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More defense companies are obtaining and announcing CMMC Level 2 certification to satisfy new government information sharing requirements. (Image: Dmitry/Adobe Stock) Defense manufacturers, engineering services providers, and suppliers are increasingly completing the requirements to achieve Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Level 2, as the Department of War (DoW) continues a three-year rollout that will embed new information security requirements into defense contract awards.

The Airbus Bird of Prey drone releases a Mark 1 missile. (Image: Airbus) Airbus completed the first demonstration flight of its new Bird of Prey drone, featuring a low-cost interceptor missile, at a military training area in northern Germany. The Bird of Prey prototype is based on an existing Airbus uncrewed aerial system (UAS), the Do-DT25, designed to operate within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) integrated air defense architecture, according to an Airbus press release  .

Anduril’s YFQ-44 aircraft are parked on the flightline at a California test location for the Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft program. (Image: U.S. Air Force) The U.S. Air Force has achieved another development milestone for its Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program by demonstrating the performance of autonomous software capabilities across multiple airframes.