Best In Show awards at AUSA 2026. October 14, 2026 2026 AUSA ANNUAL MEETING & EXPOSITION-WASHINGTON, D.C. Military Embedded Systems is pleased to announce the winners of its Best In Show awards at the AUSA Annual Meeting & Exposition, which wrapped up on Wednesday evening in Washington, D.C. Systel won a 4-Star Award in the Embedded Computers category for its Hawk AI Edge AI Compute Platform. In photo (L to R): James Kwon, VP Sales; Tromer DiFiore-Smith, Sales Dir.-U.S. Navy; Aneesh Kothari, President ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ITT Cannon won a 4-Star Award in the Interconnect Technology category for its MKJ CLIK Cordsets and Connectors. In photo: Paul Alpers, Business Development Manager, Mil/Aero, ITT Cannon. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ODU-USA won a 4-Star Award in the Interconnect Technology category for its ODU AMC Series T Inline USB-C. In photo: Craig Kammerman, Business Development Manager, Mil/Aero, ODU-USA. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Arkeus won a 4-Star Award in the Autonomous Systems category for its Warden Autonomous Perception System. In photo: Stan Nowak, Vice President, Product and Marketing at Arkeus. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Red Cat Holdings won a 4-Star Award in the Autonomous Systems category for its Hellcat Small UAS. In photo: (L) Mitch McDonald, CEO; (R) Chris Ericson, COO. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Connect Tech won a 4-Star Award in the Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning category for its Scene Analyzer Agent. In photo: Patrick Dietrich, President. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Atrenne Computing Solutions won a 4-Star Award in the Rugged Computing category for its SOSA Aligned - Air Flow Through Chassis - 48.8. In photo: Jeremy Wilking, Regional Manager, Atrenne Computing Solutions. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GMS (General Micro Systems) won three awards: In photo (L-R): Chris Ciufo, President and CTO of GMS; Ryan Steely, EVP and Chief Marketing Officer of GMS; and Ben Sharfi, CEO of GMS. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Interface Concept won a 4-Star Award in the Radar/Electronic Warfare Category for its IC-ADDA-VPX3a FPGA Board. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Elma Electronic won a 4-Star Award in the Rugged Computing category for its Deployable 1/2 ATR Aligned to SOSA. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Military Embedded Systems recognizes products and solutions for Best In Show awards based on several criteria, including that the products take an innovative approach to product/solution design; and that products or solutions deliver value to the end user, which can be measured by such qualities as improved performance; reduced life cycle costs; and benefits for pilots, aerospace engineers, and - for those at defense shows - the warfighter. Congratulations to all its winners!

Systel Introduces Hawk-Strike AI at Eurosatory 2026. AI Defense edge Embedded Hawk Jetson Military Rugged Strike FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Systel Introduces Hawk-Strike AI at Eurosatory 2026 World's First MIL-SPEC Rugged NVIDIA Jetson AGX Thor Compute Platform Debuts at Global Defense and Security Exhibition PARIS, France - June 15, 2026 - Systel, Inc., a leading manufacturer of MIL-SPEC rugged embedded computing solutions, today introduced Hawk-Strike AI at the Eurosatory 2026 Defense and Security Exposition in Paris, France. Hawk AI is the world's first MIL-SPEC rugged embedded edge AI compute platform powered by the NVIDIA Jetson AGX Thor, and the latest addition to Systel's Strike family of rugged embedded computers. Eurosatory, held June 13-17, 2026 at Paris Le Bourget, is one of the world's premier global defense and security exhibitions. Systel exhibited Hawk AI alongside its Strike family of embedded computers at booth Hall 5A BC310. Hawk AI delivers workstation-class AI performance in a fully sealed, MIL-rugged chassis engineered for deployment in the harshest environments. Powered by the NVIDIA Jetson AGX Thor with 2,070 FP4 TFLOPS and 128GB unified memory, Hawk AI brings data center-class AI inference, computer vision, and sensor fusion capability into deployable, platform-integrated edge systems. Hawk AI is purpose-built for the most demanding autonomous and compute-heavy mission-critical applications across air, land, and sea domains. "In peer-to-peer combat, milliseconds matter. Ingest of sensor data takes time - we need to be ahead of that to win," said Dr. Kevin Leitch, Director of Business Development, Systel. "Hawk AI provides our customers a workstation-class AI computer for service in the harshest environment, with robust configurability and expansion capabilities for the most demanding autonomous and compute-heavy mission-critical applications across air, land, and sea domains. Processing massive sensor, video, and radar data locally eliminates any latency in delivering real-time actionable intelligence. That puts us ahead of the technology curve which better enables us to support next-gen defense programs and platforms in support of national and international security objectives. That's how we win." "Introducing Hawk AI at Eurosatory is a proud moment for our team," said Aneesh Kothari, President of Systel. "Hawk AI represents a generational leap in edge AI capability for defense programs, integrating the most powerful NVIDIA embedded AI module available today, in a fully MIL-rugged platform built to Strike First. We look forward to supporting the programs and missions that demand it." Hawk-Strike AI is currently in pre-production, Engineering Development Units will be available soon. To learn more or inquire about Engineering Development Units, contact Systel at [email protected] or visit systelusa.com/products/hawk-ai/. About Systel, Inc. Founded in 1988 and headquartered in Sugar Land, Texas, Systel is a leading manufacturer of MIL-SPEC rugged embedded computing solutions for defense and mission-critical applications. Systel's Strike family of embedded computers and Charge family of rugged rackmount servers are deployed globally across air, land, and sea domains. Systel is AS9100D and ISO 9001:2015 certified. Any Mission. Anywhere. Learn more at systelusa.com.