NATAL, Brazil. Sweden has chosen the Embraer C-390 Millennium to modernize its tactical transport fleet, marking the first acquisition of the aircraft by a Northern European NATO member, the Swedish Ministry of Defense announced in a statement.

PARIS, France. Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB), part of the UAE-based EDGE Group, partnered with OSI Maritime Systems to equip the RABDAN FA-400 fast attack vessel with integrated navigational systems, the company announced in a statement.

GREENLAWN, N.Y. The BAE Systems Electronic Systems segment won an additional $85 million order from the U.S. Navy Naval Information Warfare Systems Command to extend the original contract for the Network Tactical Common Data Link (NTCDL) system, bringing the total value of the original 2022 BAE Systems NTCDL contract to $296.2 million.

JOHNSTOWN, Pennsylvania. The U.S. Marine Corps initiated full-rate production of the Amphibious Combat Vehicle 30mm (ACV-30) program with a $51 million contract won by Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace for long lead items, the company announced in a statement.

SAN DIEGO, California. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) used its MQ-20 Avenger uncrewed aerial system (UAS) to execute commanded autonomy maneuvers as part of a demonstration with the U.S. Navy , the company announced in a statement.

NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, Patuxent River, Md. The U.S. Navy reports completion of the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) of the substantial improvements for the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye under the Delta System Software Configuration (DSSC)-6 update.

LYSTRUP, Denmark. Terma won a $9 million contract to supply its 3D-Audio system for the U.S. Air Force Combat Command’s F-16 fighter aircraft, the company announced in a statement.

HELSINKI, Finland. The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV), the Finnish Defence Forces Logistics Command, and Senop Oy signed a framework agreement for the procurement of military optronics, the companies announced in a statement.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. RTX's BBN Technologies unit won a contract to support the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) Compartmentalization and Privilege Management (CPM) program, which seeks to harden cybesecurity for legacy computing systems. 

PARIS, France. Airbus Helicopters won a contract from the Dutch Ministry of Defence for the acquisition of 12 H225M helicopters, along with an initial package of support and services, Airbus announced in a statement.

PHOENIX, Arizona. Columbia Helicopters chose Honeywell’s 36-150[CH] auxiliary power unit (APU) and 35KVA generator system to upgrade its fleet of Model 234 and CH-47D Chinook helicopters, Honeywell announced in a statement.

NATAL, Brazil. Saab’s F-39E Gripen made its operational debut during CRUZEX 2024, a multinational military exercise hosted by the Brazilian Air Force (FAB), the company announced in a statement.

QUINCY, Massachusetts. General Dynamics Mission Systems won a $15.9 million contract from the U.S. Navy to design, test, and deliver the Mining Expendable Delivery Unmanned Submarine Asset (MEDUSA), a tactical uncrewed underwater vehicle (UUV) for advanced maritime mining operations, the company announced in a statement.

ALEXANDRIA, Egypt. Safran won a contract to supply advanced optronic and navigation systems for the Egyptian navy's fleet of 10 Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs), the company announced in a statement.

FORT ERIE, Canada. Airbus Helicopters signed a contract with SkyAlyne, a joint venture between CAE and KF Aerospace, to deliver 19 H135 helicopters to the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) for pilot training, the company announced in a statement.