Military Embedded Systems

WASHINGTON, D.C. BCS and Allegient Defense will merge to create a new entity, BCS Allegient, which will be operational under Alain Williams, the current CEO of BCS, the companies announced in a statement.

HELSINKI, Finland. Senop Oy will develop advanced night vision devices for the Finnish Defence Forces’ Logistics Command, the company announced in a statement.

RICHARDSON, Texas. Collins Aerospace won a contract to contribute to a new aircraft design under the U.S. Air Force's Survivable Airborne Operations Center (SAOC) program, the company announced in a statement.

STRATFORD, Connecticut. Lockheed Martin subsidiary Sikorsky is conducting a series of flight tests for a new vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) uncrewed aerial system (UAS) on behalf of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the company announced in a statement.

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama. BlueHalo won a $95.4 million contract to continue developing directed energy prototypes for the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC) through the Laser technology Research Development and Optimization (LARDO) program, the company announced in a statement.

MANASSAS, Virginia. Aurora Flight Sciences and Boeing reached the preliminary design review stage for their vertical lift X-plane design as part of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) initiative known as Speed and Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT), Aurora announced in a statement.

HUNT VALLEY, Maryland and MOUNTAIN VIEW, California. Textron Systems and Kodiak Robotics will jointly develop a new uncrewed military vehicle, the companies announced in a statement.

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama. Lockheed Martin won a contract from the U.S. Army to enhance the capabilities of the ground-based Long Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW) system, the company announced in a statement.

SAN DIEGO, California. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) teamed up with the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) to provide flight training for the MQ-9A Block 5 Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS) at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Arizona, the company announced in a statement.

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands. The Dutch Navy chose High Eye's Airboxer vertical take-off and landing uncrewed aerial system (VTOL UAV) for deployment in maritime operations, the company announced in a statement.

If a U.S. military helicopter pilot could time-travel from the year 1990 to today, that displaced pilot probably wouldn't recognize modern cockpits. Instead of switches and buttons, today's platforms increasingly use sleek displays and customizable dashboards, depending on the mission. Open systems and modular architecture are behind much of this shift.

RESTON, Virginia. Leidos and Elroy Air will collaborate on a demonstration of an autonomous aerial resupply vehicle for the U.S. Marine Corps called the Medium Aerial Resupply Vehicle – Expeditionary Logistics (MARV-EL) prototype, which is set for flight testing in July 2024 at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona, the companies announced in a joint statement.

NASHUA, New Hampshire. BAE Systems won a $12 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to enhance thermal management in electronic warfare and other radio frequency-based applications, the company announced in a statement.

WESTBOROUGH, Massachusetts. Kopin Corporation won a contract from an unidentified defense customer to develop a low-latency digital night vision system incorporating its organic light emitting diode (OLED) microdisplay technology, the company announced in a statement.

OSLO, Norway. Kongsberg, Diehl Defence, and MBDA Deutschland have entered an agreement to develop the Supersonic Strike Missile (3SM Tyrfing) aimed at enhancing long-range strike capabilities for Norway and Germany, the companies announced in a joint statement.

SAN DIEGO, California. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) is collaborating with the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) to develop an Airborne Battlespace Awareness and Defense (ABAD) pod for the MQ-9A Block 5 Medium-Altitude, Long-Endurance Tactical (MALET) Extended Range Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA), the company announced in a statement.

HAIFA, Israel. Elbit Systems won a contract to supply Crossbow Unmanned Turreted 120mm Soft Recoil Mortar Systems for integration into General Dynamics European Land Systems' (GDELS) Pandur 6×6 APC wheeled armored vehicles on behalf of an unnamed European client, with the project set to span six years, Elbit announced in a statement.

SOF WEEK 2024 -- TAMPA, Florida. Teal showcased the Teal 2 at SOF Week, an small unmanned aerial system (sUAS) optimized for short-range reconnaissance missions with thermal imaging capabilities for nighttime operations.

SOF WEEK 2024 -- TAMPA, Florida. Arete showcased a modular drone detection system designed to track swarms of uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) at SOF Week.

SOF WEEK 2024 -- TAMPA, Florida. Curtiss-Wright showcased their latest tactical communications solutions at SOF Week, including a modular radio center and a series of snap-together ultra-compact tactical communications and processing modules.