Military Embedded Systems

EL SEGUNDO, California. Raytheon Intelligence & Space has won a contract to develop a prototype Missile Track Custody system -- a Medium Earth Orbit missile tracking system --  for the U.S. Space Force, the company announced in a statement.

DUBLIN, Ireland. The small satellite market will be worth $11.8 billion by 2028 for a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 24.7% due to growing demand in the military sector, a new report predicts.

HAIFA, Israel. Elbit Systems has won a $107 million contract to provide, operate, and maintain Main Battle Tank (MBT) simulation and training centers for the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), the company announced in a statement.

DULUTH, Minnesota. The U.S. Air National Guard has installed active electronically scanned array (AESA) radars on nine Block 50 F-16CM Fighting Falcons from the 148th Fighter Wing, according to an Air National Guard statement.

ARLINGTON, Virginia. Lockheed Martin subsidiary Sikorsky and Boeing have filed a formal protest with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) over the U.S. Army's decision to award the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) contract to Textron's Bell Helicopter, Boeing announced in a statement.

CARLSBAD, California. Viasat Inc. has won a contract worth up to $325 million over five years to provide intelligence and communication services to U.S. Special Operations Command, the company announced in a statement.

SAN DIEGO, California. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions supported a ballistic missile intercept test aboard a Japanese Maya-class destroyer recently, the company announced in a statement.

DUBLIN, Ireland. The global airborne optronics market will nearly double in the coming years as aircraft fleets expand worldwide, reaching $2.52 billion in 2026, a new report predicts.

HAIFA, Israel. Elbit Systems has won a contract worth up to $410 million to supply seven Watchkeeper X tactical uncrewed aircraft systems (UASs) for the Romanian Ministry of National Defense, the company announced in a statement.

WASHINGTON, D.C. Terran Orbital has delivered 10 satellite buses for use in the Space Development Agency's mesh network in low-Earth orbit (LEO), the company announced in a statement.

ARLINGTON, Virginia. The U.S. Department of Defense will send another $1.85 billion in military aid to Ukraine. In addition to munitions, vehicles, and other equipment, Ukraine will receive satellite and tactical communication systems, according to a DoD statement.

RESTON, Virginia. Metron Inc. has won a $7.8 million contract from the Office of Naval Research for "advanced algorithm development for autonomous marine systems" that will support improved data autonomy capabilities across U.S. Navy uncrewed underwater vehicles (UUVs), the company announced in a statement.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. L3Harris Technologies has won a contract worth up to $886 million to support intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities for the U.S. Army, Department of Defense, and intelligence community, the company announced in a statement.

NEW YORK, New York. The active protection system (APS) market will increase by $1.5 billion from 2022 to 2027 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.2% due to the development of advanced combat systems and rising deployment of next-generation countermeasures and decoys, a new report predicts.

SYDNEY, Australia. Thales Australia has won a contract extension with the Australian Department of Defence to provide naval communications to the Royal Australian Navy, the company announced in a statement.

DUBLIN, Ireland. The radar simulator market in the Asia-Pacific region will boom from $326.2 million in 2022 to $470.5 million by 2028 for a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.3%, a new report predicts.

WASHINGTON, D.C. Riverside Research has won a contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory for Microelectronics and Embedded System Assurance (MESA) research and development, according to a statement from the company.

LONDON, United Kingdom. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom has announced a new international coalition with Italy and Japan to develop a new fighter aircraft that will incorporate advanced sensors and uncrewed technology, according to a UK government statement.

TEL AVIV, Israel. RAFAEL will supply its TYPHOON Mk30-C counter-uncrewed aerial system (C-UAS) naval remote weapon station (NRWS) to an unidentified navy in Asia, the company announced in a statement.

HELSINKI, Finland. Satellite imagery company ICEYE has announced that they are starting a multi-year framework contract with the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) to support the management of maritime operations with synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite data, the company said in a statement.