ARLINGTON, Va. Raytheon announced that it ran 28 tests of its StormBreaker smart weapon in 2023, including a 100% success rate on 14 of 14 planned jettisons from the F-35C; the additional 14 tests throughout the year included employment from the F/A-18E/F, F-15E, and F-35B across the U.S. Navy, Marines, and Air Force.

LONDON. The tri-nation cooperative at the heart of the Global Combat Air Program (GCAP) -- the U.K., Italy, and Japan -- unveiled a new concept model of their next-generation combat aircraft at Farnborough International Airshow.

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland. Phoenix Air Group Inc. won a $165 million contract from the U.S. Navy for Contracted Air Services (CAS) flight hours to simulate airborne electronic warfare (EW) threats, Naval Air Systems Command announced in a statement.

ALCOBENDAS, Spain. Indra has signed an agreement with Spanish startup IDBOTIC to enhance the NGWS/FCAS program, Europe's largest defense initiative aimed at developing the Future Combat Air Systems (FCAS), the company announced in a statement.

CHANTILLY, Virginia. Amentum won a $145 million contract to modernize and maintain the U.S. Marine Corps' UC-35D aircraft fleet, the company announced in a statement.

WASHINGTON. Cybersecurity firm Corsha won an SBIR [Small Business Innovation Research] Phase III contract with the United States Air Force Sustainment Center (AFSC) as part of an effort to enhance the introduction of new technologies into operational technology (OT) networks propelling the Air Force into "Industry 4.0."

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii. Raytheon reports that it demonstrated -- during the recent Valiant Shield 24 exercises in the Pacific -- a simulated complex missile engagement using the U.S. Army's Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS) and Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System (IBCS), launching the U.S. Navy's long-range effector, Standard Missile-6 (SM-6).

NEW YORK, New York. The global LEO satellite market will increase by $7.13 billion from 2023 through 2027 for a compound annual growth rate of $15.92%, a new report predicts.

EDMONDS, Wash. Network security/cryptography provider wolfSSL announced that it secured the world's first SP800 140Br1-compliant FIPS 140-3 Validation Certificate #4718 for wolfSSL's wolfCrypt module.

PORTLAND, Oregon. Oregon Air National Guard's 142nd Wing officially welcomed the first two operational U.S. Air Force F-15EX Eagle II fighter jets, marking a significant milestone for the unit, the Air National Guard announced in a statement.

HOUSTON, Texas. Engineering and technology solution provider KBR won a task order/contract worth an estimated $52 million supporting the Counter Improvised Threat Systems Test and Evaluation for the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD) Quick Reaction Capability Office (QRCO).

MOORPARK, Calif. Electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) company Quantum-Systems won two contracts totaling $60.92 million (AUD $90 million) to provide the Australian Defense Force (ADF) with Vector/Scorpion 2-in-1 fixed-wing eVTOL small uncrewed aerial systems (sUAS) and a support contract for the provision of training, maintenance, engineering, supply and logistics, and support services. 

PITTSBURGH, Pa. Autonomous mobility provider Near Earth Autonomy won a spot leading one of the teams assembled by the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) to demonstrate optimized logistics using rotorcraft for the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) Aerial Logistics Connector (ALC) program. 

SARATOGA and SANTA CLARA, Calif. Supply-chain security provider Lineaje announced that the U.S. Air Force chose its SBOM360 supply-chain software tool for a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase 1 contract. 

SYRACUSE, NY. Defense R&D company SRC Inc. won a $25 million contract with the U.S. Army to develop the Long-Range Radar, a large instrumentation radar that will be used for range safety, research, development, test, and evaluation of systems on Army test ranges.