MELBOURNE, Florida. L3Harris has received a $40 million contract from the U.S. Department of Defense to supply 14 multi-purpose weapon systems to Ukraine to allow ground forces to shoot down enemy drones, the company announced in a statement.

PORTLAND, Oregon. The global digital battlefield market will quadruple over the next 10 years due to a growth in artificial intelligence and 5G, a new report predicts.

ARLINGTON, Virginia. Leonardo DRS has won a contract to provide additional counter uncrewed aircraft system (C-UAS) platforms to support the U.S. Army’s Integrated Fires/Rapid Capabilities Office’s on-going Mobile-Low, Slow, Small Unmanned Aircraft System Integrated Defeat System (M-LIDS) program, the company announced in a statement.

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HAIFA, Israel. Elbit Systems has won a contract from the Spanish Army to provide E-LynX software-defined radios for its combat battalions, the company announced in a statement.

PUNE, Maharashtra, India. The size of the global market for 5G in aerospace and defense -- estimated at $251.20 million in 2021 -- is projected to reach $4.96 billion by 2030, according to a market research report from 360i Research, "Global 5G in Aerospace & Defense Market -- Global Forecast 2022-2030."

EL SEGUNDO, California. Raytheon Intelligence & Space has won a contract to develop a prototype Missile Track Custody system -- a Medium Earth Orbit missile tracking system --  for the U.S. Space Force, the company announced in a statement.

ARLINGTON, Va. DARPA announced that it will participate in a new long-term university research collaboration with the Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) and a consortium of companies in the defense and commercial semiconductor industries, called the Joint University Microelectronics Program 2.0 (JUMP 2.0). 

MELVILLE, N.Y. Micross Components -- which makes microelectronics products used in the defense, aerospace, and space industries, among others -- announced it has acquired KCB Solutions (Shirley, Massachusetts), a provider of RF and microwave products.  

CARLSBAD, Calif. Radar sensing and perception company Metawave announced at the CES trade show that it won a $1.7 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract from the U.S. Army to develop long-range radar sensing and perception solutions for off-road autonomous vehicle (AGV) operation in adverse weather and complex operating conditions.

DUBLIN, Ireland. The small satellite market will be worth $11.8 billion by 2028 for a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 24.7% due to growing demand in the military sector, a new report predicts.

WASHINGTON, D.C. The U.S. Navy has awarded eight companies positions on a follow-on contract -- which could run as much as 10 years and $4.1 billion -- to deliver production units, software, laboratory equipment, system components, and spares for surface, shore, and submarine platforms in support of the Navy’s Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES) program.

HAIFA, Israel. Elbit Systems has won a $107 million contract to provide, operate, and maintain Main Battle Tank (MBT) simulation and training centers for the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), the company announced in a statement.

DULUTH, Minnesota. The U.S. Air National Guard has installed active electronically scanned array (AESA) radars on nine Block 50 F-16CM Fighting Falcons from the 148th Fighter Wing, according to an Air National Guard statement.