NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland. The Navy's aviation community is exploring the use of virtual reality goggles to connect shipboard maintainers with remote technical experts in real time, Rear Admiral Richard T. Brophy, commander of Naval Air Force Atlantic, said at the Sea-Air-Space exposition here.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland. The Navy is moving to embed artificial intelligence into its Maritime Operations Centers to create what one senior officer described as a "powerful human-machine team" capable of anticipating adversary actions and recommending courses of action to commanders in near real time, according to remarks made at the Sea-Air-Space exposition here.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland. Sea-Air-Space 2026 will bring together senior military leaders, policymakers, and defense industry representatives to examine how the sea services are preparing for future conflict, with a program centered on readiness, modernization, and the integration of emerging technologies across naval operations, according to event materials.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland. U.S. Navy leaders are set to discuss readiness, modernization, and warfighting integration during a keynote panel at Sea-Air-Space 2026, scheduled for April 20, the event organizers announced in a statement.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland. HII will present its shipbuilding, uncrewed maritime systems, and mission technologies portfolio at the Sea-Air-Space 2026 exposition, the company announced in a statement.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland. Kongsberg will present a range of maritime defense technologies, including missile systems, autonomous underwater vehicles, sonar, and radar, at the Sea-Air-Space 2026 exhibition, the company announced in a statement.

MADRID, Spain. TKMS and Navantia signed a memorandum of understanding to explore cooperation on naval shipbuilding projects across Europe, NATO, and other markets, the companies announced in a statement.

WOOD DALE, Illinois. AAR won an approximately $305 million follow-on contract to provide contractor logistics support for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps C-40A fleet, the company announced in a statement.

ARLINGTON, Virginia. The U.S. Marine Corps conducted shipboard testing of the TRV-150C Tactical Resupply Unmanned Aircraft System aboard a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock to assess ship-to-shore and ship-to-ship resupply for Combat Logistics Battalions, the service announced in a statement.

EVANDALE, Ohio. Open standards such as IEEE 802.1 time-sensitive networking are a key part of the “digital backbone” GE Aerospace sees as critical to future vertical lift aircraft, enabling interoperability and faster technology upgrades, a company official said during a media briefing April 13.

LONDON, England. Babcock won a two-year extension to its Future Maritime Support Programme contract with the U.K. Ministry of Defence to continue fleet and infrastructure support for Royal Navy surface ships, the company announced in a statement.

ARLINGTON, Virginia. Massa Products Corporation will present its electroacoustic and ultrasonic technologies at the Sea-Air-Space 2026 maritime exposition, the company announced in a statement.

ARLINGTON, Virginia. Raytheon demonstrated an event-based mid-wave infrared (MWIR) camera designed to track high-speed objects in real time with reduced processing and power requirements, the company announced in a statement.

PHOENIX, Ariz.  Mission-critical software provider DDC-I announced that the U.S. Army selected its safety-critical Deos real-time operating system (RTOS) for the Army’s modular open systems approach (MOSA) aligned High Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System (HADES) aerial intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) program. 

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. The VxWorks platform from Wind River (an Aptiv company) was the software enabling reliable, real-time performance for the recently returned Artemis II mission, the company reported.