RESTON, Virginia. Inmarsat Government has won a contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) for the U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command Next-Generation Wideband (NGW) follow-on contract for "worldwide end-to-end commercial satellite communications services," the company announced in a statement.

SAN DIEGO, California. Lockheed Martin has delivered a multi-mission laser weapon system to the U.S. Navy that is intended to provide directed energy capability to certain ships, the company announced in a statement.

ARLINGTON, Va. Unmanned-systems manufacturer AeroVironment has announced its acquisition of Planck Aerosystems, a San Diego-based provider of advanced unmanned aircraft navigation solutions. 

NASHUA, N.H. BAE Systems Electronic Systems group won a contract from Lockheed Martin to design and manufacture next-generation infrared (IR) seeker technology for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptor missile, a U.S. anti-ballistic-missile defense system that was designed to shoot down short-, medium-, and intermediate-range ballistic missiles in their descent or reentry phase. 

PORTLAND, Ore.  The global market for unmanned aerial systems (UASs) used for military purposes, which generated $11.60 billion in 2021, is expected to total $34.34 billion by 2031, experiencing a combined annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.7% during that period, according to a new market study from Allied Market Research. 

ARLINGTON, Virginia. BlueHalo Titan Defense has won a $24 million contract from the U.S. Department of Defense for multiple Titan C-UAS systems, manufacturer BlueHalo announced in a statement.

NEWARK, New Jersey. The global aerospace parts manufacturing market will blow past the $1 trillion mark this decade, surging 46% between 2022 and 2030, according to a new report.

BALTIMORE, Maryland. The AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) multifunction center detected and tracked multiple cruise missile threats during a live-fire test at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, manufacturer Northrop Grumman announced in a statement.

NEW YORK, New York. A new report predicts that the global UAV market will achieve revenue of $102.5 billion by 2030, for a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 19.6% over the period of 2022 to 2030.

WASHINGTON, D.C. MAG Aerospace has won a task order worth up to $258 million under the Army's Project Manager Electronic Warfare & Cyber (PM EW&C) Systems Engineering Technical Assistance (SETA) program, the company announced in a statement.

NEWPORT, R.I.  A U.S. Navy team led by staff of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport demonstrated an end-to-end intelligence preparation of the operational environment (IPOE) mission with the Snakehead large displacement unmanned undersea vehicle (LDUUV) prototype. 

PORTLAND, Oregon. A new report predicts that the satellite connectivity market will double between 2021 and 2030, going from $11.12 billion to $22.12 billion, for a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.3% over that period.

LONDON, United Kingdom. The UK Ministry of Defence's SERPENS deep-find radar program will be developed by a team consisting of Babcock and Israel Aerospace Industries (IA), along with subsidiary ELTA Systems, according to a Babcock statement.

MCLEAN, Va. The Mission Technologies division of shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has won a $79 million Mobility Air Force Distributed Mission Operations (MAF DMO) task order under the U.S. Air Force’s Training Systems Acquisition III contract. 

HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Massachusetts. Raytheon Intelligence & Space has delivered the initial operating capability (IOC) for a new communications platform to be used by nuclear bomber, missile, and support aircraft crews, the company said in a statement.