VIENNA, Austria. Schiebel won a multi-year service contract with the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) for its CAMCOPTER S-100 uncrewed aerial system (UAS), the company announced in a statement.

Rapid Response, SV Microwave's single port cable assembly builder, now has NanoRF Cable Connectors available, allowing better support for embedded system designs that comply with the Sensor Open Systems Architecture, or SOSA, Technical Standard as well as VITA standards.

HELSINKI, Finland. Patria and Babcock International Group signed a Memorandum of Understanding to partner on the Patria 6x6 vehicle platform for the UK armed forces, the companies announced in a joint statement.

RESTON, Virginia. Leidos won a $120 million contract from the Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific to provide key management architecture, engineering, and cybersecurity support services for the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community, and civilian agencies, the company announced in a statement.

ORLANDO, Florida. Lockheed Martin won a $270 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to integrate advanced infrared threat-detection sensors onto the F-22 Raptor, the company announced in a statement.

CARLSBAD, California. Viasat, Inc. won a position on NASA’s Near Space Network (NSN) Services contract to provide direct-to-Earth (DTE) connectivity for current and future NASA missions, the company announced in a statement.

PETAH TIKVA, Israel. Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. won $5 million in contracts from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and other international defense forces to provide global defense connectivity support, the company announced in a statement.

WASHINGTON, D.C. Shield AI’s V-BAT uncrewed aerial system (UAS) has been chosen by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) as its first maritime-based intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) platform, the company announced in a statement.

SANTA CLARA, California. ANELLO Photonics won a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract from the U.S. Navy to develop an alternative navigation system for hypersonic vehicles operating in GPS-degraded and GPS-denied environments, the company announced in a statement.

ULM, Germany. Airbus Defence and Space, in collaboration with Hensoldt, is supplying software and hardware updates for the "German Airborne Weapon Systems Electronic Warfare Center," the companies announced in a statement.

MURR, Germany. The German Bundeswehr chose Safran Electronics & Defense Germany to supply its portable infrared observation binoculars, the company announced in a statement.

KYIV, Ukraine. Shield AI began training Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces (USF) to operate the V-BAT, a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) uncrewed aerial system (UAS) capable of operating in electronic warfare environments, the company announced in a statement.

ANDOVER, Massachusetts. Raytheon won a $529 million contract to supply the Netherlands with a Patriot air and missile defense system fire unit and associated equipment, the company announced in a statement.

NEW YORK. The global market for uncrewed ground vehicles (UGVs), valued at $3.21 billion in 2024, is expected to reach $5.05 billion by 2030, according to a new market study by TechSci Research, "Unmanned Ground Vehicles Market -Global Industry Size, Share, Trends, competition Forecast & opportunities, 2030." 

WATERLOO, Ontario and ALAMEDA, Calif. Real-time video solution provider RGB Spectrum and connectivity company Dejero plan to announce a new partnership at the upcoming WEST 2025 (AFCEA West, set to be held in San Diego January 28-30, 2025) under which they will unveil their latest innovation, the IPX Flyaway Kit, a command center’s display and connectivity infrastructure in a box.