FORTH WORTH, Tex. Bell Textron is the first company chosen to continue in the competition for the U.S. Army’s Flight School Next program, which means that Bell and its team will advance to the second phase of the Army competition, which seeks to modernize Army helicopter training. 

WILMINGTON, Massachusetts. Analog Devices introduced its ADIS16575, ADIS16576, and ADIS16577 precision microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) inertial measurement units (IMUs) with integrated signal conditioning and on-board compensation intended to maintain measurement accuracy across operating conditions, the company announced in a statement.

READING, United Kingdom. Systems Engineering & Assessment Ltd (SEA) received its 130th FLOPPYFlash drive from Solid State Disks Limited (SSDL) to support upgrades to the Royal Navy’s Outfit DLH decoy launch system, the company announced in a statement.

HORSHAM, U.K. Surveillance and fire-control solution provider Chess Dynamics won an order worth £1.4 million ($1.9 million) from a major weapons-system prime contractor for a number of Hawkeye electro-optical surveillance system (EOSS) units.

AUSTIN, Tex. Artificial intelligence (AI) security provider HiddenLayer announced that it has been chosen to contribute to the U.S. Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract.

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) used its Joint Simulation Environment (JSE) to demonstrate tactical integration between the F-35 Lightning II and the Navy’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA), the company announced in a statement.

DÜSSELDORF, Germany. Rheinmetall and MBDA Germany plan to form a joint venture in the first quarter of 2026 focused on naval laser weapon development, the companies announced in a statement.

HAIFA, Israel. Elbit Systems won contracts valued at about $150 million to provide directed infrared countermeasures (DIRCM) systems for aircraft operated by additional European nations, the company announced in a statement.

ROME, Italy. A third COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) Earth observation satellite has been launched to support an Italian Space Agency and Italian Ministry of Defense dual-use radar imaging constellation, Thales Alenia Space announced in a statement.

LINKÖPING, Sweden. Saab entered a contract with the French General Directorate of Armaments (direction générale de l'Armement -- DGA) to deliver two GlobalEye early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft, including ground equipment, training, and support.

RESTON, Va. Security company CACI International won a five-year task order valued at as much as $212 million to deliver software-defined enterprise-level network modernization for the U.S. Space Force.

HAIFA, Israel. Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and the Israel Ministry of Defense have delivered the first operational Iron Beam high-power laser system to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), the company announced in a statement.

TORONTO. Energy company PowerBank Corporation reported a milestone in its collaboration with Singapore-based aerospace company SmartLink AI following the successful early-December launch of the DeStarlink Genesis-1 satellite: The satellite has been recorded operating and producing solar power as it moves around the earth.

KONGSBERG, Norway. Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace signed an agreement to acquire 90% of Zone 5 Technologies LLC, a California-based missile developer focused on long-range strike and counter-uncrewed aerial system (UAS) interceptors, with the transaction value undisclosed, the company announced in a statement.

ARLINGTON, Virginia. The U.S. Air Force designated YFQ-48A as the Mission Design Series for Northrop Grumman’s Project Talon semi-autonomous prototype aircraft as part of its Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program, the Air Force announced in a statement.