LOS ANGELES. Aerojet Rocketdyne recently received a contract award to deliver up to two multi-mission radioisotope thermoelectric generators (MMRTG) -- radioisotope power systems that have been used as reliable electrical power sources on multiple deep-space missions -- to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for use in future planetary science missions.

HERNDON, Va. HawkEye 360 Inc., company specializing in formation-flying satellites to create a new class of radio frequency (RF) data and analytics, launched Mission Space, the first commercial platform purpose-built to facilitate the analysis of RF geospatial intelligence.

ATLANTA, Ga. Honeywell and Embraer have worked jointly to install Honeywell's Aircraft Data Gateway 400 (ADG-400) on all of Embraer's new E2 commercial jets, with an option to retrofit first-generation E1 models. The solution is intended to allow operators to wirelessly transfer critical flight and maintenance data to and from their aircraft more quickly and efficiently than before.

FRANCE. Interface Concept, company specializing in the design and manufacturing of COTS embedded boards and systems, announced the ComEth4412a, a 3U VPX dual plane hybrid PCIe Gen 3 and 40 Gigabit Ethernet Switch, designed in alignment with the Sensor Open Systems Architecture (SOSA) technical standard.

FALLS CHURCH, Va. BAE Systems has signed a contract option worth $184 million with the U.S. Marine Corps to provide more amphibious combat vehicles (ACV) under full-rate production.

WASHINGTON and AUSTIN, Texas. MEASURE, an aerial intelligence company, announced that the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has awarded the company a contract to develop and deliver software solutions to support drone operations within Air Force Civil Engineering and Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineer (RED HORSE) squadrons. Jesse Stepler, Co-Founder, Chief Strategy Officer, and Head of Product at MEASURE, will serve as Principal Investigator.

CENTREVILLE, Va. Parsons Corporation won a five-year $69 million contract by the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Army Research Laboratory (ARL) to develop exploratory technology that will aim to provide United States warfighters with the technological edge as part of the Army's future vision.

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. Celerium Inc. announced a new partnership with CenSec, the prime Danish cluster organization for companies specializing in high-tech industries like defense, homeland security, space, aerospace, and cybersecurity. CenSec will be a member of Celerium's Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Academy International Alliance program in an effort to bring CMMC awareness to the Danish defense industry.

ARLINGTON, Va. BAE Systems announced it is offering a suite of artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities and a new data labeling service offering on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Marketplace for GovCloud (US) to support critical national security missions.

WHITE SALMON, Wash. Sagetech Avionics, an aerospace technology company specializing in situational awareness solutions for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), announced that the Department of Defense (DoD) AIMS Program Office issued the world's first 17-1000 Mark XIIB certification to Sagetech for its MX12B micro Mode 5 Identify Friend or Foe (IFF) transponder.

OSLO, Norway. OnTime Networks, company specializing in rugged, Ethernet solutions for the aerospace and defense industry, announced the selection of its Ultra-Rugged Airborne CR-6228 28-Port GbE/10GbE Switch and Router by Airbus for the A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) aircraft.

DUBLIN. The global electronic warfare (EW) market is projected to grow from $17.0 billion in 2020 to $20.9 billion by 2025, a combined annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.2%, according to a new market study from MarketsandMarkets, "The Electronic Warfare Market -- Global Forecast to 2025." 

ARLINGTON, Va. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded several contracts under its LongShot program, which is aimed at development of an air-launched unmanned air vehicle (UAV) that can deploy multiple air-to-air weapons.

HAIFA, Israel. Elbit Systems Ltd. announced that it won an approximately $82 million contract from BAE Systems Hägglunds AB (BAE Systems Hägglunds) to supply the Royal Netherlands Army (RNLA) with Active Protection Systems (APS) and electro-optical commander sights. The contract will be performed over a period of four and a half years.

IEEE INTERNATIONAL ELECTRON DEVICE MEETING 2020. Separate research groups in the U.S. and Belgium believe that a new kind of dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) could hold bits hundreds or thousands of times longer than commercial DRAM and enable huge savings in space and energy when used for artificial intelligence (AI) and large neural nets.