Military Embedded Systems

NEW YORK, New York. The global small satellite market will grow by $3.73 billion from 2023 to 2027 at a compound annual growth rate of 16.78%, a new report predicts.

STERLING HEIGHTS, Michigan. American Rheinmetall Vehicles conducted a live-fire demonstration in Ohio for the U.S. Marine Corps showcasing the capabilities of the Rheinmetall Mission Master SP autonomous uncrewed ground vehicle (A-UGV) equipped with the Fieldranger Remotely Controlled Weapon Station (RCWS), the company announced in a statement.

DALLAS, Texas. Lockheed Martin won a $219 million contract to increase production of the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) for the U.S. Army, the company announced in a statement.

YORK, Pennsylvania. BAE Systems has delivered an Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) Turreted Mortar prototype to the U.S. Army, the company announced in a statement.

EL SEGUNDO, California. Boeing won a $440 million contract to construct the 12th Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) communications satellite for the U.S. Space Force's Space Systems Command, the company announced in a statement.

BOCA RATON, Florida. Terran Orbital Corporation won a $15.2 million contract to deliver Ambassador Class satellite platforms to the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), the company announced in a statement.

MADRID, Spain. EDGE Group and Indra Sistemas (Indra) will create a joint venture (JV) to develop and manufacture next-generation radar systems in the United Arab Emirates, the companies announced in a statement.

OBERKOCHEN, Germany. Hensoldt sold 54 units of its all-round vision system, SETAS (See Through Armour System), to KNDS in Germany for integration into the RCH 155 self-propelled artillery gun, the company announced in a statement.

ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland. Kraken Robotics Inc. entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Newport (NUWCDIVNPT) to develop Synthetic Aperture Sonar (SAS) sensor technologies and signal processing techniques, the company announced in a statement.

ANDOVER, Massachusetts. Mercury Systems won a five-year, $243.8 million contract with the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division to provide electronic warfare combat training subsystems that are reprogrammable, the company announced in a statement.

IRVINE, California. Anduril Industries and Hanwha Defense USA have partnered up to develop an offering for the U.S. Army’s Small Multipurpose Equipment Transport (S-MET) Increment II program, Anduril announced in a statement.

DÜSSELDORF, Germany. The German armed forces have chosen Rheinmetall to supply the Skyranger 30 mobile air defense system in a €595 million contract that includes the delivery of a prototype and 18 series production vehicles, with an option for an additional 30 systems, Rheinmetall announced in a statement.

ARLINGTON, Virginia. CAES conducted a live flight test of its Autonomous Flight Termination Unit (AFTU) on a hypersonic test platform, the company announced in a statement.

BUDAPEST, Hungary. Saab won a contract from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) to supply four additional Gripen C fighter aircraft to Hungary, the company announced in a statement.

MOJAVE, California. Stratolaunch completed the second captive carry flight of its Talon-A hypersonic vehicle, TA-1, marking a significant step toward its first powered flight, the company announced in a statement. This recent flight, involving the company's launch platform Roc, is the 13th flight for Roc and the second time it carried a Talon vehicle loaded with live propellant.

DÜSSELDORF, Germany. Rheinmetall won a contract to provide its Skyranger air defense system to Austria's military, with the value of the contract in the mid-three-digit million-euro range and deliveries set to begin in 2026, the company announced in a statement.

LONDON, England. The UK Ministry of Defence launched the UK Defence Drone Strategy, a new initiative backed by a £4.5 billion investment over the next decade, aimed at rapidly equipping the UK Armed Forces with advanced uncrewed systems, the MoD announced in a statement.

SAN DIEGO, California. Cubic Defense won a contract from Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) for the ongoing maintenance, upgrade, and support of the Full Motion Video (FMV) System, dubbed KnightLink, for the MH-60 Sierra (MH-60S) helicopter fleet, the company announced in a statement.

MARIETTA, Georgia. The Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF) received the first C-130J-30 Super Hercules tactical airlifter equipped with the Block 8.1 upgrade, according to a statement from Lockheed Martin. This upgrade is part of a broader effort to enhance the interoperability and capabilities of the Super Hercules fleet in the Nordic region and across Europe.

THOUSAND OAKS, California. Teledyne FLIR Defense will send 800 SkyRanger R70 Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS) to Ukraine on behalf of the Canadian government, the company announced in a statement.