ULM, Germany. Elbit Systems Deutschland won a contract from Lufthansa Technik to equip German government Airbus A350 aircraft with J-MUSIC Directed Infrared Countermeasures (DIRCM) self-protection systems, the company announced in a statement.

ROME, Italy. Eurofighter and the NATO Eurofighter and Tornado Management Agency (NETMA) signed a contract for up to 24 Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft for the Italian Air Force, according to a statement from Leonardo, which developed the fighter along with Airbus and BAE Systems

HELSINKI, Finland. Earth-observation satellite operator ICEYE announced that it launched two new satellites to its constellation of synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) satellites, as part of its expansion of its latest imaging technology to deliver additional 25 cm imaging capacity.

MUNICH, Germany. The Eurofighter Typhoon jet will undergo significant enhancements under the Long Term Evolution (LTE) program following the signing of the contract for the first part of the Technology Maturation Phase (TMP), the company announced in a statement.

HERNDON, Va. Autonomy company XTEND, which deals in artificial intelligence (AI) and tactical uncrewed aerial system (UAS) solutions, won a contract worth $8.8 million from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Irregular Warfare Technical Support Directorate (IWTSD) to deliver precision strike indoor & outdoor (PSIO) small UASs (sUAS).

CENTENNIAL, Colo. Defense-technology company True Anomaly announced that it successfully deployed its Jackal autonomous orbital vehicle (AOV) spacecraft.

OSLO, Norway. Kongsberg won a NOK 2.7 billion contract from the Norwegian government to acquire additional National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS), the company announced in a statement.

RESTON, Virginia. Leidos won a $987 million contract to provide engineering and sustainment services for Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers of the U.S. Air Force’s F-16 Fighting Falcon, the company announced in a statement.

BERLIN, Germany. Rheinmetall and partner blackned won a €1.2 billion contract for IT system integration within the German Bundeswehr’s "Digitalization of Land-Based Operations" (D-LBO) program, the companies announced in a statement.

MELBOURNE, Florida. The U.S. Navy chose a team led by Northrop Grumman to deliver the E-130J nuclear command, control, and communications (NC3) aircraft for the U.S. Navy’s Take Charge And Move Out (TACAMO) mission, the company announced in a statement.

TORRANCE, Calif. K2 Space signed a contract worth as much as $60 million with the U.S. Space Force to launch its first Mega Class satellite on a mission that is codenamed "Gravitas." 

CHANDLER, Ariz. Northrop Grumman reports that it launched a so-called zombie target vehicle variation, known as “Black Dagger,” from Fort Wingate to White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, for the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command’s (USASMDC) LTZ-3 test mission.

ARLINGTON, Virginia. The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) denied a protest against the U.S. Army’s sole-source award of a $990 million contract for Aerovironment’s Switchblade systems, the company announced in a statement.

TOULOUSE, France. Airbus Defence and Space won a contract from Eutelsat to manufacture 100 satellites as part of the extension of the OneWeb low Earth orbit (LEO) constellation, the company announced in a statement.

TEL AVIV, Israel. Elbit Systems won a $130 million contract from the Israel Ministry of Defense (IMOD) Directorate of Defense Research & Development (DDR&D) to supply advanced communication systems to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), the IMOD announced in a statement.