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A.I.

Dismounted controller selected for U.S. Army human-machine teaming project - News

May 20, 2025

ARLINGTON, Virginia. AeroVironment’s Tomahawk product line won a $5.1 million contract from the U.S. Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO) to support the Human-Machine Integrated Formations (HMIF) rapid prototyping project, the company announced in a statement. 

Unmanned

YFQ-42A uncrewed test aircraft enters ground testing phase at General Atomics - News

May 20, 2025

SAN DIEGO, California. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) has begun ground testing of its YFQ-42A test vehicle for the U.S. Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program, the company announced in a statement.

Radar/EW

AN/TPY-2 missile defense radar with GaN array delivered to U.S. Missile Defense Agency - News

May 20, 2025

ANDOVER, Massachusetts. Raytheon delivered its 13th AN/TPY-2 missile defense radar to the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA), marking the first unit equipped with a fully Gallium Nitride (GaN)-based array, the company announced in a statement.

Unmanned

Autonomous mine countermeasures system to be delivered to Singapore by Thales - News

May 20, 2025

SINGAPORE. Thales will supply the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) with an autonomous mine countermeasures system designed to detect, classify, and localize naval mines in real time, the company announced in a statement.

Avionics

F-35 shares classified data in flight during Danish interoperability test - News

May 20, 2025

SKRYDSTRUP, Denmark. The Danish Ministry of Defence and Lockheed Martin Skunk Works completed a live flight demonstration of the F-35’s ability to share classified data across domains using an open systems gateway, the company announced in a statement.

Radar/EW

Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band enters follow-on production under Navy contract - News

May 19, 2025

MCKINNEY, Texas. Raytheon won a $580 million contract from the U.S. Navy to continue production of the Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band (NGJ-MB) electronic attack system, the company announced in a statement.

Comms

Radio communications upgrade underway for Brazilian airspace operations - News

May 19, 2025

MADRID, Spain. Indra won a contract to modernize Brazil’s national ground-to-air communications infrastructure, providing over 800 new radios to the Brazilian Air Force’s Department of Airspace Control (DECEA), the company announced in a statement.

Avionics

Multirole helicopter training and simulation package proposed for Polish Air Force - News

May 19, 2025

WARSAW, Poland. Airbus, CAE, and Babcock International signed a memorandum of understanding to deliver a joint offering of military helicopters, training, and simulation services to the Polish Air Force, the companies announced in a statement.

Avionics

Flight simulators to be delivered to French Armed Forces by Exail - News

May 16, 2025

LANNION, France. Exail will provide flight simulators to Babcock France as part of the French Ministry of the Armed Forces’ Mentor 2 pilot training program, the company announced in a statement.

Unmanned

Modular counter-UAS system used by German Armed Forces to be upgraded - News

May 16, 2025

TAUFKIRCHEN, Germany. Hensoldt won a contract from Germany's Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) to enhance the capabilities of its ASUL counter-uncrewed aerial system (C-UAS), the company announced in a statement.

Avionics

Avionics upgrades to be provided to UH-60L foreign military fleets - News

May 15, 2025

NASHVILLE, Tennessee. ACE Aeronautics chose Ultra PCS and Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions to supply an integrated cockpit voice recorder (CVR), flight data recorder (FDR), and health and usage monitoring system (HUMS) for UH-60L Black Hawk helicopters operated by foreign militaries, the companies announced in a statement.

Avionics

High-speed satellite communications system to upgrade U.S. Army’s ARES aircraft - News

May 15, 2025

PHOENIX, Arizona. L3Harris Technologies chose Honeywell’s JetWave X satellite communication system to enhance the U.S. Army’s Airborne Reconnaissance and Electronic Warfare System (ARES), Honeywell announced in a statement.

Avionics

Integrated avionics display to be showcased at Army aviation summit by DDC-I - News

May 15, 2025

NASHVILLE, Tennessee. DDC-I will exhibit a fully integrated avionics display system powered by its Deos real-time operating system (RTOS) at the Army Aviation Mission Solution Summit, the company announced in a statement.

Unmanned

Uncrewed surface vessel line added to Red Cat’s drone portfolio - News

May 14, 2025

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico. Red Cat Holdings will enter the maritime autonomy market with a new line of uncrewed surface vessels (USVs), expanding its multi-domain unmanned systems offering across air, land, and sea, the company announced in a statement.

Unmanned

Puma drone fleet to be upgraded for Netherlands by AeroVironment - News

May 14, 2025

ARLINGTON, Virginia. AeroVironment signed a new agreement with the Dutch Ministry of Defence to modernize the Netherlands’ Puma 3 AE uncrewed aerial system (UAS) fleet and expand the country’s use of long-endurance systems, the company announced in a statement.