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.

FORT MEADE, Md. The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) reported that its "Thunderdome" cybersecurity and network architecture project hit its initial criteria for success and will be moving on to add elements and roll out to more locations. 

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.

LITTLETON, Colo. Lockheed Martin has signed an agreement -- which could be worth as much as $2 billion if all options are exercised -- with the U.S. Navy to integrate hypersonic strike capability onto the Navy's Zumwalt-class guided missile destroyers.

MANAMA, Bahrain. U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) and naval personnel from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) concluded a weeklong unmanned systems and artificial intelligence (AI) integration exercise in the Arabian Gulf. 

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.

HALSTENBEK, Germany. Embedded solution company TEWS Technologies introduced the TMPE863, a full PCI Express Mini Card module with three high-speed serial channels aimed at use in data communications, COTS [commercial off-the-shelf] applications, LAN/WAN networking, traffic control, simulation, and telecommunications. 

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.

NASHUA, NH. BAE Systems and Leonardo UK received the green light from the U.S. government to develop an interoperable aircraft-survivability tool suite -- consisting of the BAE Systems AN/AAR-57 common missile warning system (CMWS) and the Leonardo Miysis directed infrared countermeasure (DIRCM) system -- that is aimed at vastly enhancing combat aircraft survivability against advanced threats.

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.