WASHINGTON, DC. Joby Aviation and Sagetech Avionics will collaborate to develop onboard piloted Detect and Avoid (DAA) capabilities, a move aimed at bolstering Joby’s enhanced Visual Flight Rules (eVFR) operations, the companies announced in a statement.

WASHINGTON, D.C. Shield AI, a company that develops advanced AI pilot technologies, plans to acquire Sentient Vision Systems, an Australian company specializing in AI-enabled real-time situational awareness technologies, Shield AI announced in a statement.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California. Knightscope and Draganfly will collaborate to integrate Knightscope's Autonomous Security Robots (ASRs) and emergency communications products with Draganfly's drones, Draganfly announced in a statement.

TOKYO, Japan. Milrem Robotics will provide the Japan Ground Self-Defense Forces with three THeMIS unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) configured for tasks including supply transportation and intelligence gathering, the company announced in a statement.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands. Dutch military procurement agency Command Materiel and IT (COMMIT) chose Thales to provide seven additional Ground Master 200 Multi-Mission Compact radars (GM200 MM/C), with an option to acquire two more, the company announced in a statement.

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama. The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) chose Lockheed Martin to develop the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI), a new addition to the nation’s missile defense arsenal, the company announced in a statement.

LONDON, United Kingdom. The UK Ministry of Defence has announced plans to fast-track the development of the DragonFire laser weapon system for installation on Royal Navy ships, MBDA announced in a statement.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado. Rocket Lab will design and build a spacecraft capable of rendezvous proximity operations for U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command (SSC), the company announced in a statement.

HAIFA, Israel. The Israeli navy conducted a test of Rafael's C-DOME system -- a naval version of the Iron Dome system -- to intercept a target at sea, Rafael announced in a statement.

VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, California. BAE Systems launched a new weather satellite, the Weather System Follow-on – Microwave (WSF-M), to enhance the U.S. Space Force’s capabilities in environmental monitoring, the company announced in a statement.

AUBURN, Ala. Auburn University Research and Innovation Campus (AURIC) is slated to become a technical-support base location for the U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA).

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. Green Hills Software announced that its INTEGRITY-178 real-time operating system (RTOS) is deployed in the engine control units (ECUs) from Triumph Group, Inc. (TRIUMPH) for a number of different U.S. military helicopters -- including the AH-64D Apache, CH-47D/F & MH-47D/F/G Chinook, UH-60L/M/V Black Hawk, HH-60 Pave Hawk, MH-60 Jayhawk, and SH-60 Sea Hawk -- in order to meet RTCA/DO-178B Design Assurance Level A (DAL A) certification. 

CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. Situational-awareness developer ZE Government Solutions (ZEGS) was chosen by AFWERX -- the innovation arm of the Department of the Air Force -- to develop and provide a coastal security and awareness tool for use on mobile platforms for Joint Base Charleston. 

NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland. The Department of Defense is increasingly asking industry to find new ways to make systems more open not just with new technology but also with legacy platforms, sources said at the annual Sea-Air-Space exposition.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland. The United States' shipbuilding capabilities have "atrophied," and the nation's shipbuilders need to focus on digitization and modernization in order to build ships at a more competitive cost and on schedule, Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro said Tuesday at the annual Sea-Air-Space exposition.