EMMA HELFRICH, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

Elbit Systems Ltd. announced that it has won an approximately $24 million contract from the Dutch Ministry of Defence (Dutch MOD) to supply the Royal Netherlands Army (RNLA) with new vehicular tactical computers. The contract will be performed over a 30-month period.

EMMA HELFRICH, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

Shift5, Inc., a transportation data company, announced it has received a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD).

LISA DAIGLE, ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR

The global defense electronics security and cybersecurity market value is projected to reach $51.59 billion by 2025, according to a new study by BIS Research, "Defense Electronic Security and Cybersecurity Market, 2020-2025."

LISA DAIGLE, ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR

TT Electronics, a global provider of engineered electronics for performance-critical applications, announced a collaboration agreement with defense and aerospace company Thales aimed at boosting cybersecurity now as well as future development of operational technology (OT)-based cybersecurity initiatives and research.

EMMA HELFRICH, TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

SparkCognition, industrial artificial intelligence (AI) company, and SkyGrid, a Boeing, SparkCognition Company, announced a new collaboration to deploy AI-powered cybersecurity directly on drones with the intent to protect them from zero-day attacks during flight.

EMMA HELFRICH, ASSOCIATE EDITOR

General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT), a business unit of General Dynamics, announced it has won the U.S. Army Europe (USAREUR) Enterprise Mission Information Technology Services (EMITS) task order by the General Services Administration (GSA).

LISA DAIGLE, ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR

Students at Wichita State University (WSU) have become the first in Kansas with the opportunity to learn how to solve real-world national defense challenges as part of the Hacking for Defense (H4D) program, as WSU joins the FirePoint Innovations Center and WSU’s Masters of Innovation Design program.

JOHN MCHALE, EDITORIAL DIRECTOR

In this episode of the Mil Tech Virtual Toolbox, we spoke with Duc Huy Tran, VP of Global Marketing with Aitech Systems about tools for enabling cybersecurity in military embedded systems and how artificial intelligence (AI) and open architecture initiatives such as the Sensor Open Systems Architecture (SOSA) are changing the defense electronics landscape.

LISA DAIGLE, ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR

Communications company Envistacom has won a three-year, $235 million contract to supply communications and IT infrastructure support services for services under the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD).

WIND RIVER

According to IDC, there will be an estimated 42 billion connected devices by 2025. Each of these devices represents a point of entry that can be exploited by a cyberattack. For devices and systems with safety-critical functionality, a security breach can have catastrophic consequences. Security becomes even more paramount than safety.

WIND RIVER

As intelligent edge deployments accelerate, we have reached a crossroads where many are being forced to choose between the accessibility, ease of use, flexibility, and leading-edge capabilities of open source software and the safety and security of systems in the field. How we proceed has the potential to lead massive transformation in the embedded industry.