70 I-CONNECT007 MAGAZINE I MAY 2026
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Everspin Executes $40M Agreement for
Mil-Aero MRAM Applications ⊲
Everspin Technologies, Inc., the world's leading
developer and manufacturer of Magnetoresis-
tive Random Access Memory (MRAM) persistent
memory solutions, announced an agreement with
a U.S. prime contractor to provide state-of-the-art
Toggle MRAM process technology capabilities and
engineering services for U.S. Defense Industrial
Base customers.
AMETEK Announces Agreement to Acquire
First Aviation Services ⊲
AMETEK, Inc. announced that it has entered into
a definitive agreement to acquire First Aviation
Services, a leading provider of highly engineered,
mission-critical defense and aviation maintenance,
repair and overhaul (MRO) services and a manufac-
turer of related proprietary components.
RTX's Raytheon Delivers Second
Missile-warning Sensor to U.S. Space
Force ⊲
Raytheon, an RTX business, has delivered its
second sensor to Lockheed Martin for the U.S.
Space Force's Next-Generation Overhead Persis-
tent Infrared (Next-Gen OPIR) Geosynchronous
Earth Orbit (GEO) Block 0 satellite program. The
satellites, commonly referred to as NGG, will
provide enhanced missile warning and tracking to
address evolving space-based threats.
NASA's Perseverance, Curiosity Panoramas
Capture Two Sides of Mars ⊲
NASA's Curiosity and Perseverance rovers have
captured two 360-degree landscapes that highlight
how the missions are revealing details of the Red
Planet's formation, watery past, and potential for
life. Located 2,345 miles (3,775 kilometers) apart
from each other on Mars—about the distance from
Los Angeles to Washington, D.C.—both rovers are
exploring areas that are billions of years old. But
as the nearly 15-year-old Curiosity reaches ever-
younger terrain in the foothills of Mount Sharp, the
5-year-old Perseverance is venturing into some of
the oldest landscapes in the entire solar system.
Sikorsky, Robinson Unmanned Win U.S.
Marine Corps Autonomous Logistics
Contract ⊲
The U.S. Marine Corps awarded a $15.5 million
contract to Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, for
the Medium Aerial Resupply Vehicle–Expeditionary
Logistics (MARV-EL) Increment 2 program. The offer-
ing selected for award is the R66 TURBINETRUCK,
an autonomous cargo helicopter commercially
developed by Sikorsky and Robinson Unmanned
that combines Sikorsky's proven MATRIX™ autonomy
system with the rugged R66 airframe from Robinson
Helicopter Company to provide flexible, affordable
and rapid combat sustainment.
Peru Selects Lockheed Martin F-16 Block
70, Strengthening Sovereignty and U.S.
Partnership ⊲
Lockheed Martin welcomes the Government of
Peru's announcement to purchase 12 new F-16
Block 70 aircraft to modernize the nation's fighter
fleet and strengthen its national defense capa-
bilities. The F-16 will provide Peru with a proven,
highly capable, and interoperable multirole fighter
aircraft that enhances air sovereignty, supports
regional security, and enables long-term opera-
tional readiness.
Boeing, U.S. Navy Achieve Successful
MQ-25A Test Flight ⊲
Boeing and the U.S. Navy have successfully
completed the first test flight of an operational
MQ-25A Stingray™. The milestone advances the
Stingray closer to aircraft carrier operations and
marks the beginning of a new era in naval aviation.
Meet Emerging Engineer Dennis Donovan,
Kratos Space Commercial ⊲
Like many of today's engineers, Dennis Donovan
grew up interested in how things worked. He
wanted to see what was inside and how to make
it better. Now, he has three bachelor's degrees,
is earning his master's, and works as an electri-
cal engineering technologist. He aspires to work
in PCB assembly with a particular focus on aero-
space electronics.
