MARIETTA, Georgia. Lockheed Martin delivered the first of five C-130J Super Hercules tactical airlifters to the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) during a ceremony at Lockheed Martin's facility in Marietta, Georgia, marking the beginning of New Zealand's effort to modernize its airlift capabilities, the company announced in a statement.

HAIFA, Israel. Elbit Systems Ltd. won a $130 million contract to supply its Iron Fist Active Protection Systems (APS) to BAE Systems Hägglunds, the company announced in a statement.

CORNWALL, United Kingdom. Portable mini drones designed to enhance UK Armed Forces capabilities underwent trials at Royal Naval Air Station (RNAS) Predannack, the UK Ministry of Defence announced in a statement. The trials, part of Project TIQUILA, tested Lockheed Martin's Stalker VXE30 mini drone over 20 hours in challenging weather conditions to assess its operational limits.

MELBOURNE, Florida. Northrop Grumman and Genohco have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on South Korea's Mine Countermeasures Helicopter (KMCH) program, Northrop Grumman announced in a statement.

CHANTILLY, Va. Intelligence and cyber solutions provider LIS Solutions reports that it won a spot on the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services (OASIS)+ Multi-Agency Contract (MAC) for a ten-year term.

MADRID, Spain. Indra announced the acquisition of Deimos, a Spanish company specializing in space missions and satellite integration, as part of its strategic expansion in the space industry, according to an Indra statement.

BROOKLYN, N.Y. Wireless-power provider Yank Technologies won two Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contracts with NASA to develop wireless-charging solutions for lunar and other off-Earth applications. 

MELBOURNE, Fla. The L3Harris Agile Development Group demonstrated its robotic, highly mobile, short-range air defense capability prototype at the recent Army-hosed Project Convergence Capstone 4 (PC-C4) field experiment. 

MCLEAN, Virginia. Booz Allen Hamilton won a five-year, $506 million contract to support the U.S. Army’s Future Vertical Lift Cross-Functional Team (FVL CFT) and Program Executive Office Aviation (PEO AVN) in enhancing military capabilities through technological solutions, the company announced in a statement.

NEW YORK, New York. Growing export demand from smaller economies will fuel a $1.39 billion growth in the unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) market from 2024 through 2028 for a compound annual growth rate of 8.09%, a new report predicts.

MANASSAS, Virginia. Electra.aero demonstrated the flight capabilities of its EL-2 Goldfinch hybrid-electric short takeoff and landing (eSTOL) technology demonstrator aircraft at NASA's Langley Research Center, marking the first time a piloted electric aircraft has flown at the facility, the company announced in a statement.

FORT WORTH, Texas. The Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) program has entered the Milestone B phase after approval by the United States Army, marking the start of its Program of Record (PoR), according to a statement from Bell Textron.

SAN DIEGO. BAE Systems has been awarded a $48 million contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to further advance the Insight system, an advanced intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) exploitation and resource-management system that uses machine learning (ML) and autonomy-based solutions to help analysts process massive volumes of complex data and quickly translate it into actionable intelligence.

ANDOVER, Mass.  Raytheon won a contract worth $478 million contract from the NATO Support and Procurement Agency [NSPA] to supply additional GEM-T missiles (Guidance Enhanced Missile, the Patriot Advanced Capability 2 [PAC-2] missile interceptor enhanced for defeating tactical ballistic missiles) to Germany; the contract supports the replenishment of Patriot missiles donated by Germany to Ukraine. 

AMSTERDAM. The worldwide military helicopter market, valued at more than $23.3 billion in 2019, is projected to reach $28.8 billion by 2027, with more than 66% of business coming from non-U.S. countries -- including Asia, the Middle East, Central and Eastern Europe, and Africa -- according to a new report from Market Forecast, "Global Military Helicopter -- Market and Technology Forecast to 2027."