WASHINGTON, D.C. Shield AI unveiled its X-BAT aircraft, an AI-piloted vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) combat jet designed for expeditionary and maritime missions in contested environments, the company announced in a statement.

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama. AeroVironment won a $95.9 million contract to deliver its Freedom Eagle (FE-1) kinetic counter-uncrewed aircraft system (C-UAS) missile as part of the U.S. Army’s Long-Range Kinetic Interceptor (LRKI) program, the company announced in a statement.

NORTHBROOK, Ill. The size of the global uncrewed systems market, valued at $27.13 billion in 2024, is projected to grow to $43.54 billion by 2030, at a combined annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.2% during the forecast period, according to a report from MarketsandMarkets.

WASHINGTON, D.C. Shield AI’s V-BAT uncrewed aerial system (UAS) supported intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) operations for U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command and the U.S. 4th Fleet during the multinational maritime exercise UNITAS 2025, the company announced in a statement.

WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, New Mexico. Northrop Grumman’s Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS) demonstrated its operational capabilities during a recent U.S. Army flight test at White Sands Missile Range, the company announced in a statement.

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. AeroVironment, a provider of counter-unmanned aircraft systems (C-UASs) and air/missile-defense technologies, has been chosen to deliver the U.S. Army’s Next-Generation C-UAS Missile (NGCM).

ORLANDO, Fla. Lockheed Martin won a $233 million firm-fixed-price contract to deliver IRST21 Block II systems -- which the company describes as a passive, long-range sensor system used on fighter jets that uses infrared search and track technology to detect and track airborne threats -- to the U.S. Navy and Air National Guard.

SAN DIEGO. Small uncrewed surface vessel (sUSV) startup Seasats has signed a contract with the U.S. Navy -- reported as an SBIR Phase 3 indefinite-delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract with a ceiling of $89 million -- to deliver its Lightfish USVs to the Marine Corps. 

SAN DIEGO. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) reports that it entered into a contract with the U.S. Navy to develop conceptual designs for a Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) that is modular and carrier-capable. GA-ASI did not disclose the value or timeline of the work, nor the date of the contract.

BARCELONA. Spanish satellite telecommunications provider Sateliot will launch a program with the European Space Agency (ESA) that enables its satellites to connect with IoT [Internet of Things] devices without relying on satellite navigation systems (GNSS) such as the U.S.-operated GPS. 

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. EOS Defense Systems USA announced that it is developing enhanced capabilities for its Slinger Remote Weapon System (RWS), with the intent of adding advanced counter-uncrewed aerial system (C-UAS) capabilities including aided target recognition and scalable levels of autonomy to meet the increased challenge of hostile UASs. 

WASHINGTON. The Netherlands has joined the U.S. Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program, an initiative to develop uncrewed aircraft systems under which fighter pilots will control the systems from their aircraft.

WOODBRIDGE, Va. Information-technology and cybersecurity systems integration company Sev1Tech won a $49 million contract under the SeaPort NxG procurement vehicle -- which aims to streamline and enhance the acquisition of engineering, technical, and programmatic support services -- from the U.S. Navy’s Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic.

WASHINGTON, D.C. AUSA 2025 put embedded technologies at the center of the Army’s modernization push, with show floors and keynotes converging on themes of counter-UAS, edge artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML), open architectures, thermal management for high-power compute, and resilient radio frequency/positioning, navigaton, and timing (RF/PNT).

2025 AUSA ANNUAL MEETING & EXPOSITION--WASHINGTON, D.C. BAE Systems is showcasing its line of military GPS solutions, products that leverage advanced antijam and antispoof capabilities, at the AUSA Annual Meeting & Exposition, ongoing now in Washington, D.C. .