Military Embedded Systems

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. Mission-critical systems company Picogrid recently supported U.S. Army testing efforts at the National Training Center (NTC -- Fort Irwin, California) in the area of counter-uncrewed aerial system (C-UAS) defense, as the Army seeks to modernize its UAS efforts.

Submarine optical cables form the backbone of global communications, carrying the majority of the world’s rapidly expanding internet traffic driven by cloud computing, IoT, and AI services.

PASCAGOULA, Miss. The HII Ingalls Shipbuilding division reports successful conclusion of builder’s sea trials for USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) -- the lead ship of the Zumwalt-class U.S. Navy destroyers -- during which the Ingalls and Navy team conducted a comprehensive series of at-sea tests following an extensive modernization availability as the Navy’s first Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) platform. 

RESTON, Va. Critical-technology provider V2X, Inc. was awarded a spot on the massive (as much as $151 billion) contract under the Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract vehicle, known colloquially as "Golden Dome." 

ARLINGTON, Va. Following 20 years of high-level innovation and testing with U.S. Army and Marine Corps partners, the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Grand Challenge -- a first-of-its-kind race to foster the development of self-driving ground vehicles -- is nearing its conclusion as the Robotic Autonomy in Complex Environments with Resiliency (RACER) program gets ready to wrap up.

Throughout 2025, Military Embedded Systems readers gravitated toward coverage that reflected how quickly the character of modern warfare is changing -- particularly at the intersection of autonomy, artificial intelligence, open architectures, and attritable platforms. The year’s most-read stories highlighted not only major procurement actions and operational revelations, but also deeper architectural and systems-level shifts shaping how embedded technologies are fielded and sustained.

This week’s product, the Epiq Solutions Matchstiq V40, is a software-defined radio (SDR) and signal-processing platform that combines an Analog Devices AD9084 MxFE RF front end with an AMD Versal Adaptive SoC [system-on-chip]. Together they form a low-latency platform with as much as 2 GHz of instantaneous bandwidth, large numbers of definable digital down-converters (DDCs) and digital up-converters (DUCs), fast frequency hopping, and an extremely fast sweep speed.

This eBook provides practical guidance for teams building rugged edge systems for harsh and mission-critical environments.

CHINA LAKE, California. Lockheed Martin conducted a demonstration of a 90-degree vertical launch of a Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) from its JAGM Quad Launcher (JQL) at China Lake, California, the company announced in a statement.

SAN DIEGO. Long-endurance autonomous surface vessel (ASV) developer Seasats announced its selection by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to receive a $24 million contract under the Accelerate the Procurement and Fielding of Innovative Technologies (APFIT) program.