MERRIMACK, New Hampshire. BAE Systems has won a $12 million contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to develop a multi-mode radar/infrared open architecture seeker for targeting surface vessels at sea from aircraft, the company announced in a statement.

BELOIT, Wis. Fairbanks Morse Defense (FMD) has signed an agreement with the U.S. Navy to deploy the FMD FM OnBoard remote-collaboration and asset-monitoring technology on Navy ships.

NEW YORK & COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado. CAES Space Systems, a supplier of high-reliability electronic solutions is now rebranded as Frontgrade Technologies. Officials at Veritas Capital, a technology and government investment firm that has Frontgrade Technologies in its portfolio, announced the change.

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona. The most popular military artificial intelligence (AI) stories on MilitaryEmbedded.com throughout 2022 highlighted AI and machine learning innovations for defense such as IoT on the battlefield, using AI to speed up human decision-making, swarm technology, and more. Check them out below.

HAIFA, Israel. Elbit Systems has won a $180 million contract to provide, operate, and maintain the Mission Training Center (MTC) for Israeli Air Force F-16 aircraft, the company announced in a statement.

HOBOKEN, N.J. Data-privacy firm Duality Technologies has been selected for Phase II of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Data Protection in Virtual Environments (DPRIVE) program. 

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona. The top avionics stories on MilitaryEmbedded.com for 2022 covered the VPX ecosystem, how open systems streamline helicopter avionics upgrades, zero trust in military embedded systems, and more. Check them out below.

CANBERRA, Australia. The government of Australia announced that it has bought 20 Lockheed Martin High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS), and associated hardware, for an estimated cost of $385 million.

MELBOURNE, Florida. L3Harris has received a $40 million contract from the U.S. Department of Defense to supply 14 multi-purpose weapon systems to Ukraine to allow ground forces to shoot down enemy drones, the company announced in a statement.

PORTLAND, Oregon. The global digital battlefield market will quadruple over the next 10 years due to a growth in artificial intelligence and 5G, a new report predicts.

ARLINGTON, Virginia. Leonardo DRS has won a contract to provide additional counter uncrewed aircraft system (C-UAS) platforms to support the U.S. Army’s Integrated Fires/Rapid Capabilities Office’s on-going Mobile-Low, Slow, Small Unmanned Aircraft System Integrated Defeat System (M-LIDS) program, the company announced in a statement.

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona. The most popular radar and electronic warfare (EW) stories on militaryembedded.com throughout 2022 covered subjects such as hypersonic missile detection, a fire-control system contract, a high-energy laser prototype, and more. Check them out below.

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona. The most popular stories on MilitaryEmbedded.com throughout 2022 covered subjects such as hypersonic missile detection, a 10-year contract for a fire-control system, the future battlefield, and more. Check them out below.

HAIFA, Israel. Elbit Systems has won a contract from the Spanish Army to provide E-LynX software-defined radios for its combat battalions, the company announced in a statement.

PUNE, Maharashtra, India. The size of the global market for 5G in aerospace and defense -- estimated at $251.20 million in 2021 -- is projected to reach $4.96 billion by 2030, according to a market research report from 360i Research, "Global 5G in Aerospace & Defense Market -- Global Forecast 2022-2030."