ARLINGTON, Va. The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) reports that a partnership under its Small Business Innovation Research Program Phase II (SBIR Phase II) program completed its $1.25 million contract to deliver innovative software to enhance transmission of mission-critical intelligence to the edge and support next-generation communcations technology.

MIRABEL, Canada. Bell Textron Canada Limited conducted the first flight of the Royal Canadian Air Force’s (RCAF) modernized CH-146 Griffon helicopter under the Griffon Limited Life Extension (GLLE) project, the company announced in a statement.

LONDON, England. BAE Systems' new Cross Domain Solution (CDS), the XTS IRIS Large Scale Enterprise platform, has successfully passed the UK CAPS evaluation alongside the Secure Voice and Video Gateway (SVG) Application, the company announced in a statement.

PALO ALTO, Calif. The efforts of university students involved in the Hacking for Defense (H4D) program will continue this summer with the help of the H4XLabs enterprise accelerator; students involved in H4D work on solving national security-problems related to challenges such as unmanned aircraft systems, autonomous space operations, and efficient use of satellites. 

PARIS, France. Rheinmetall and Anduril Industries signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on the design, development, and production of new layered counter-small unmanned aerial system (C-sUAS) air defense systems, targeting primarily European markets, the companies announced in a statement.

PARIS, France. Thales signed three agreements with Ukrainian industry to enhance operational support for the Ukrainian Armed Forces and strengthen local defense capabilities, particularly in the areas of electronic warfare, tactical communications, air defense systems, radars, and uncrewed aerial systems (UAS), the company announced in a statement.

BRUSSELS, Belgium. Thales Belgium, WB Electronics, and AREX have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop a new remote weapon system equipped with 70mm rockets, the companies announced in a statement.

BURLINGTON, Mass. Artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled sensing company MatrixSpace won a $1.25 million contract from AFWERX to develop a prototype low size, weight, power, and cost (SWaP-C) multifunction, multiband antenna payload based on the MatrixSpace radar hardware platform.

VALLEY FORGE, Pa. Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Air Force (USAF) conducted a planned flight test of the unarmed, developmental Mk21A reentry vehicle -- which will serve as the front-end of the USAF's future intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) weapon system --  in the Pacific Ocean during mid-June 2024. 

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. During his Day 1 keynote address at the MOSA Industry & Government Summit in National Harbor, Md., Dr. David Honey, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, said that modular open systems approach (MOSA) initiatives like the SOSA [Sensor Open Systems Architecture] Technical Standard creates opportunities for innovative small companies.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland. A panel of top defense acquisition experts spoke on a panel at the MOSA Industry & Government Summit about the future of modular open system approache (MOSA) strategies and initiatives and the need for integration of various open standards critical to military interoperability.

TAMPA, Fla. Safety-critical hardware and software company CoreAVI announced the release of enhancements to its accelerated compute framework to further facilitate use of the AMD E9171 Radeon GPU capabilities and has extended the availability of the AMD E9171 Radeon GPU for the defense and aerospace markets.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland. A panel of government acquisition experts will discuss the practical challenges and solutions in implementing the Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) during the "Realizing MOSA in Government Acquisition" panel. The discussion is set for June 18 at 1 pm EDT at the Gaylord National Hotel & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. Dr. David Honey, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, spoke at the MOSA Industry & Government Summit in National Harbor today: While discussing the impact of open architecture initiatives like SOSA [Sensor Open Systems Architecture], he also mentioned a new initiative called Open Access Radio (OAR).

NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland. Artificial intelligence and real-time data processing technology are front and center at this year's MOSA Industry & Government Summit, with several companies showcasing technologies aimed at helping warfighters make better decisions in the field by processing data faster and using AI to sort through it.