Military Embedded Systems

WATERLOO, Ontario. Pixus Technologies introduced the Mini Cube, its smallest test and development chassis yet, specifically designed for prototyping 3U OpenVPX and systems aligned to the Sensor Open Systems Architecture (SOSA) Technical Standard, the company announced.

STUTTGART, Germany. Hartmann Electronic has unveiled a complete reference system that is aligned to the Sensor Open Systems Architecture (SOSA) Technical Standard and is designed to enhance the interoperability and performance in military applications, the company announced in a statement.

ANDOVER, Massachusetts. Raytheon won a $677 million contract to extend production of the AN/SPY-6(V) radars for the U.S. Navy, an award which represents the third option exercised under a five-year agreement that potentially totals up to $3 billion, the company announced in a statement.

ARLINGTON, Virginia. Leonardo DRS won another contract to provide its Quantum Cascade Laser (QCL) technology, which will be incorporated into the Common Infrared Countermeasure (CIRCM) systems for U.S. military aircraft, the company announced in a statement.

HORSHAM, England. Chess Dynamics and SEA, both part of the Cohort Group, are developing a trainable decoy launcher system -- known as Ancilia -- for the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) under the Maritime Electronic Warfare Programme (MEWP) in an effort to enhance the Royal Navy’s defense against advanced threats like hypersonic and ballistic missiles, the company says.

WIXOM, Michigan. Acromag introduced the VPX7600, a new SOSA aligned 3U VPX single board computer (SBC) that leverages Intel’s 11th Generation Tiger Lake-H Xeon W-11000E processor, the company announced in a statement.

MADRID, Spain. Escribano, Indra, and TRC formed a partnership to deliver an advanced counter-unmanned aerial system (C-UAS) to the Spanish Armed Forces, the companies announced in a statement.

PARIS, France. Thales won a contract from the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence through the French Ministry of the Armed Forces to supply Ukraine with a second air defense system to help the nation boost its territorial security, the company announced in a statement.

MELBOURNE, Florida. L3Harris Technologies won a $34 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to modernize the B-52 Stratofortress bomber, focusing on integrating key roles within the crew, such as merging the functions of an electronic warfare officer and a navigator into a single position, the company announced in a statement.

PARIS, France. Exail's new transoceanic Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV), the DriX O-16, successfully completed its initial sea trials in a demonstration shortly after it was launched in late May, the company announced.

BERLIN, Germany. Airbus Defence and Space and Helsing will collaborate to develop artificial intelligence (AI) technologies aimed at enhancing the teaming of manned and unmanned military aircraft, the companies announced at the ILA aerospace trade show.

DAYTON, Ohio. Leidos completed the conceptual design review and the system requirements review for the Mayhem air-breathing hypersonic system, a project under the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), the company announced in a statement.

SAN DIEGO, California. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) will provide the first 12 Gray Eagle 25M (GE 25M) uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) to the Army National Guard, the company announced in a statement.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark. Terma won a contract to equip four anti-submarine warfare frigates, two for the Belgian Navy and two for the Netherlands Navy, with SCANTER 6002 naval surveillance radars -- an agreement that involves collaboration with Damen Naval and RH Marine to integrate these radar systems onto the vessels, the company announced in a statement.

SAN DIEGO, California. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) completed durability testing of its 200-horsepower Heavy Fuel Engine (HFE) 2.0 at its flight facility in El Mirage, California, the company announced in a statement. This engine is slated to power the new Gray Eagle 25M uncrewed aerial system (UAS) and aims to extend maintenance intervals.

FORT WORTH, Texas. Bell Textron Inc. has moved into Phase 1B of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) Speed and Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT) X-Plane program, the company announced in a statement.

BROOMFIELD, Colorado. BAE Systems will construct the Ocean Color Instrument (OCX) for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) satellite constellation, the company announced in a statement.

OTTAWA, Ontario. CAE Defense & Security won a contract from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) to support the MQ-9B SkyGuardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) for the Government of Canada, the company announced in a statement.

TEL AVIV, Israel. Sentrycs will deploy cyber-based RF counter-drone technology at multiple military bases across Europe to enhance base security and address threats from small and commercial drones, the company announced in a statement.

CHANTILLY, Virginia. Strategic Technology Consulting (STC) won a subcontract from Palantir Technologies to help develop the Tactical Intelligence Targeting Access Node (TITAN) ground station system, an advanced deep-sensing platform for the U.S. Army, the company announced in a statement.