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13 Mar 25. EDA completes first phase of smart land camouflage project. The initiative focuses on developing adaptive materials to keep ground-based military systems undetected in changing environments. The European Defence Agency (EDA) has concluded the first stage of the Advanced Solutions for Camouflage of Land Systems Using Smart and Adaptive Materials (ASCALS) project. This research and technology initiative, launched in 2023, is focused on the advancement of intelligent camouflage solutions to improve the concealment and endurance of military assets. According to EDA, as surveillance methods including optical, radar, and thermal imaging continue to evolve, the demand for versatile camouflage increases. The ASCALS project aims to discover innovative materials and application techniques for dynamic and responsive camouflage across visible, infrared, and radar spectrums. A consortium consisting of ten industrial and research entities from six EU Member States has spearheaded the first phase of ASCALS. Coordinated by Adamant Composites from Greece, the project also involved contributions from the University of Luxembourg; TNO, MIS7, and Bolidt from the Netherlands; Poland’s Military Institute of Engineer Technology (WITI) and LUBAWA; among others. Supported by a budget of €1.3m ($1.41m), the two-year phase concentrated on the development of materials capable of dynamically altering their optical, thermal, and radar signatures to improve concealment capabilities. The research has been exploring materials designed to adapt to different detection methods, such as electrochromic materials that can modify colour and reflectance on demand. This allows systems to better integrate with their surroundings. Liquid crystals have been studied for their ability to change light transmission and reflection, particularly in the infrared spectrum, which is crucial for reducing detectability. Phase-change materials have been investigated for their capacity to regulate heat emission, aiding systems in managing their thermal signature to match varying temperatures. Additionally, the project has been examining the use of graphene and electrolyte structures for their properties in diminishing infrared and radar signals. Controllable meta-surfaces have also been a focus, enabling dynamic adjustment of the reflected radar signal through an app-controlled array of patches to meet operational requirements. ASCALS I has laid the groundwork for the subsequent phase of development. ASCALS II aims to further these technological advancements, aiming to field-test them on military platforms by 2027, contingent on the interest and backing of Member States. (Source: army-technology.com)
13 Mar 25. Hanwha Aerospace has received Approval in Principle (AIP) certification from DNV for its 200kW hydrogen fuel cell system designed for maritime applications, marking a significant milestone in the company’s official entry into the eco-friendly zero-carbon vessel market. This achievement follows the company’s development of the world’s first liquid-cooled Energy Storage System (ESS) late last year, securing consecutive world-class zero-carbon power solutions. The certification ceremony took place on the 12th at Hanwha Aerospace’s R&D Center in Pangyo, with Executive Director Dong-jo Oh of Hanwha Aerospace and Vice President Sung-ho Shin of DNV in attendance, the company announced on the 13th. AIP certification verifies the safety and compliance with international regulations of new technologies applied to ships and materials during the basic design phase. This rigorous evaluation process ensures that innovative marine technologies meet the highest standards of safety and performance before implementation.
“This certification from DNV validates our hydrogen fuel cell technology at the highest global standards for safety and performance,” said Dong-jo Oh, Executive Director of Hanwha Aerospace. “We will leverage our eco-friendly marine solution technologies to continuously collaborate with Hanwha Ocean in targeting the global zero-carbon vessel market, helping the maritime industry achieve significant reductions in carbon emissions.”
This latest certification builds upon Hanwha Aerospace’s previous success in obtaining AIP certification from the Korean Register of Shipping (KR) last year. With validation now from both KR and DNV, Hanwha Aerospace is positioned to begin full-scale marketing and sales of its maritime hydrogen fuel cells in the global market. With this certification, Hanwha Aerospace is positioned to secure type approval for its Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC) technology, strengthening its competitiveness in the zero-carbon propulsion systems market. The company plans to further develop and commercialize this technology for various marine vessels, from commercial ships to specialized maritime applications.
11 Mar 25. Collins Aerospace, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, has received approval for Full Rate Production of the Mounted Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) Generation II system (MAPS GEN II). Following the fifth delivery order of the jam-and-spoof-resistant navigation solution, Collins will produce thousands of MAPS units for installation on U.S. Army and U.S. Marines Corps’ combat ground vehicles including military watercraft. MAPS fuses sensor data including satellite navigation information and secured positioning, navigation and timing data for crewed and uncrewed ground vehicles.
“Through close coordination with our customer, we’ve met the modernized fielding requirements for MAPS while reducing production costs,” said Sandy Brown, vice president and general manager for Resilient Navigation Solutions, Collins Aerospace. “MAPS GEN II is a critical part of the DOD’s modernization goals and will provide the warfighter with trusted access to Assured PNT when they need it most.”
MAPS GEN II is comprised of the company’s NavHub™-100 navigation system and Multi-Sensor Antenna System (MSAS-100) and supports multiple mission sets including combat, artillery fires, air and missile defense, ship-to-shore and contested logistics. Collins offers additional scalable configurations of NavHub™-100 navigation system and Multi-Sensor Antenna System (MSAS-100). (Source: PR Newswire)
11 Mar 25. Aitech and Intuidex, Inc., a software, services and data model solution provider, today announced a partnership to deliver ruggedized AI-enabled computing solutions for mission-critical Sea, Land, Air, and Space initiatives. Aitech embedded solutions utilizing the Intuidex Watchman Analytics™ platform will deliver AI processing infrastructure to achieve more comprehensive, near-real-time data analysis and intelligence extraction from varying data sources for applications ranging from environmental monitoring and urban planning to asset and object tracking.
“Working with Aitech, our high-level goal is to extend and streamline the use of AI across applications in ways previously thought unattainable,” said William M. Pottenger, Ph.D., founder and CEO of Intuidex Inc. “This collaboration with Aitech underscores our commitment to scale the impact of AI.”
Integrating seamlessly with Aitech’s mission-proven, rugged embedded computing solutions, Intuidex delivers effective analytic tools to discover and detect relevant content, utilizing Higher-Order Low-Resource Learning™ (HO-LRL™) data modeling technology. Aitech embedded solutions featuring Watchman Analytics will empower real-time data processing and decision-making for a range of exploration, defense and surveillance applications previously not possible.
“Coupling Intuidex advanced data analysis and intelligence with Aitech’s mission-proven, ruggedized, high-performance computing solutions, we are bringing to market AI-enabled solutions that reduce latency, improve response times and ensure continuity in extreme environments where communication is limited,” said Pratish Shah, general manager, Aitech. “Together, we are fundamentally transforming the way data is collected, processed and utilized for mission-critical initiatives.”
Managing and analyzing multi-source data effectively is an ongoing obstacle for organizations. Pairing the Intuidex Watchman platform with Aitech embedded computing and expertise, spanning a legacy of aerospace, space and defense-proven experience, the collaboration will deliver deployable AI solutions for a range of rugged and extreme environment scenarios. Aitech is building computing solutions using Intuidex data modeling technology to support future anticipated missions and deployments. For more information visit www.aitechsystems.com.
About Intuidex
Intuidex, Inc. provides advanced data analysis and decision support solutions for clients across the defense, homeland security, intelligence, law enforcement, civilian agencies, and the commercial sector. An artificial intelligence, machine learning (AI/ML) and data-modeling software development company, its focus is delivering effective mission-directed solutions that expand on existing client capabilities, facilitate intelligence extraction, driving understanding and comprehensive decision-making throughout the organization. For more information, visit www.intuidex.com.
About Aitech
Leveraging four decades of experience providing reliable, rugged embedded systems for use in military, aerospace, and space platforms, Aitech is the world’s first independent, open systems architecture, COTS/MOTS innovator offering customized boards as building blocks for integrated computing and networking subsystems. Offering customization services for rugged and severe environment military, aerospace, and space applications, Aitech delivers mission-optimized and proven system solutions across Sea, Land, Air, and Space domains. Aitech solutions are used by industry leaders like Airbus, BAE Systems, Boeing, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), Larsen & Toubro Limited (L&T), Leonardo, Lockheed Martin, NASA, Northrop Grumman, Rafael, and Virgin Galactic. (Source: PR Newswire)
11 Mar 11. LDRA Launches Multicore and Worst-Case Execution Time (WCET) Support for RISC-V-based Processors. today announced that the LDRA tool suite now supports the hardware-based, multicore mitigation capabilities of RISC-V processors such as Microchip, Synopsys and ANDES Technology. Developers can now access and optimize performance across RISC-V-based multicore systems, including analyzing the impact of shared resources and data coherency on worst-case execution time (WCET).
With these tools, OEMs can automate WCET analysis and make it part of a continuous development cycle. This WCET inclusion streamlines design, increases reliability and accelerates time-to-market and guarantees deterministic execution in software-intensive applications that require a high level of safety and security, including avionics, automotive, aerospace, defense, industrial, energy and medical.
“LDRA is committed to providing the tools manufacturers need to ensure safe, secure operation of mission-critical systems,” said Ian Hennell, Operations Director, LDRA. “We have been working with industry-leading hardware manufacturers to reduce the complexity of analyzing execution time for multicore architectures. Companies leveraging the RISC-V instruction set architecture have delivered innovative multicore mitigation capabilities, and LDRA provides the development tools to verify and guarantee that their performance meets the strict constraints required by today’s high performance real-time systems.”
Mitigating Multicore Contention in Mission-Critical Applications
Multicore processors accelerate performance by executing system code on different cores. In many multicore architectures such as traditional x86 and Cortex-A, cores share resources like cache and memory. To maintain data coherency, mediation between cores for shared resources is required. This means a core using a shared resource can unintentionally “lock out” other cores needing access to the same resource, resulting in an uncertain additional latency.
Mission-critical systems need to be able to guarantee the reliable and deterministic execution of critical tasks. To ensure this, developers must accurately assess the worst-case execution time for a system. New RISC-V-based processors introduce capabilities in hardware to help mitigate multicore shared access and data coherency issues. For example, Microchip RISC-V processors allow developers to allocate low latency memory to each core with zero shared cache contention.
The LDRA tool suite now supports multicore RISC-V architectures that address multicore contention in hardware. This support gives developers access to the full suite of LDRA tools, including static and structural coverage analysis, MISRA compliance and extensive reporting capabilities, all while taking full advantage of RISC-V-based multicore mitigation capabilities.
“Assessing shared resource access uncertainties can be complex, and many companies have had to rely on expensive consulting services to measure uncertainty in their systems to verify worst case execution time,” Hennell added. “Now developers can use the LDRA tool suite to automatically measure and analyze execution of RISC-V-based architectures to accurately and reliably guarantee execution time for mission-critical systems. In addition, automating analysis allows developers to quickly and inexpensively reassess systems after every code modification.”
Guaranteeing deterministic system performance is a continuous process: every code modification to core systems potentially requires a new WCET analysis to verify that changes have not introduced access issues that adversely increase execution time. LDRA brings its 50 years of static code analysis and software testing expertise to automate WCET analysis accurately and reliably. In this way, developers can verify mission-critical deadlines are met in a deterministic fashion without having to rely upon error-prone manual assessment processes or expensive and time-consuming consulting services.
About LDRA
For 50 years, LDRA has developed and driven the market for software that automates code analysis and software testing for safety-, mission-, security- and business-critical markets. Working with clients to achieve early error identification and elimination and full compliance with industry standards, LDRA traces requirements through static and dynamic analysis to unit testing and verification for a wide variety of hardware and software platforms. The company was acquired by TASKING in 2025. For more information on the LDRA tool suite, please visit www.ldra.com. (Source: BUSINESS WIRE)
10 Mar 25. Voyager Technologies (Voyager), a global leader in defense technology and space solutions, is expanding its partnership with Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR) to develop AI-powered solutions for enhanced Space Domain Awareness, enabling the proactive mitigation of potential collisions and threats.
“Our partnership is driving resilience into national security space by providing decision-makers with critical information on operationally relevant timescales,” said Matt Magaña, President of Defense and National Security at Voyager. “We’re developing an integrated solution, harnessing the power of AI with Palantir’s software stack and taking advantage of real-time radio frequency streams and imagery to perform space-based object detection, identification, classification and tracking.”
The open-architecture SDA system pulls data from existing on-orbit assets using Voyager’s VPX signal processing electronics and chassis, signals intelligence software and mission services capabilities and Palantir’s AI/Machine-Learning engines. The team aims to rapidly transition the SDA system from TRL4 to TRL8 as a hosted payload in 2026.
“We are deepening our partnership with Voyager to deliver the transformative capabilities required to maintain our national security,” said Robert Imig, Head of USG Research and Development at Palantir. “We are further extending the reach of our AI solutions from ground to space, a critical frontier where demands are intensifying as the environment grows increasingly contested.”
Palantir’s AI capabilities will enhance Voyager’s defense and national security solutions, enabling in situ signals processing for optical communication systems and more.
To learn more about Voyager’s next-generation defense technologies please visit: https://voyagertechnologies.com/defense-natsec/
About Voyager Technologies:
Voyager Technologies (Voyager) is a defense and space technology company committed to advancing and delivering transformative, mission-critical solutions. By tackling the most complex challenges, Voyager aims to unlock new frontiers for human progress, fortify national security, and protect critical assets from ground to space. For more information visit: voyagertechnologies.com (Source: PR Newswire)
11 Mar 25. Alpha Data continues to lead the way in space-capable reconfigurable computing technology with the release of its latest innovation: the ADM-VB630, a radiation-tolerant reference design for the AMD Versal™ AI Edge XQRVE2302 adaptive SoC engineered for space-grade design, development and deployment. Optimized for satellite applications within a 4-25W power budget, the ADM-VB630 is designed to power the rapidly expanding markets of sensor processing and AI applications in space. The ADM-VB630 enables fast, cost-effective development and rapid prototyping, making it a game-changer for space applications. It is ideal for advanced onboard sensor processing, supporting the growing demand for data analysis in expanding satellite constellations. It also brings AI and machine learning capabilities to space, unlocking new possibilities for in-orbit intelligence. The ADM-VB630 facilitates applications such as on-board anomaly detection and sensor data pre-processing, benefiting industries such as Earth observation, agriculture, forestry, and leak detection, or could enhance signal processing and satellite communications, delivering greater precision in PNT (position, navigation and timing) and connectivity solutions.
“The ADM-VB630, built around the AMD Versal™ AI Edge XQRVE2302 adaptive SoC, represents a significant step forward in on-orbit reconfiguration and high performance, low latency AI inference in space,” said Ken O’Neill, space systems architect, AMD. “Its robust design and AI capabilities are helping empower the next generation of space applications, from Earth observation to advanced satellite communications.”
“Alpha Data continues to push the boundaries of space-capable reconfigurable computing technology with the ADM-VB630, delivering a powerful and efficient solution for next-generation satellite applications,” said Andrew McCormick, Technical Director and CTO, Alpha Data. “By enabling AI and advanced sensor processing in space, we are opening new frontiers for in-orbit intelligence and mission-critical applications.”
Beyond its budget-friendly development board, the ADM-VB630 is also available in flight-build options, utilising a 3U VPX form factor to ensure a seamless transition from prototype to deployment. The design integrates a radiation-tolerant power supply from Texas Instruments and DDR4 memory from Teledyne-e2v, reinforcing its resilience in extreme environments. Environmental testing, including radiation, vibration, and thermal vacuum assessments, is currently in the planning phase with the potential to be conducted at facilities including the Science and Technologies Facilities Council’s (STFC). Customer shipments are expected to begin in Q2 2025.
11 Mar 25. Green Hills Software, the worldwide leader in embedded safety and security, today announced its new software platforms for microcontrollers (MCUs) designed for use in next-generation automotive and industrial electronics. The new platforms are a complete software environment tailored to new microcontroller trends and industry-specific software use cases. Powered by the Green Hills µ-velOSity™ real-time operating system (RTOS) with tightly integrated middleware and advanced multicore development tools, global automotive OEMs and industrial manufacturers can now efficiently create and confidently deploy their critical MCU-based applications in a wide range of safety/security-sensitive applications for automotive, industrial, medical, and military with increased developer productivity and faster time-to-production. As microcontrollers become more capable and performant, software applications for microcontrollers are also growing in complexity. Given these trends, using a small and efficient RTOS, like µ-velOSity, that is easy-to-configure, optimized for debugging, and focused on production quality is the foundation to program success, independent of whether the microcontroller is stand-alone or integrated as part of a more complex SoC.
Profiles Focused on Specific Microcontroller Use Cases
Today, global manufacturers are using µ-velOSity-based platforms tailored to specific automotive and industrial profile use cases. Example customer applications include safety-checkers, low-end zonal controllers, and I/O aggregator gateways. Example industrial profiles are railway signaling, crane systems, and infrared industrial cameras. For 20 years, companies have relied on the µ-velOSity RTOS in their microcontroller-based products across many embedded industries because of its memory-efficient footprint, optimized execution, ease of use, and low cost to deploy. The new automotive and industrial profiles extend and deepen µ-velOSity platforms:
- µ-velOSity RTOS key features include:
- small and efficient
- simple API, making it easy to use, especially when migrating projects from no-OS bare board implementations
- support for Floating Point Units (FPU) and Memory Protection Units (MPU)
- essential middleware integrations and drivers for MCU peripherals for communication, graphics, storage and security
- New support for industry-specific profiles including:
- production-focused, market-specific Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN)
- diagnostics over IP (DoIP)
- power fail-safe wear-leveling file systems
- Distributed Data Services – DDS™
- Cetitec Distributed Communication Framework (CDCF)
- SoC-specific acceleration libraries
- Safety and security certifications from TÜV Nord
- ISO 26262 ASIL D, IEC 61508 SIL 3, EN 50128 SIL 4, EN 50657 SIL 4
- Contact your local Green Hills office with regards to support for other microcontrollers, e.g. RH850, TriCore, and others
Part of a Complete Environment with Commercial Support
µ-velOSity was created and is owned and supported by Green Hills Software. It powers a complete environment for MCU applications development and is integrated with:
- the MULTI® IDE advanced debugger and History® system viewer, OS awareness for µ-velOSity, and safety-certified Green Hills C/C++ Compilers and run-time libraries
- the Green Hills JTAG/Trace Probe for hardware bring-up and trace data debugging
- the small and highly efficient µ-visor® Hypervisor for microcontrollers that simultaneously hosts multiple guest operating systems such as AUTOSAR® Classic, µ-velOSity, FreeRTOS
- in SoCs comprised of heterogeneous core complexes, the ASIL-certified INTEGRITY® RTOS from Green Hills runs and protects software on application cores, such as Arm® Cortex®-A cores
“Green Hills Software’s unique ability to provide mature, complete market segment optimized platforms for its µ-velOSity RTOS enables its customers to design, develop, and deploy advanced embedded automotive and industrial products at the least cost and fastest time-to-production,” said Dan Mender, Vice President, Business Development, Green Hills Software. “And, Green Hills support for a wide range of popular microcontrollers delivers the flexibility to match design requirements with the best MCU for the job.”
Availability
µ-velOSity solutions for automotive and industrial profiles are available today from Green Hills Software. Specific examples are being demonstrated in the Green Hills booth at embedded world, Hall 4, Stand 325.
10 Mar 10. Modern Software Acquisition to Speed Delivery, Boost Warfighter Lethality. Without a modern approach to software acquisition, the Defense Department risks falling behind adversaries who are better able to exploit rapid technological advances and outpace American capabilities. Defense Department leaders recognize outdated, bureaucratic processes have slowed the delivery of cutting edge software to warfighters, leaving critical department systems vulnerable to adaptation by enemies.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s memo, “Directing Modern Software Acquisition to Maximize Lethality,” issued March 6, 2025, aims to reverse this trend.
“Software is at the core of every weapon and supporting system we field to remain the strongest, most lethal fighting force in the world,” Hegseth stated in the memo.
By mandating the software acquisition pathway, also called SWP, and flexible contracting tools like commercial solutions openings and other transactions, DOD is cutting red tape to deliver software faster and tap into commercial innovation — ensuring warfighters stay ahead.
Unlike traditional acquisition — that emphasizes rigid, hardware-focused timelines — the SWP aligns with modern software development, delivering minimum viable products in under a year.
Commercial solutions openings and other transactions open doors to nontraditional vendors, bypassing lengthy requirements. Where past processes might have locked the DOD into a single, slow vendor pipeline, the new approach prototypes quickly, scales solutions, and fields them directly to the battlespace — adapting before adversaries can respond. With the memo now in effect, the DOD has 30 days to craft an implementation plan. The tight timeline is a reflection of Hegseth’s urgency. The software pathway program is less than a year to from when funds are obligated, a senior defense official said last week during a background briefing. That official also said more work lies ahead to fully integrate those tools across the enterprise. The defense innovation unit, a key player in this shift, has already proven the model. Since 2016, DIU has awarded more than 500 other transactions using the commercial solutions openings process, 88% of those contracts went to nontraditional vendors, a second official said.
A recent success, that official said, is the Replicator software project that moved from problem statement to award in just 110 days, a pace the official said was “much faster than traditional ways.” Over the next month, DIU and the department will finalize how to scale SWP across all DOD components. To make that effort successful, the department will focus on two priorities: training the workforce and broadening access.
“They’re getting practical experience by sitting alongside our team and actually working … which we think is what’s needed to get everybody up to speed,” another official said of the immersive commercial acquisition program.
“We can expose the software programs to nontraditional and commercial software developers, while we simultaneously lower the barrier for those … to get into defense programs of record,” that official said.
If efforts lag, the DOD risks missing the secretary’s vision to rapidly deliver scaled digital capabilities and evolve systems faster than adversaries can adapt. Security is nonnegotiable in the new software acquisition overhaul, and one department official said the process encourages acquisition officials to “bake cybersecurity, and really all compliance requirements, into their delivery pipeline.” By leveraging enterprise services, the DOD ensures new software meets rigorous standards without slowing progress — protecting both systems and the warfighters who rely on them. The new reform effort isn’t just about faster software — it’s about empowering those on the front lines. When the DOD struggles to reframe its acquisition process from a hardware-centric approach to a software-centric approach, “the warfighter … pays the price,” Hegseth stated in his memo. From real-time intelligence to autonomous systems, modern software delivered swiftly means better decisions, stronger defenses, and a decisive edge in contested environments. As the DOD races to implement the secretary’s directive, the stakes are high.
“Software-defined warfare is not a future construct, but the reality we find ourselves operating in today,” one official said.
With the SWP, commercial solutions openings, and other transactions now mandatory, the department is poised to turn that reality into a warfighter advantage — delivering lethality at the speed of innovation. (Source: U.S. DoD)
11 Mar 25. New Horizon Aircraft (NASDAQ: HOVR), doing business as Horizon Aircraft (“Horizon Aircraft” or the “Company”), an advanced aerospace engineering company and developer of the world’s first hybrid eVTOL (electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing) expects to see growing interest from the military and the defence sector in the eVTOL sector.
Brandon Robinson, CEO of Horizon Aircraft,: “The military is focused on fact-finding and growing its knowledge of the eVTOL sector and developing a better understanding of how it can be used in operations.”
Horizon Aircraft says the high-speed and long-range capabilities of their unique hybrid eVTOL design means they can be used for rapid deployment of advanced troop insertions and transporting equipment to remote areas at the same speed as an MV-22 Osprey. They can also be very effective in military search and rescue missions and medical evacuations. Hybrid eVTOLs can also deliver improved military maintenance efficiency with a lower cost/time per flight hour. The military has made a firm commitment to sustainability and the Horizon Aircraft Cavorite X7 hybrid eVTOL is much more environmentally friendly aircraft than traditional helicopters. It achieves this through a combination of eVTOL hovering and efficient turboprop cruise flight. In July 2024, Horizon Aircraft appointed Phil Kelly as Senior Vice President Business Development. His military experience includes flying Sea Harrier FA2, Harrier GR7/9A and F/A-18E/F aircraft to being Head of Aircraft Development for the Royal Navy, where he led eVTOL development and introduced the F-35B for the UK Royal Navy and Royal Marines.
Commenting on the Cavorite X7, Phil Kelly said: “It is an exceptional and unique aircraft in its ability to offer high-speed and long-range capabilities relative to helicopters and pure eVTOLs, and it could play a key role in supporting discrete military operations with a reduced acoustic signature. Now that our flight testing is well underway, we are looking to increase our dialogue with the military to discuss how we could support missions that were previously not possible at this payload scale for them. I see it as an ideal commando team insertion platform, an aircraft capable of hosting radars and other sensors with significant excess electrical power available (est. 100kW) briefly used to recharge eVTOL batteries, and it has great CASEVAC potential.”
Horizon Aircraft’s Cavorite X7 aircraft will have a gross weight of an estimated 5,500 lbs with a projected useful load of 1,500 lbs. With an estimated maximum speed of 250 miles per hour and an average range of over 500 miles with fuel reserves, Horizon believes that this experimental aircraft, if eventually licensed for commercial use, would be well-positioned to excel in medical evacuation, critical supply delivery, disaster relief, and special military missions. The Company believes that the proposed aircraft would also be attractive for Regional Air Mobility – moving people and cargo 50 to 500 miles. Unlike many in its category, the Cavorite X7 is being designed with a hybrid electric power system. The Company is designing the Cavorite X7 such that it will, after its vertical takeoff, re-charge its batteries enroute when it is flying in a configuration like a traditional aircraft. After a vertical landing and completion of a mission, the Company is designing the Cavorite X7 to recharge its own battery array requiring no ground charging infrastructure to be ready for its next mission. A wing fold capability is present in the prototype in flight test which will likely be a feature of a military version enabling air portability and ship borne operations. Horizon believes that its innovative approach and technology will allow the Cavorite X7 to fly 98% of its mission in a very low-drag configuration like a traditional aircraft. The Company believes that flying most of the time as a normal aircraft is also safer and will make the aircraft easier to certify than other radical new eVTOL designs. The Cavorite X7 will be powered by a hybrid electric system that will recharge the battery array in-flight and post-flight, while also providing significant system redundancy. The Company is continuing the testing of its 50%-scale aircraft that it believes will reduce technical risk moving forward as it continues to develop its full-scale aircraft.
10 Mar 10. Palladyne AI Selected for Participation at USSOCOM TE25-2: Collaborative Autonomy Integration Event. Palladyne AI Corp. (NASDAQ: PDYN and PDYNW) (“Palladyne AI”), a developer of artificial intelligence software for robotic platforms in the defense and commercial sectors, today announced that the Company has been selected for participation at TE25-2: Collaborative Autonomy Integration, hosted by the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) Technical Experimentation Team and taking place from April 14-17, 2025, at Avon Park Air Force Range in Avon Park, FL. Palladyne AI will be showcasing its Palladyne™ Pilot AI Software Platform at the event. The USSOCOM Technical Experimentation program brings together Special Operations Forces (SOF) operational users, acquisition and technology program managers, and technology developers (industry, government research and development labs, and academia) in a collaborative environment to evaluate new technologies in the developmental stages for SOF applications. The goal of this event is to highlight technologies allowing SOF operators to evaluate a digital network of autonomous systems leveraging AI to collaborate in real time. These systems are designed to perform tactical tasks in the joint and combined operating environment with actions conducted across the spectrum of integrated deterrence and capabilities enabling joint and combined operations to deliver a superior decision advantage. Palladyne AI will demonstrate its Palladyne Pilot AI Software Platform for UAVs throughout the TE25-2: Collaborative Autonomy Integration event. The Pilot AI software transforms unmanned tactical systems into highly efficient autonomous force multipliers capable of persistent target tracking, dynamic collaboration, and enhanced situational awareness. With advanced perception, learning, and autonomous capabilities designed to reduce operational burden while dramatically improving mission effectiveness for military and defense operations, Palladyne Pilot stands ready to support and deliver mission effectiveness and success. (Source: BUSINESS WIRE)
10 Mar 25. General Atomics Systems Integration (GA-SI) and Radian Aerospace (“Radian”) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to advance next-generation aerospace technologies and explore broader strategic collaboration, including localization opportunities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The collaboration will focus on integrating advanced avionics, electrification, and actuation technologies into cutting-edge aerospace platforms, leveraging GA-SI’s expertise in high-performance systems and Radian’s breakthrough single-stage spaceplane architecture. A key initiative will be the development of electromechanical braking and control actuation systems, which reduce weight, streamline operations, and enhance efficiency while ensuring the reliability needed for frequent space missions.
“This partnership underscores GA’s commitment to driving innovation across critical aerospace systems,” said Scott Sappenfield, Vice President of the Engineering Services Division. “Electromechanical braking is just one way we’re pushing the boundaries of efficiency and sustainability. We’re also excited about expanding collaboration with Radian through industrial partnerships and localization efforts in the UAE.”
The MOU also lays the groundwork for broader collaboration, and joint exploration of UAE offset projects. As GA-SI expands its presence in the UAE, the companies will assess local manufacturing, technology transfer, and workforce development opportunities to support regional aerospace growth.
“General Atomics is an ideal partner as we continue developing Radian One, the world’s first single-stage-to-orbit spaceplane,” said Richard Humphrey, CEO of Radian. “This partnership enables us to integrate next-generation technologies that enhance performance and reusability while opening the door to strategic investment and industrial collaboration. Together, we’re laying the foundation for the future of aerospace and space access.”
GA-SI and Radian will also evaluate partnerships with certified suppliers and manufacturers to develop integrated landing gear systems, enhance adaptability across aerospace platforms, and provide cost-effective solutions for OEMs. By combining GA-SI’s high-performance systems expertise with Radian’s spaceplane mission, this collaboration aims to drive aerospace innovation and shape the industry’s future on a global scale.
About Radian Aerospace
Radian Aerospace (Radian) is disrupting the aerospace industry with a next generation aerospace vehicle that is the world’s first fully reusable horizontal takeoff and landing, single-stage to orbit spaceplane, delivering people and light cargo to low earth orbit (LEO) and multiple terrestrial destinations with aircraft-like operations. Radian will provide the most frequent, reliable, and affordable human transportation in the aerospace industry, inspiring and driving the creation of totally new industries. For more information about Radian Aerospace visit radianaerospace.com.
10 Mar 25. Advantech (TWSE: 2395), a global leader in IoT intelligent systems and embedded platforms, launches the SPC-618WE RPL, the first explosion-proof touch panel computer in the SPC-600 series that achieves both IECEx/ATEX Zone and Class I Division II certifications (C1D2). This new product integrates the latest 13th Gen Intel® Core™ i7 processor and a specialized impact-resistant touch panel, specifically designed for high-risk industrial environments, including oil and gas, chemical, and pharmaceutical sectors. As Industry 4.0 drives the increasing demand for high-performance computing in hazardous areas, the SPC-618WE delivers a comprehensive solution that combines advanced computing capabilities with robust safety features.
High-Performance Computing: Enabling Smart Operations in Hazardous Environments
The SPC-618WE RPL features a 13th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1365URE deca-core processor, integrated with 32GB of high-speed DDR5 memory and an industrial-grade sTLC SSD, enabling smart operations while maintaining explosion-proof integrity. This high-performance configuration empowers digital transformation in hazardous areas, supporting demanding applications such as real-time process monitoring and multi-parameter analysis in chemical plants, AI-powered visual inspection in pharmaceutical production lines, and big data analytics in oil refineries. The adoption of the latest processor platform also ensures long-term product availability, helping customers minimize future upgrades and maintenance costs.
Comprehensive Protection Beyond Industry Standard
Building on hazardous area certifications, Advantech has gained global recognition in explosion-proof markets with the SPC-618WE RPL through IECEx/ATEX Zone 2/22 and C1D2 certifications. The product incorporates industrial-grade safety features including an ex-rated tempered glass touch panel with PCAP technology that passes rigorous impact resistance testing and achieves IP66 ingress protection. It operates reliably in temperatures from -20 to 60°C, meeting the stringent requirements of various hazardous environments.
Global Certification Framework for Worldwide Deployment
The multiple certifications of the SPC-618WE RPL enables seamless integration into hazardous applications across major global markets. Advantech plans to expand the SPC-600 series product line in the second half of 2025, introducing multiple display sizes to provide customers with more comprehensive solutions. The SPC-618WE RPL represents a significant milestone in Advantech’s explosion-proof product line, setting new standards for computing performance and safety in hazardous industrial environments. This innovative solution empowers customers to accelerate their digital transformation while ensuring operational safety in challenging environments.
10 Mar 25. Pierce Aerospace B1 Remote ID Beacon Selected for DIU’s Blue UAS Framework. Pierce Aerospace, a dual-use aerospace technology firm and global supplier of UAS Remote Identification technologies, announced that DIU selected the company’s B1 Remote ID Beacon for the Blue UAS Framework. The B1 will begin the NDAA and cyber security verification process required to join the Blue UAS Framework Authority to Operate (ATO).
“The B1 Remote ID Beacon is the only Remote ID Module selected for the Blue UAS Framework,” said Aaron Pierce, CEO of Pierce Aerospace. “The B1’s selection by DIU is an honour, and we look forward to continuing to support our federal, public safety, and professional commercial customers across the country with the new designation as the only Blue UAS Remote ID Module on the market.”
The B1 Remote ID Beacon has repeatedly demonstrated its status as the top-performing Remote ID module in industry and government-sponsored evaluations. The B1’s high performance is trusted for national security missions and has contributed to recovering UAS airframes and sensors after mishaps. The B1 is regularly utilized by public safety and professional operators, including the film industry. The B1’s design excels at high speeds and with most drones with anti-collision sensors that traditionally present compatibility issues with attached payloads.
“There are numerous use cases for DOD end users to employ the B1 during training and in National Guard missions,” said Pierce. “Blue UAS flown by the DOD don’t always come equipped with Remote ID, which makes training and coordinated flight operations challenging in natural disaster responses. As part of the Blue UAS Framework, the B1 can more easily be acquired to help keep track of drones in training missions and ease coordination in complex airspace for disaster response missions. The B1 allows DOD operators to squawk Remote ID when it matches mission parameters.”
“The B1’s addition to the Blue UAS Framework demonstrates our company’s commitment to creating high-quality products and services for our customers,” said Pierce. “Pierce Aerospace started pioneering Remote ID in 2017. Our commitment and insight ensures that we consistently produce the highest quality Remote ID products on the market.”
The Blue UAS Framework is a list of Interoperable, NDAA-compliant UAS components and software that provide options for Government and industry partners. The Framework provides advanced capabilities to sUAS developers and reduces risk for government customers. It includes critical components, sub-components, modules & software. DIU selected 23 platforms and 14 unique components for NDAA verification out of 369 proposals from companies in the U.S. and 18 other countries that applied to participate in the refresh challenge. (Source: UAS VISION)
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Oxley Group Ltd
Oxley offer a range of Military Marine NVG friendly LED lighting that includes navigation lights and controls, flight deck landing lights and interior compartment lighting. Our lighting products are used by Navies around the world including our own Royal Navy on UK Aircraft Carriers, Canadian Frigates, Swedish Submarines, Australian Surface vessels and Submarines, on board French Naval Carriers and in Naval Gun Turrets.
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The technology is extremely energy efficient and built robustly, with proven long life. The lighting is NVG friendly, dimmable and programmable to allow for operations with aircraft pilots using military night vision goggles. They offer superior design giving high reliability for the most demanding environments with high sealing and the ability to meet the most stringent EMC standards.
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Oxley are proud to say that we are working in partnership with SeaKing to enable a control panel to be offered with our LED Navigation Lighting. All of Oxley navigation lights have been specifically developed for vessels over 50 metres.
Contact Marcus Goad on 07850 917 263 for more information or to arrange samples.
Oxley specialises in the design and manufacture of advanced electronic and electro-optic components and systems for air, land and sea applications within the military sector. Established in 1942, Oxley has manufacturing facilities in the UK and USA and enjoys representation worldwide. The company’s products include night vision and LED lighting, data capture systems and electronic components. Oxley has pioneered the development of night vision compatible lighting. It offers a total package incorporating optical filters, equipment modification, cockpit and external lighting along with fleet wide upgrade services including engineering, installation, support, maintenance and training. The company’s long experience of manufacturing night vision lighting and LED indicators, coupled with advances in LED technology, has enabled it to develop LED solutions to replace incandescent and fluorescent lighting in existing applications as well as becoming the lighting option of choice in new applications such as portable military hospitals, UAV control stations and communication shelters.
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