GEELONG, Australia. Airbus and Australian aerospace company Drone Forge signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to collaborate on the deployment and operational integration of the Flexrotor uncrewed aerial system (UAS) in the Asia-Pacific region, the companies announced in a statement.

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania. The U.S. Army Special Operations Aviation Command (USASOAC) awarded Boeing a $240 million contract to remanufacture five additional MH-47G Block II Chinook helicopters, the company announced in a statement.

ARLINGTON, Va. Uncrewed and robotic systems company AeroVironment (AV), through its wholly owned subsidiary Telerob (which is located near Stuttgart, Germany), won a contract with Germany's federal armed forces to deliver 41 large-sized uncrewed ground vehicles (UGVs) that specialize in explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) and counter-IED missions. 

ARLINGTON, Virginia. Leonardo DRS won a $16.9 million prototype project award from the U.S. Army to modernize the electric weapon control system on the M109A7 Paladin self-propelled howitzer, the company announced in a statement.

WASHINGTON, D.C. The U.S. State Department approved a potential Foreign Military Sale to Qatar of MQ-9B uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) and associated equipment for an estimated $1.96 billion, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced in a statement.

TUCSON, Arizona. Raytheon conducted the first helicopter launch of its new Coyote LE SR uncrewed aerial system (UAS) variant during a recent test at Nine Mile Training Center, the company announced in a statement.

WATERLOO, Ontario. Pixus Technologies released a new 3U, 1-slot OpenVPX backplane designed to support 100 Gigabit Ethernet (100GbE) speeds and development efforts aligned with the Sensor Open Systems Architecture, or SOSA, Technical Standard, the company announced in a statement.

KAUAI, Hawaii. The USS Pinckney (DDG 91) conducted a simulated engagement of a hypersonic medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) using the Aegis Combat System during Flight Test Other-40 (FTX-40), Lockheed Martin announced in a statement.

SAN DIEGO. Cubic Defense reports that it won a spot on a ten-year, multiple-award contract to support U.S. Army Program Executive Officer (PEO) Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (STRI) TESS programs, which are aimed at providing engineering and manufacturing for fielded and new TESS systems and supporting home-station training, the Combat Training Centers (CTC), and Foreign Military Sales (FMS).

FORT IRWIN, California. Raytheon completed a live fire demonstration of its DeepStrike autonomous mobile launcher at the U.S. Army’s Project Convergence event, the company announced in a statement.

CANBERRA, Australia. QinetiQ won an AUD $47 million contract to support the Defence Aviation Safety Authority (DASA) under a new strategic agreement aimed at enhancing aviation safety standards within the Australian defence sector, the company announced in a statement.

MCLEAN, Virginia. HII’s Mission Technologies division won a contract to develop a high-energy laser (HEL) weapon prototype for the U.S. Army’s Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO), the company announced in a statement.

ARLINGTON, Virginia. Boeing won a contract from the U.S. Air Force to design, build, and deliver its Next-Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) fighter aircraft, the company announced in a statement.

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia. Teledyne FLIR Defense won a $7.8 million contract with the Middle East Task Company (METCO) to supply Lightweight Vehicle Surveillance Systems (LVSS) to a military customer in Saudi Arabia, the company announced in a statement.

ARLINGTON, Va. Raytheon reports that it won a follow-won contract from the U.S. Army Futures Command, Futures and Concepts Center under which the Army Futures Command will continue to use the Raytheon Rapid Campaign Analysis and Demonstration Environment (RCADE) modeling and simulation capability.