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Unmanned

XQ-58A Valkyrie to be integrated with new mission system for Germany - News

July 17, 2025

MUNICH, Germany. Airbus Defence and Space and Kratos Defense and Security Solutions entered into a partnership to equip the Kratos XQ-58A Valkyrie uncrewed collaborative combat aircraft (UCCA) with a German-developed mission system for future deployment with the German Air Force, the companies announced in a statement.

Unmanned

Autonomy, datalink interoperability tested in XQ-67A flight - News

July 17, 2025

HIGH DESERT TEST RANGE, California. The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) XQ-67A, an Autonomous Collaborative Platform (ACP) developed by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI), completed a flight test to validate government-owned autonomy and tactical datalink integration, the company announced in a statement.

Cyber

Cybersecure software supply-chain contract signed with USAF, Lineaje - News

July 17, 2025

SARATOGA, Calif. Software supply-chain security provider Lineaje announced that it received a contract worth $1.8 million from AFWERX, the U.S. Air Force innovation arm.  

Unmanned

X10D surveillance drones to be delivered to Norway - News

July 16, 2025

SAN MATEO, California. Skydio won a contract from the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Defence for $9.4 million (101 million NOK) for delivery of its X10D small uncrewed aerial systems (sUAS), the company announced in a statement.

Radar/EW

SCANTER radar systems delivered for Canadian Coast Guard vessel programs - News

July 16, 2025

VANCOUVER, Canada. Terma A/S and Sperry Marine delivered SCANTER-series surveillance radar systems to Seaspan Shipyards in support of the Canadian Coast Guard’s Multi-Purpose Vessel and Polar Icebreaker programs, the companies announced in a statement.

Unmanned

Integrated live-training system to be delivered to U.K. forces by Cubic - News

July 16, 2025

SAN DIEGO. Cubic Defense UK, a division of Cubic Corp., won a two-year, sole-source contract with the U.K. Ministry of Defence (UK MOD) for the delivery of the company's Instrumented Live Training – Area Weapons Effects System (ILT-A).

Avionics

C-130 avionics upgrades to be performed for Royal Moroccan Air Force - News

July 15, 2025

WACO, Texas. L3Harris Technologies won a contract to upgrade multiple C-130 aircraft operated by the Royal Moroccan Air Force (RMAF), the company announced in a statement.

Radar/EW

Stalker uncrewed aerial system added to DoD’s Blue UAS list - News

July 15, 2025

JACKSONVILLE, Florida. Redwire Corporation’s Stalker uncrewed aerial system (UAS), developed by its subsidiary Edge Autonomy, received an Authority to Operate (ATO) and has been added to the Department of Defense’s (DoD) Blue UAS Cleared List, the company announced in a statement.

Cyber

Cybersecurity training platform to support French Armed Forces under Airbus contract - News

July 14, 2025

PARIS, France. Airbus Defence and Space  won an 8-year contrfact from the French Directorate General of Armaments (DGA) to develop and maintain cyber training platforms for the Ministry of the Armed Forces, the company announced in a statement.

Avionics

HH-60W helicopters, electronic warfare systems approved for potential sale to Norway - News

July 14, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. The U.S. State Department approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to Norway that includes HH-60W helicopters, electronic warfare systems, and associated support equipment for an estimated $2.6 billion, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced in a statement.

Radar/EW

Short-range ship defense system wins Raytheon $74 million Navy contract - News

July 14, 2025

LOUISVILLE, Ky. Raytheon reports that it won a $74 million contract to produce RAM Guided Missile Launching Systems (GMLS) for the U.S. Navy.

Avionics

P-8A Poseidon aircraft overhaul begins with L3Harris delivery to U.S. Navy - News

July 11, 2025

WACO, Texas. L3Harris Technologies delivered the first overhauled P-8A Poseidon aircraft to the U.S. Navy as part of a program depot maintenance effort supporting the Navy’s fleet of 139 aircraft, the company announced in a statement.

Radar/EW

Electronic warfare support for U.S. airborne platforms to be provided by GDIT - News

July 11, 2025

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia. General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) won a $143 million contract from the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD) to provide electronic warfare (EW) support for airborne systems, the company announced in a statement.

Avionics

Typhoon canopy transparencies to be supplied through 2030 by GKN Aerospace - News

July 11, 2025

LUTON, United Kingdom. GKN Aerospace signed a six-year follow-on contract with BAE Systems to continue manufacturing canopy transparencies for the Eurofighter Typhoon, the company announced in a statement.

Comms

NASA and U.S. Navy sign contracts with Aeluma to stimulate sensing, quantum systems - News

July 10, 2025

GOLETA, Calif. Semiconductor company Aeluma announced it signed new contracts with NASA and the U.S. Navy that it expects will accelerate development and commercialization for next-generation quantum and sensing systems.