Daily Briefs

INDIA’s Defense Acquisition Council approved nine purchases totaling $5.4b, incl. 12 additional Su-30MKI fighters, air-defense and air-to-ground missiles, weapons, light armored vehicles.

AEROVIRONMENT completed acquisition of TOMAHAWK ROBOTICS (AI-enabled robotic control, integrated communications systems) for $120m in a mix of cash and stock.

ELBIT SYSTEMS LTD. will supply SkyStriker loitering munitions to undisclosed European country under $95m, two-year contract.

GENERAL ATOMICS acquired EO Vista, LLC (advanced space-based and airborne electro-optical payloads) of Acton, MA, which will be integrated into the General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems group.

LOCKHEED MARTIN has $196.5m U.S. Navy contract for upgrade of verification and validation systems being utilized in the F-35 U.S. Reprogramming Laboratory, and the Norway Italy Reprogramming Laboratory.