📱 Cellebrite launches backpack data extraction kit for troops

Cellebrite released C-TEK on Wednesday, a backpack-sized field kit that pulls data from mobile phones, SIM cards, computers and drones at the point of capture.

The kit pairs the firm's Inseyets software with Digital Collector for triage, letting operators extract contacts, chats, media and location history without a trained forensics analyst.

Billed by the company as its first public step toward defense and intelligence customers worldwide, the launch pushes a business built on law enforcement work into tactical units.

Teledyne FLIR OEM was selected under the Army's Delivering Unmatched Thermal Capability Hastened (DUTCH) initiative to build smaller, cheaper uncooled thermal imaging sensors.

The company is targeting high-volume production for drones, loitering munitions, thermal binoculars and weapon sights without trading away sensor performance.

DUTCH answers Pentagon pressure to secure domestic microelectronics supply, positioning NDAA-compliant camera modules for programs including Drone Dominance.

Auriga Space completed the first field test of Hermes, a containerized electromagnetic launcher, firing more than a dozen projectiles above Mach 1 in California's Mojave Desert.

Hermes ran entirely on internal batteries with onboard solar charging, a setup the company says supports hundreds of firings per charge from a 10-foot container.

Built for counter-drone work where interceptors cost more than the targets, the launcher swaps chemical propellant for electrical power, with a second trial scheduled this fall.

VivSoft Technologies won a $100 million Other Transaction Authority production agreement for the Aerospace Readiness Enterprise System, folding six scheduling tools into one platform.

ARES uses machine learning and live data to automate aircrew scheduling, resolve conflicts, track qualifications and reduce the training sorties needed to hold readiness.

Over 149,000 airmen are expected to gain access once fielding finishes, with a localized rollout and base-level feedback tours beginning next year.

Kongsberg unveiled Aegir Subsea Situational Awareness, a sonar family that detects, classifies and tracks underwater threats through an AI-powered virtual sonar operator.

The system can be trained on operator expertise and deployed from small uncrewed surface vessels, buoys, fixed installations or larger maritime platforms.

A live Oslofjord installation pairing Fugro's SEAWATCH buoy with the Oslofjord Testbed will stream data at ONS 2026, as subsea infrastructure security draws commercial and government attention.

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