ARLINGTON, Virginia. The Pentagon is exploring options to keep providing network connectivity to Ukrainian forces via SpaceX's Starlink satellite communications (SATCOM) platform, according to an official.

STRATFORD, Connecticut. The U.S. Air Force has declared initial operational capability (IOC) for the HH-60W Jolly Green II Combat Rescue Helicopter, which features upgraded avionics, Lockheed Martin subsidiary Sikorsky announced in a statement.

NORTHBROOK, Ill. The tactical communications market, said to total $12.5 billion in 2022, is projected to reach $16.0 billion by 2027, at a combined anual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.95% during the study period, according to research from MarketsandMarkets, "Tactical Communication Market by Application (Command & Control, ISR, Communication, Combat), Platform (Ground, Airborne, Naval, Unmanned Systems), Type (Soldier Radios, Manpacks, VIC, HCDR), Frequency, Technology, Point of Sale, Region -- Forecast to 2027."

MUNICH, Germany. Rohde & Schwarz, along with Portuguese defense company EID, will provide handheld software-defined radio to the Portuguese armed forces, the company announced in a statement.

CHICAGO, Illinois. The worldwide market for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) will grow from $26.2 billion in 2022 to $38.3 billion by 2027 for a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.9%, a new report predicts.

ARLINGTON, Va. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has launched what it calls the Hardening Development Toolchains Against Emergent Execution Engines (HARDEN) program, in which it chose teams to create practical tools that will prevent exploitation of integrated computing systems by disrupting the patterns of exploits used by would-be cyber attackers and depriving any attackers of emergent execution engines.

LOUISVILLE, Colorado. Orion Space Solutions has won a contract to provide the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) a "dynamic, seamless one-stop platform to process, analyze, and visualize Earth observations using advanced artificial intelligence (AI) and digital technologies," the company announced in a statement.

ARLINGTON, Virginia. Thales has received its 5th order for the U.S. Army Leader Program to provide handheld, manpack, and small form fit (HMS) radios to the service, the company announced in a statement.

FORT WORTH, Texas. BAE Systems has released an updated version of a computer-related maintenance capability that will reduce vulnerability to cyberattacks for F-16 aircraft, and reports that two countries are fielding the Viper Memory Loader Verifier II (MLV II) via Foreign Military Sales for the F-16 Block 70/72 aircraft, ordering six systems with potential follow-on for 15 additional systems. 

RESTON, Va. Leidos won a prime task order to provide the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) with a suite of command, control, computers, communications, cyber, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C5ISR) tools for insertion across the services; the contract holds a ceiling value of approximately $1.5 billion if all options are exercised. 

FORT WORTH, Texas. Elbit Systems of America won a production order from the U.S. Army worth approximately $107 million to supply enhanced night vision goggle – binocular (ENVG-B) systems, spare parts, logistics support, and test equipment.

AUSA 2022 ANNUAL MEETING & EXPOSITION -- Washington, D.C. Teledyne FLIR Defense (a unit of Teledyne Technologies) is collaborating with AM General to display its Lightweight Vehicle Surveillance System (LVSS) on a HUMVEE 2-CT (two-door cargo truck) -- a technology demonstrator for future Army mobile command and control (C2) vehicles -- during this week's AUSA annual conference. 

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. BAE Systems reports a successful test of its Long-Range Precision Guidance Kit (LR-PGK) for 155 mm artillery projectiles from the U.S. Army’s Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA) at Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona, with the firing trial demonstrating airframe structural survivability under extreme firing conditions. 

AUSA 2022 ANNUAL MEETING & EXPOSITION -- Washington, D.C.  Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) announced at this week's AUSA trade show its acquisition of the assets and intellectual property related to the Voly-50 and Voly-T series of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), which had been produced previously by Volansi.

AUSA 2022 ANNUAL MEETING & EXPOSITION -- Washington, D.C. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) is showing nthe latest variant of its Gray Eagle line of unmanned aircraft systems (UASs), the Gray Eagle 25M, at this week's AUSA 2022 trade show.