BERLIN, Germany. Artec GmbH won an order valued at about €1.2 billion for 84 RCH155 (Remote Controlled Howitzer 155 mm) wheeled howitzers and related training, service, and logistics support for the German Armed Forces, Rheinmetall said in a statement.

TEL AVIV, Israel. Orbit Communication Systems won a $2.4 million order from a European defense integrator to supply maritime satellite communications (SATCOM) equipment for military platforms operated by a NATO navy, the company announced in a statement.

KOBLENZ, Germany. Projekt System & Management GmbH (PSM) signed an amended framework contract to supply 200 additional Puma infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) to the German Bundeswehr in a deal valued at €4.2 billion gross, the company announced in a statement.

ANKARA, Turkey. HAVELSAN signed a cooperation agreement with U.S.-based Advanced Rotorcraft Technology, Inc. (ART) to collaborate on simulation and training systems for rotary-wing aircraft, the company announced in a statement.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Collins Aerospace demonstrated its new small-form-factor (SFF) anti-jam assured positioning, navigation, and timing (APNT) technology during a recent run of the U.S. Army's All-Domain Persistent Experiment at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. 

ALBACETE, Spain. Spain’s Ministry of Defence placed orders for 100 Airbus Helicopters aircraft across four programs under the country’s National Helicopter Plan, the company announced in a statement.

ARLINGTON, Virginia. AeroVironment delivered two Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV)-mounted mobile counter-uncrewed aerial system laser weapon systems to the U.S. Army under the second increment of the Army’s Multi-Purpose High Energy Laser (AMP-HEL) prototyping effort, the company announced in a statement.

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. The "Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Market" is expected to grow from $15.36 billion in 2025 to $25.32 billion by 2030 at a CAGR of 10.5%, according to a study from MarketsandMarkets. 

NASA WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY, Va. Four flat, disk-shaped satellites called DiskSats lifted off just after midnight on December 18 as part of a U.S. Space Force (USSF) and NASA experiment, intended to test a new small-satellite form factor designed for operations in very low Earth orbit (LEO).

HELSINKI. International satellite operator ICEYE has partnered with Rheinmetall to supply Germany's armed forces with space-based reconnaissance data that has exclusive access to a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite constellation. 

ANNAPOLIS JUNCTION, Md. Defense company ELTA North America announced a series of contracts -- worth a total of $32 million -- to co-produce next-generation processors and optical sensors to be used in armored vehicle protection systems. 

KONGSBERG, Norway. Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace signed a contract valued in the high double-digit million euros with Rheinmetall Air Defence to deliver a command-and-control solution for the Skyranger 30 mobile air defence system for the Dutch Ministry of Defence, the company announced in a statement.

NORDHOLZ, Germany. NHIndustries delivered the first NH90 Sea Tiger helicopter to the German Navy as part of a planned 31-aircraft fleet scheduled to be completed by 2030, the company announced in a statement.

ALPHARETTA, Georgia. Galleon Embedded Computing, a Spectra Defense Technologies business unit, says it was selected to provide ruggedized mission computing systems to support modernization work on next-generation ground vehicles, the company announced in a statement.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. L3Harris Technologies was chosen to be a subcontractor to provide assured communications support for the U.S. Air Force’s E-4C fleet as part of the Survivable Airborne Operations Center (SAOC) program, the company announced in a statement.