KANSAS CITY, Kansas. The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded a new contract for the Garmin G3000 integrated flight deck for the F-5 adversary aircraft training fleet, Garmin announced in a statement.

BOSTON, Mass. Mission-critical software company LDRA announced that it has been chosen as the FACE [Future Airborne Capability Environment] Verification Authority (VA) for Lynx Software Technologies, a company that develops open architecture software solutions for mission-critical embedded systems. Lynx will earn independent validation and verification (IVV) of its software -- designed to conform with the latest FACE Technical Standard, edition 3.1 -- as it works with LDRA Certification Services (LCS),  

BOSTON, Massachusetts. The Tomorrow Companies (Tomorrow.io) has delivered the first radar payload to Astro Digital for satellite integration as part of a $19.3 million contract awarded last year by the U.S. Air Force through its Commercial Weather Data Pilot Program, the company announced in a statement.

CHICAGO, Illinois. The military drone market will surge from $12 billion to $17 billion between 2022 and 2027 for a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.3%, according to a new report.

PARIS, France. Airbus has won a contract to provide satellite communications to the Czech Republic and the Netherlands, the company announced in a statement.

BOULDER, Colorado. SciTec has won a $272 million contract for U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command for data processing for the service's missile warning mission, the company announced in a statement.

CHICAGO, Illinois. A new report predicts that the laser diode market will grow from $5.9 billion in 2022 to $10.9 billion by 2027 for a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 13.1%.

LAFAYETTE, Colo. Blue Canyon Technologies (BCT) and SEAKR Engineering (wholly owned subsidiaries of Raytheon Technologies) announced that they have delivered one Saturn-class microsatellite bus and completed acceptance testing of the first two of twelve "Pit Boss" battle-management systems for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Blackjack satellite program.  

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama. A satellite meant to provide situational awareness to tactical warfighters in the U.S. Army is now operational after being launched into orbit this summer, manufacturer Dynetics -- a Leidos subsidiary -- announced in a statement.

WASHINGTON, D.C. Teledyne Brown Engineering has won a contract from NASA to provide payload operations, ground systems, and operational support for NASA's Space Launch System rocket and the International Space Station, the company announced in a statement.

SAN FRANCISCO, California. A new report predicts that the global market for nanosatellites and microsatellites will explode between now and 2030, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 23.3% over that period to $13.9 billion.

HELSINKI, Finland. BAE Systems will launch a multi-sensor satellite cluster in 2024 for the United Kingdom that will operate in low-earth orbit and will be capable of analyzing data while in orbit, the company announced in a statement.

NASHUA, N.H. BAE Systems won a contract from Boeing to produce additional Eagle Passive Active Warning Survivability Systems (EPAWSS) for use on U.S. Air Force F-15E and F-15EX Eagle aircraft; the EPAWSS uses digital electronic warfare (EW) technology to enable situational awareness and self-defense capabilities in highly contested combat environments.

NEW YORK, New York. The global explosive detection equipment market is expected to grow by $2.78 billion between now and 2026 for a compound annual growth rate of 7.31%, according to a new report.

TALLINN, Estonia. Robotics and autonomous system developer Milrem Robotics has delivered unmanned ground vehicles (UGV) meant for casualty evacuation (CASEVAC) and transportation of supplies to Ukraine, the company announced in a statement.