Military Embedded Systems

PORTLAND, Oregon. The military and aerospace semiconductor market will more than double from $6.3 billion in 2021 to $12.9 billion in 2031, a new report predicts.

TAUFKIRCHEN, Germany. Hensoldt has won a contract from CAE Aviation to deliver a multimission surveillance radar to their surveillance aircraft fleet, Hensoldt announced in a statement.

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama. A hypersonic scramjet engine-powered vehicle was tested in a recent flight using the Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC), marking the second flight test of the vehicle by a team comprising of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Aerojet Rocketdyne, and Lockheed Martin, vehicle manufacturer Aerojet Rocketdyne annonced in a statement.

ARLINGTON, Virginia. Lockheed Martin and Juniper Networks recently demonstrated mission-aware routing technology for the U.S. Department of Defense, Lockheed Martin announced in a statement.

PALM BEACH, Florida. The global military drone market will reach $26 billion by 2028 for a compound annual growth rate of 11.7%, a new report predicts.

APOPKA, Florida. Northrop Grumman has won an initial production and operations contract from the U.S. Marine Corps to provide a compact targeting system in GPS-denied environments, the company announced in a statement.

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates. Collins Aerospace has signed a memorandum of understanding with Saudi Arabia to develop uncrewed aerial systems (UASs) and robotics, the company announced in a statement.

MOBILE, Alabama. Austal USA has delivered Expeditionary Fast Transport USNS Apalachicola (EPF-13) to the U.S. Navy, the "largest surface ship in the fleet with autonomous capability," the company announced in a statement.

NEW YORK, New York. The global uncrewed combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) market is expected to grow by more than $1 billion over the next five years, due in large part to the emergence of long-range spy combat drones, a new report predicts.

PALMDALE, California. BAE Systems and Lockheed Martin Skunk Works have tested two small uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) on an amphibious combat vehicle, BAE Systems said in a statement.

When it comes to missiles, the future is hypersonic. That creates an array of challenges for the defense industry – and radar technology is at the forefront when it comes to developing technology to counter this growing threat.

SANTA FE, New Mexico. Solstar Space has won a contract from the U.S. Air Force, under which the service will evaluate the company's Slayton Space Communicator for high-speed data communications, the company announced in a statement.

LONDON, United Kingdom. Babcock has won a contract to manage and operate Skynet, the military satellite communications system used by the UK Ministry of Defence, the company announced in a statement.

PORTLAND, Oregon. The military radar market will nearly double from $13.9 billion in 2021 to $25.1 billion by 2031 for a compound annual growth rate of 6.5%, a new report predicts.

SAN DIEGO, California. Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy conducted a joint interoperability test that involved connecting airborne platforms with naval assets, the company announced in a statement.

TAUFKIRCHEN, Germany. Hensoldt has won a $100 million euro ($107 million) contract to develop "essential core elements" of the novel sensor network in the German-French-Spanish armament project known as the Future Combat Air System (FCAS), the company announced in a statement.

VIENNA, Austria. Schiebel and Thales have won a contract to provide S-100 Camcopter uncrewed air systems (UAS) to the UK Ministry of Defence to provide naval surveillance to protect Royal Navy ships, Schiebel announced in a statement.

ROLLING MEADOWS, Illinois. The U.S. Army has approved Northrop Grumman's Common Infrared Countermeasures (CIRCM) system, giving the program the green light to move forward with fielding CIRCM systems on more than 1,500 Army aircraft, the company announced in a statement.

FAIRFAX, Virginia. General Dynamics Mission Systems has won a $22.9 million contract from the U.S. Air Force Cryptologic and Cyber Systems Division to protect classified mission data at rest, the company announced in a statement.

FAIRFAX, Virginia. General Dynamics Mission Systems has won a $5.5 million contract for the sustainment of Prophet Enhanced sensor systems for the U.S. Army, the company announced in a statement.