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Unmanned

BQM-177A aerial target system support to be provided to U.S. Navy by Kratos - News

March 18, 2025

SAN DIEGO, California. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions won a $3.4 million contract from the U.S. Navy for contractor logistics support and engineering services for the BQM-177A subsonic aerial target system, the company announced in a statement.

Avionics

MOSA avionics upgrade to be integrated into U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopters - News

March 18, 2025

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama. Collins Aerospace won an $80 million contract to upgrade the avionics system of U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopters under the H-60M MOSA Avionics Architecture Solution program, the company announced in a statement.

Comms

Quantum-enabled GPS alternative pact signed between DIU and Lockheed Martin - News

March 17, 2025

BETHESDA, Md. Lockheed Martin secured a contract from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Innovation Unit (DIU) to develop a quantum-enabled inertial navigation system (INS) prototype, which is aimed at enabling precise location measurements even in GPS-denied environments. 

Unmanned

One-way attack drone from AeroVironment chosen for DIU’s Project Artemis - News

March 17, 2025

ARLINGTON, Virginia. AeroVironment (AV) won a contract under the Defense Innovation Unit's (DIU) Project Artemis to advance long-range, one-way uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) for the Department of Defense (DoD), the company announced in a statement.

Unmanned

Autonomous mine hunting system delivered to Royal Navy by Thales - News

March 17, 2025

PLYMOUTH, United Kingdom. Thales delivered the first autonomous mine hunting system to the Royal Navy under the Franco-British Maritime Mine Counter Measures (MMCM) program, the company announced in a statement.

Unmanned

Counter-UAS systems to be provided to U.S. Marine Corps by Anduril - News

March 14, 2025

ARLINGTON, Virginia. Anduril Industries won a $642 million, 10-year contract from the U.S. Marine Corps to deliver and sustain Installation-Counter small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (I-CsUAS), the company announced in a statement.

Unmanned

BlueHalo tests Freedom Eagle-1 counter-UAS missile - News

March 14, 2025

ARLINGTON, Virginia. BlueHalo conducted a live fire demonstration of its Freedom Eagle-1 (FE-1) Next-Generation Counter-Uncrewed Aerial System (C-UAS) Missile, marking a milestone for the program, the company announced in a statement.

Comms

Live-training award for USMC garners Saab Inc. $37 million contract mod - News

March 14, 2025

SYRACUSE, N.Y. Saab Inc. received a contract modification award from the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) for additional Marine Corps Training Instrumentation Systems (MCTIS) equipment; the order value for this award is $37 million (SEK 375 million). 

Unmanned

Gray Eagle Extended Range drone completes first flights using PLEO satellite network - News

March 13, 2025

SAN DIEGO, California. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) completed its first series of flight tests for the Gray Eagle Extended Range (GE-ER) uncrewed aerial system (UAS) using a Proliferated Low Earth Orbit (PLEO) satellite constellation for communications, the company announced in a statement.

Avionics

Training simulator for USAF F-16s garners HII $182 million contract - News

March 13, 2025

MCLEAN, Va. Shipbuilders and military-training company HII announced that its Mission Technologies division won a task order valued at approximately $182 million to provide logistics support for U.S. Air Force F-16 pilot-training devices.

Radar/EW

Thermal-management innovations sought by DARPA, HRL Laboratories - News

March 13, 2025

MALIBU, Calif. Technology research concern HRL Laboratories will present a superior cooling system for stacks of microelectronic chips as part of a project launched by the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) that seeks to create compact thermal-management technology in a chip stack using 3D heterogeneous integration (3DHI).

Avionics

MAPS Gen II navigation system enters full-rate production for U.S. Army - News

March 12, 2025

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa. Collins Aerospace received approval to begin full-rate production of the Mounted Assured Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Generation II system (MAPS Gen II) for the U.S. Army and Marine Corps, the company announced in a statement.

Comms

Ku-band Dual Travelling Wave Tubes delivered for ASTRA 1Q satellite - News

March 12, 2025

PARIS, France. Thales delivered Ku-band Dual Travelling Wave Tubes (Dual-TWTs) for the ASTRA 1Q satellite, which was built by Thales Alenia Space for global content and connectivity provider SES, the company announced in a statement.

Avionics

High-speed data acquisition systems to be provided to U.S. Navy by Curtiss-Wright - News

March 12, 2025

ASHBURN, Virginia. Curtiss-Wright won a $50 million firm-fixed-price Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract from Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) to supply high-speed data acquisition systems and repair services for the Special Flight Test Instrumentation Pool, the company announced in a statement.

Unmanned

Rotor blown wing drone completes helicopter and airplane flight tests - News

March 11, 2025

STRATFORD, Connecticut. Sikorsky flew a rotor blown wing uncrewed aerial system (UAS) in both helicopter and airplane flight modes, the company announced in a statement.