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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.

Comms

Mobile SATCOM terminals ordered by Swedish defense agency - News

July 09, 2025

STOCKHOLM, Sweden. The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) placed an additional order with Ovzon for mobile satellite terminals valued at SEK 72 million ($7.6 million), the company announced in a statement.

Radar/EW

Electronic warfare suites garner Pacific Defense new Navy contract - News

July 09, 2025

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. MIssion systems company Pacific Defense won a $18.4 million contract with the Office of Naval Research (ONR) for the delivery, integration, and optimization of a networked set of integrated systems aligned with the Sensor Open Systems Architecture, or SOSA, Technical Standard plus electronic warfare (EW) signal-processing software suites aimed at addressing emerging peer and near-peer capabilities.

Radar/EW

New radars to expand Malaysia’s long-range air surveillance network - News

July 08, 2025

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia. Thales won a contract from the Malaysian government to supply two additional Ground Master 400 alpha (GM400α) long-range air surveillance radars to support the Royal Malaysian Air Force’s (RMAF) situational awareness efforts, the company announced in a statement.

Radar/EW

AN/SPY-7 radar antennas delivered for Japan’s Aegis System Equipped Vessel - News

July 08, 2025

MOORESTOWN, New Jersey. Lockheed Martin delivered the first shipset of AN/SPY-7(V)1 radar antennas for Japan’s Aegis System Equipped Vessel (ASEV) program, the company announced in a statement.

Unmanned

Barracuda underwater drone conducts untethered open-water test - News

July 08, 2025

PORTSMOUTH, Rhode Island. Raytheon completed an open water demonstration of its Barracuda mine neutralization vehicle operating in an untethered, semi-autonomous mode for the first time, the company announced in a statement.

Unmanned

Uncrewed systems tested in first EU-wide campaign in Italy - News

July 07, 2025

MONTELIBRETTI, Italy. Six European defense firms demonstrated uncrewed aerial and ground systems as part of the European Defence Agency’s (EDA) first European Defence Innovation Operational Experimentation (OPEX) campaign, the agency announced in a statement.