems won a $15.97 million task order modification of a previously awarded contract with the U.S. Navy to exercise Option Year One for the operation and maintenance of Navy communications, electronic, and computer systems in support of the Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station Pacific. 

LEEUWARDEN AIR BASE, Netherlands. The Royal Netherlands Air Force and Lockheed Martin Skunk Works demonstrated the first live, in-flight transfer of classified F-35 targeting data to a non-U.S. command-and-control system during the Ramstein Flag multi-domain operations exercise, the company announced in a statement.

PETAH TIKVAH, Israel. Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. announced that its Gilat Defense segment won a contract to provide ongoing sustainment and support services for satellite transportable terminal (STT) units deployed worldwide in support of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) customers.

Under the agreement, Gilat Defense will deliver critical program management, field services, and technical support, ensuring operational readiness and continued reliability of these vital communication assets.

CHANDLER, Arizona. Microchip Technology released its BR235 and BR235D series of hermetically sealed electromechanical power relays, qualified to MIL-PRF-83536 standards and intended for high-reliability defense and aerospace applications, the company announced in a statement.

GETAFE, Spain. The first Airbus A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) aircraft acquired by the Spanish Ministry of Defence has entered service with the Spanish Air and Space Force’s 45th Wing, the company announced in a statement.

MADRID, Spain. Indra won a contract from the Sultanate of Oman to supply new long-range Lanza 3D early warning radars to the Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO), the company announced in a statement. 

SAN DIEGO, California. Cubic Defense won a position on an eight-year, multiple-award indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract to support live training and range systems for the U.S. Army, the company announced in a statement.

PETAH TIKVA, Israel. Gilat Defense won a contract valued at over $11 million to supply DKET 3420 transportable satellite communication hubs to an undisclosed uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) company, the company announced in a statement.