Military Embedded Systems

PALMDALE, California. Officials tested an MQ-9A Reaper uncrewed aerial system (UAS) equipped with a low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communications command and control system in a joint test conducted by MQ-9 manufacturer General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) along with the U.S. Marine Corps, the U.S. Air Force, and the Air National Guard, the company announced in a statement.

ARLINGTON, Virginia. The Pentagon will send radars, counter-uncrewed air systems (C-UAS) technology, air defense units, and more in its latest aid package to Ukraine, the Defense Department announced in a statement.

SAN DIEGO, California. The chief executive officer of General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI), one of the largest manufacturers of military drones in the world, pleaded with the U.S. government in a recent statement to allow the company to send drones to Ukraine to help fight Russia.

SAN DIEGO, California. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has won a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop "an aircraft capable of sustained seaborne strategic and tactical lift," the company announced in a statement.

FREMONT, California. Elma Electronic has added six more high-speed backplanes that align with The Open Group Sensor Open Systems Architecture (SOSA) Technical Standard 1.0 which will enable complex, high-speed signal processing, the company said in a statement.

PORTLAND, Oregon. The satellite communications market will continue to show very strong growth in the coming years, more than doubling from $25.8 billion in 2021 to $61.5 billion by 2031, a new report predicts.

WASHINGTON, D.C. Lumen Technologies will provide secure, mission-critical communications services to the U.S. Department of Defense under a $223 million contract, the company announced in a statement.

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama. Boeing has won a $1.6 billion contract over 16 years for ongoing intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) guidance systems work, the company announced in a statement.

SAN DIEGO, California. A small uncrewed aerial system (UAS) was launched from another UAS -- the MQ-1C Gray Eagle Extended Range -- in a U.S. Army test at Dugway Proving Grounds in Utah recently, according to a statement from manufacturer General Atomics Aeronautical Systems.

BETHESDA, Maryland. Lockheed Martin has completed the assembly of the first LM 400 multi-mission spacecraft ahead of its first launch later this year, the company announced in a statement.

MELBOURNE, Florida. The Viper Shield electronic warfare (EW) system that will go on F-16 Block 70/72 foreign military sales aircraft has achieved a critical design review (CDR) milestone, manufacturer L3Harris Technologies announced in a statement.

SANTA CLARA, California. ANELLO Photonics has won a contract from the U.S. Army to provide vehicle navigation solutions compliant with the C5ISR/Electronic Warfare Modular Open Suite of Standards (CMOSS), the company announced in a statement.

JERSEY CITY, New Jersey. The global market for command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR) will be worth $178.74 billion by 2030 for a compound annual growth rate of 4.84%, a new report predicts.

ROME, Italy. A team of Italian companies has signed a contract for the next development phase of the country's 6th-generation air system, Leonardo announced in a statement.

DUBLIN, Ireland. The growth in size, weight, and power (SWaP) architecture has resulted in new business opportunities in the worldwide ground penetration radars (GPR) market, especially when it comes to uncrewed systems, according to a new report.

PARIS, France. Airbus will provide tactical satellite communications services to the Belgian Ministry of Defence as part of a 15-year contract, the company announced in a statement.

HAIFA, Israel. Elbit Systems has won a $48 million contract to supply mobile communication shelters to the Swedish Armed Forces, the company announced in a statement.

BALLERUP, Denmark. Danish defense company Terma has signed a 30-year framework agreement with the Danish Defence Aquisition and Logistics Organisation to provide system integration of the complete air defense system, and act as an advisor on all future air and missile defense procurements across the Danish Defence over the life of the contract, the company announced in a statement.

DUBLIN, Ireland. The space sensors and actuators market will nearly double in size by 2027, a new report claims. The report, from Research and Markets, predicts that the market will grow from $2.7 billion in 2022 to $4.9 billion in 2027 for a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12.7%.

LITTLETON, Colorado. The sixth GPS III satellite designed and built by Lockheed Martin has been launched into orbit as part of a modernization of the U.S. Space Force's GPS constellation, the company announced in a statement.