MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 2 (UPI) — Impeva Labs Inc. has been selected to provide its asset-tracking technologies to support the U.S. Defense Department’s shipment of supplies to Iraq.

SOLON, Ohio, April 2 (UPI) — Ohio-based Hunter Defense Technologies announced it has acquired aerospace and defense engineering-solutions developer Vertigo Inc.

SAN DIEGO, April 2 (UPI) — The U.S. Navy has selected Lockheed Martin to compete for Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division information-fusion task orders.

MONROVIA, Calif., April 2 (UPI) — U.S. company AeroVironment announced a milestone achievement for its small unmanned aircraft system after demonstrating 30 consecutive hours of surveillance.

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y., April 2 (UPI) — Orbit International Corp. has been contracted to support the U.S. Navy’s DDG-1000 Zumwalt-class destroyers with power-supply technologies.

ENGLEWOOD, Colo., April 2 (UPI) — The U.S. Air Force has contracted BioMedical Technology Solutions Holdings Inc. for the company’s biomedical waste-converter technology.

CHARLOTTE, Mich., April 2 (UPI) — U.S. companies Spartan Motors and Force Protection announced an agreement to jointly support mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicles.

MORON AIR BASE, Spain, April 1 (UPI) — The EADS CASA and BAE Systems defense-contractor development team announced a successful test firing of a missile from the Typhoon aircraft in Spain.

ATHENS, Ga., April 1 (UPI) — The U.S. Defense Department has contracted ArunA Biomedical Inc. to continue development of a biosensor technology to support field combat operations.

WOBURN, Mass., April 1 (UPI) — Magnolia Optical Technologies Inc. said it has developed a high-speed imaging system using a fiber-optic tether as part of a U.S. Army program.

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif., April 1 (UPI) — Emrise Corp. has been contracted to supply the U.S. military with its radio-frequency technologies for integration into roadside-bomb jamming systems.

HUDSON, N.H., April 1 (UPI) — U.S. company Micronetics Inc. has received a follow-on contract for its microwave subassembly technologies for use in radio-frequency jamming technologies.

WASHINGTON, April 1 (UPI) — Ingres Corp. has partnered with OpenTechWorks Inc. in a move to jointly expand further into the U.S. defense market.

COSTA MESA, Calif., April 1 (UPI) — The U.S. Army has placed an order with Ceradyne Inc. for a delivery of the company’s XSAPI ceramic body-armor plates.