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Unmanned

Uncrewed surveillance tricopters to be provided to CBP by Red Cat Holdings - News

October 08, 2024

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico. Red Cat Holdings won $1.6 million in contracts for its Edge 130 Blue drones, which will be delivered to U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP), the company announced in a statement.

Unmanned

Semi-autonomous mine-neutralizing system gets trial at U.S. Navy facility - News

October 07, 2024

PORTSMOUTH, R.I. Raytheon (an RTX business), conducted a series of controlled environmental tests of the Barracuda Mine Neutralization System -- a semi-autonomous system that uses sonar and cameras to locate and neutralize undersea mine threats -- at the U.S. Navy's Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division.

Comms

Sealevel Systems will showcase rugged computers and COTS solutions at AUSA 2024 - News

October 07, 2024

WASHINGTON. Sealevel Systems plans to showcase its Relio R1 Rugged Industrial Computers at the upcoming Association of the United States Army (AUSA) 2024 Annual Meeting and Exposition, set to take place from October 14-16 in Washington, D.C.

Comms

U.S. Army 21st TSC looks forward to AUSA 2024 - News

October 07, 2024

WASHINGTON. The U.S. Army's 21st Theater Sustainment Command (TSC) -- U.S. Army Europe and Africa's lead organization for all sustainment activities including logistics support, transportation, combat sustainment, human resources, finance, and contracting -- announced that it will participate in the upcoming Association of the United States Army (AUSA) 2024 Annual Meeting and Exposition, set to take place from October 14-16 in Washington, D.C., with this year's theme being "Transforming for a Complex World." 

Avionics

Thailand’s first AH-6 Little Bird helicopter completes inaugural flight - News

October 04, 2024

MESA, Arizona. Boeing conducted the first flight of the Royal Thai Army’s AH-6 Little Bird helicopter on Aug. 22 at its Mesa, Arizona, facility, the company announced in a statement.

Avionics

Autonomy and navigation technologies to be developed for U.S. Air Force by HII - News

October 04, 2024

MCLEAN, Virginia. HII’s Mission Technologies division won a task order to enhance research in navigation and autonomy technologies for the U.S. Air Force and the Department of Defense, the company announced in a statement.

Unmanned

Ripsaw M3 prototypes delivered to U.S. Army for robotic combat vehicle program - News

October 04, 2024

HUNT VALLEY, Maryland. Textron Systems and its subsidiary Howe & Howe, along with Teledyne FLIR Defense, delivered two RIPSAW M3 prototypes to the U.S. Army for its Robotic Combat Vehicle (RCV) Phase I: Platform Prototype program, the company announced in a statement.

Unmanned

TRX robotic combat vehicle prototypes delivered to U.S. Army by General Dynamics - News

October 03, 2024

STERLING HEIGHTS, Michigan. General Dynamics Land Systems delivered two TRX prototypes to the U.S. Army as part of the ongoing Robotic Combat Vehicle (RCV) competition, the company announced in a statement.

Comms

Tactical network control development contract from DARPA won by BAE Systems - News

October 03, 2024

BURLINGTON, Massachusetts. BAE Systems’ FAST Labs won a $6 million Phase 2 contract from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to continue developing software for the Mission-Integrated Network Control (MINC) program, the company announced in a statement.

Avionics

Ultra-wide bandgap semiconductors to be developed by RTX for DARPA - News

October 03, 2024

ANDOVER, Massachusetts. Raytheon won a three-year, two-phase contract from DARPA to develop ultra-wide bandgap semiconductors (UWBGS) based on diamond and aluminum nitride technology, the company announced in a statement.

Radar/EW

Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band Expansion contract for U.S. Navy won by Raytheon - News

October 02, 2024

MCKINNEY, Texas. Raytheon won a $192 million contract from the U.S. Navy to develop the Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band Expansion (NGJ-MBX), the company announced in a statement.

Unmanned

Solar-power drone completes flight test for U.S. military - News

October 02, 2024

STENNIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Mississippi. Skydweller Aero completed an uncrewed autonomous flight test campaign for its Skydweller Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS), the company announced in a statement.

Avionics

Wind River Helix Virtualization Platform achieves conformance to FACE Technical Standard, Edition 3.2 Safety Base Profile - News

October 02, 2024

ALAMEDA, Calif. Wind River, a global leader in delivering software for the intelligent edge, today announced that Wind River Helix Virtualization Platform has achieved conformance to the latest Future Airborne Capability Environment, or FACE, Technical Standard, Edition 3.2.

Radar/EW

Raytheon will produce ESSM Block 2 multimission weapons for U.S. Navy and alllies - News

October 02, 2024

TUCSON, Ariz. Raytheon (an RTX business) announced that it won a $525 million contract from the U.S. Navy to produce ESSM Block 2 missiles and spares -- a short- to medium-range ship-launched, dual-mode, guided missile -- for the U.S. and its allies.  

Avionics

Upgraded processing power for KC-46A refueling system to be supplied by Mercury Systems - News

October 01, 2024

ANDOVER, Massachusetts. Mercury Systems won a contract from Boeing to deliver FPGA processor boards for the U.S. Air Force's KC-46A tanker fleet, the company announced in a statement.