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Defense

Northrop's New Multifunction Active Electronically Scanned Array

Northrop Grumman has introduced Valen, the newest multifunction active electronically scanned array (AESA) in the company’s advanced sensing portfolio. Valen's next...

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Electronics & Computers

Time-Sensitive Networking for the Army’s HADES Jets

TTTECH North America has been selected by the U.S. Army to provide advanced Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) solutions for its High Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System (HADES)...

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Manufacturing & Prototyping

Modular Mission Computer Upgrades for the Air Force C-17 Globemaster III Fleet

Boeing has selected Curtiss‑Wright Corporation to supply a new generation of Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA)‑aligned mission computers for the U.S. Air...

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Manufacturing & Prototyping

A Next Generation Helmet System for Navy Pilots

The U.S. Navy is giving its fixed-wing pilots a next generation helmet system that represents one of the most significant modernization efforts for Navy aircrew flight equipment in recent...

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Manned Systems

Eve Air Mobility's eVTOL Prototype Completes First Flight

Eve Air Mobility recently completed the first flight of its uncrewed full-scale electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) prototype at Embraer’s test facility in São Paulo,...

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Unmanned Systems

APFIT Invests $50 Million into US-Made Drone Battery Production for Air Force, Army, Navy, and SOCOM

The Defense Department’s APFIT program has committed up to $50 million to Packet Digital to fast-track production of advanced batteries...

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Information Technology

Future-Proofing the Tactical Edge: Converging AI, Edge Processing, and Hybrid Cloud for Modern Battlefield Operations

In the emerging era of information warfare, the cognitive tactical network — a system that senses, learns, and adapts autonomously — will define victory. Future-proofing the tactical edge is not optional; it is the strategic imperative for achieving dominance across the multidomain battlespace of tomorrow. Read on to learn more.

Products

Software

New Products

See the new products, including Kontron's VX307C, a rugged 3U VPX computing module based on the Intel® Xeon® D-1700/1800 platform; Concurrent's Narvi, a rugged XMC form factor GPGPU and graphics processing card developed in collaboration with EIZO Rugged Solutions; ITT Cannon’s C5 Warrior connectors; and more.

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Sensors/Data Acquisition

F-22 Pilot Controls Drone With Tablet

Lockheed Martin Skunk Works®, with industry partners and the U.S. Air Force, controlled an uncrewed aerial system (UAS) from the cockpit of a fifth generation fighter jet while in flight.

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RF & Microwave Electronics

L3Harris Starts Low Rate Production Of New F-16 Viper Shield

L3Harris is ready to start low-rate initial production of the Viper Shield, a next-generation software-defined electronic warfare (EW) upgrade for the U.S. Air Force fleet of F-16...

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Software

A Quantum Leap for Defense Computing Applications

Several U.S.-based government and defense agencies, and customers are exploring quantum use cases in areas such as radar detection, resource deployment, military logistics optimization,...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

NASA’s Quiet Supersonic Demonstrator Jet Completes First Flight

Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, and NASA recently completed the first flight of the X-59, a quiet supersonic aircraft that is being flight tested to help establish an acceptable...

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Manufacturing & Prototyping

A New AI-Piloted VTOL Fighter Jet for Contested Environments

Shield AI unveiled its new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) fighter jet, X-BAT, during an event held in Washington D.C. last week.

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RF & Microwave Electronics

MAPS GEN II: Navigation System Upgrades for Army Vehicles

Fielding of the Mounted Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing System, MAPS, GEN II hardware is underway across the Army to provide increased operational effectiveness with...

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Communications

Satellite Communications for the Army’s NGC2 Pilot

Kymeta Corporation has been selected as a multi-orbit satellite communications (SATCOM) capability provider for the Army’s Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2) Pilot with the...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

AUSA 2025: New CMOSS Chassis, Plug-in-Card Prototypes in Development for Army Vehicles

The U.S. Army has selected two companies to develop prototype chassis and plug-in-cards for aviation and ground vehicles. The selection is the Army’s...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

Four Recent GE Aerospace Research Breakthroughs in Propulsion and Autonomous Flight

At the Air & Space Forces Association (AFA)’s 2025 Air, Space & Cyber Conference, GE Aerospace highlighted four recent research and development...

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Electronics & Computers

New Products

See the new products, including Littelfuse's Pxxx0S3H SIDACtor® Protection Thyristor Series; Knowles Corporation's Type BLS 125°C DC-Link Capacitors for harsh environments; Aitech's Aitech A230 Vortex AI GPGPU supercomputer; and more.

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Semiconductors & ICs

Could Metasurfaces Be The Next Quantum Information Processors?

Optics researchers in the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have created specially designed metasurfaces — flat devices etched with nanoscale light-manipulating patterns — to act as ultra-thin upgrades for quantum-optical chips and setups. Read on to learn more.

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RF & Microwave Electronics

The World’s Largest Real Time EW Test Range

The U.S. Department of Defense faces an increasingly complex electromagnetic environment, in which rapid advances in radar and electronic warfare (EW) demand new tools for development, testing, and training. DARPA’s Digital RF Battlespace Emulator (DRBE) program took up this challenge, resulting in the development of the world’s largest high-fidelity, real-time virtual radio frequency (RF) test range. Read on to learn more.

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RF & Microwave Electronics

Honeywell to Use Time Triggered Ethernet in Next Generation Flight Management System

TTTECH Aerospace’s TTEthernet End System solution has been chosen by Honeywell Aerospace Technologies for the data network in its next-generation flight...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

Helsing Unveils New Autonomous Fighter Jet 'CA-1 Europa'

Defense technology startup Helsing unveiled its new CA-1 autonomous fighter jet powered by their proprietary artificial intelligence (AI) software Centaur during a launch ceremony in...

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Electronics & Computers

Mercury Signs Embedded Production Agreement for AeroVironment’s Satellite Augmentation Technology

Mercury Systems announced a new production agreement with AeroVironment, Inc. (AV) to support the U.S. Space Force’s Satellite...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

Boeing X-37B Latest Mission Tests Quantum Inertial Sensor in Space

Boeing's X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle was launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida on a SpaceX Falcon 9 on August 22 for its eighth mission, and has been confirmed to be...

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Aerospace

How Airbus Is Designing the Future of Combat Aircraft Cockpit Avionics

Read on to learn more about the Enhanced Pilot Interfaces & Interactions for Fighter Cockpit (EPIIC) project. The project aims to future-proof Europe’s defence capabilities by providing pilots the tools they need to optimize their work in the cockpit during military air operations.

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Defense

Korean P-3C Maritime Patrol Aircraft Receive Satellite Communications Upgrades

Get SAT, the Seoul, South Korea-based satellite terminals maker, has completed installations and upgrades of two P-3C maritime patrol aircraft for the Republic...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

Advanced Subsystems Improve Performance of Eurofighter Radar Mk1

Eurofighter Common Radar System Mark 1 (ECRS) is the next-generation Eurofighter radar system to be fielded by the air forces of Germany and Spain. Based on a multi-channel...

Articles

Aerospace

Are Military Avionics Systems Ready for Artificial Intelligence?

This article highlights trends across several industry partnerships, demonstration flights and the enabling elements that are providing opportunities to integrate AI and ML into military avionics systems. Read on to learn more.

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Aerospace

Air Force Pilots Control XQ-58s from Fighter Jets

The U.S. Air Force recently demonstrated a major leap in human-machine teaming, flying autonomous collaborative platforms (ACPs), alongside crewed fighter aircraft during a training event at...