Category: Aerospace & Defence
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The British Army has trialled private 5G across armoured platforms. Several live video feeds were distributed between vehicles during a dispersed command post experiment on Salisbury Plain.
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BAE Systems and Lockheed Martin are advancing a modular jammer. Blizzard is being developed for electronic attack, decoy, and suppression missions.
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Weald has expanded UK access to rugged connectors through Rayfast. The agreement covers interconnect products for defence, medical, energy, and industry.
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Indra integrates radar, guidance, and command electronics for naval defence. Spain’s SILAEM programme will counter missiles, drones, helicopters, and fast boats.
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Honeywell is expanding European inertial navigation for satellite denied operations. Civitanavi systems will support missiles, drones, vehicles, and maritime platforms.
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Mercury is extending heterogeneous AI processing into radiation-tolerant space systems. The architecture combines CPUs, GPUs, FPGAs, and NPUs for onboard workloads.
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BAE Systems is funding new postgraduate UK RF engineering training. NMITE’s master’s programme combines wireless systems teaching with industrial projects and mentoring.
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Belgian software companies will integrate mission systems with MQ-9B aircraft. The programme covers C4ISR, geospatial displays, sensor processing, automated exploitation, and interfaces connecting European capabilities with the remotely piloted platform.
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Cicor’s first-half orders climbed as European defence electronics demand strengthened. Order intake reached CHF399.8m, while acquisition integration, component constraints, and production transfers continued to weigh on margins and working capital.
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Thales recorded stronger first-half orders as defence electronics demand accelerated. Order intake reached €12.47bn, supported by radar, communications, surveillance, aerospace, and space programmes across Europe and international markets.