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24 June

The eBee VISION ISR unmanned aerial system. Photo: EagleNXT

EagleNXT to Supply eBee Scout, Mapping Drones to Asian Customer

Kansas-based drone developer EagleNXT has secured a contract to supply five of its eBee unmanned aerial systems to a customer in Southeast Asia.

24 June

Ethan M. Encarnacion

New US Army Software Helps Vehicles Shoot Down Drones Without Stopping

The US Army has fielded new fire control software designed to help vehicle-mounted weapons take down small drones while both the target and the vehicle are moving.

24 June

The U.S. Army’s Precision Strike Missile Increment 1 program achieved Milestone C approval on July 2, 2025, signaling the program’s transition into the Production and Deployment phase.

Christine Casimiro

Lockheed Martin Wins $8.4B Deal to Expand Precision Strike Missile Production

The US Army has awarded Lockheed Martin an $8.4-billion contract modification to boost production capacity for the Precision Strike Missile Increment 1 program.

24 June

Christine Casimiro

US Transfers Four Triton Autonomous Vessels to Philippine Navy

The US has handed over four Triton autonomous underwater and surface vehicles, valued at approximately $13 million, to the Philippines as part of a security assistance initiative.

24 June

L3Harris' VAMPIRE is a self-contained system that delivers advanced ISR, which can be used on a variety of vehicles to quickly respond to support the c-UAS mission.

Ronald Watkins

L3Harris, Turkey’s Skydagger Team Up on Drone Interceptor Integration

L3Harris Technologies and Turkish firm Skydagger will explore integrating drone interceptor technology into counter-unmanned aerial systems.

24 June

Army-funded research sends entangled qubit states through a communication cable linking one quantum network node to a second node

Giulia Bernacchi

US Launches Plan to Secure Military Networks Against Quantum Threats

The US Department of Defense has released a strategy to transition military networks and systems to quantum-resistant encryption.

24 June

US troops receive a fires mission at the battalion fire direction center as part of their experimentation to integrate next-generation command-and-control systems at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, Feb. 24, 2026.

Giulia Bernacchi

Palantir’s Cloud Platform to Support US Army Command and Control Program

Palantir's Foundry platform will form part of the baseline architecture of the US Army's Next Generation Command and Control program.

24 June

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Claude Lambert, chief of future operations division for the Joint Task Force-Space Defense and U.S. Air Force Maj. Katie “Starbuck” Baier, chief of intelligence for weapons and tactics for the JTF-SD, look at a computer screen at Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado, Dec. 19, 2022. Through the partnering of the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community and National Reconnaissance Office in the National Space Defense Center, JTF-SD brings to bear the full force of the U.S. Government and synchronizes space superiority planning and operations. (U.S. Space Force photo by Dennis Rogers)

Giulia Bernacchi

US Air Combat Command Begins Rollout of Hypori Secure Messaging Platform

The US Air Combat Command has begun implementing a secure mobile messaging capability developed by Hypori.

24 June

Jodesz Gavilan

Booz Allen Targets Battlefield Software With $720M Ultra Deal

Booz Allen Hamilton is moving deeper into battlefield software and secure communications with a $720-million agreement to acquire Ultra Mission Solutions.

24 June

Continuous Composites’s CF3D Technology.

Jodesz Gavilan

US Army Taps Continuous Composites for Advanced Missile Manufacturing

Continuous Composites has secured a multi-year contract with the US Army to explore faster and scalable production methods for next-generation missile components.

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