NORTHBROOK, Ill. The global market for tactical data links, estimated at $8.1 billion in 2022, is projected to reach $10.3 billion by 2027, at a combined annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.9% during that span, according to a research report from MarketsandMarkets, "Tactical Data Link Market by Application (Command & Control, ISR, EW, Radio Communication), Platform (Ground, Airborne, Naval, Unmanned Systems, Weapons), Component, Frequency, Data Link Type, Point of Sale, Military Standard, Region -- Forecast to 2027.”

BRAMPTON, Ontario, Canada. MDA Ltd. has won a contract to build Ka-Band steerable antennas for satellites from York Space Systems, which is producing the satellites, according to an MDA statement.

REDONDO BEACH, California. Northrop Grumman Corporation has completed the preliminary design review (PDR) for a high-energy laser prototype rated at 300 kilowatts, according to a company statement.

ANDOVER, Mass. Mercury Systems announced that the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) has certified its Jannson Data-At-Rest (JDAR) encryptor to help users protect stored data that is classified secret and below.

TAUFKIRCHEN, Germany. Sensor company Hensoldt will deliver upgraded Identification-Friend-or-Foe (IFF) technology to Norwegian armed forces as part of a contract worth $15 million, the company said in a statement.

CHELMSFORD, Massachusetts. Teledyne FLIR Defense has won a $62.1 million contract from the U.S. Armed Services for its Centaur multi-mission robots, the company announced in a statement.

WATERLOO, Ontario. Pixus Technologies engineers released a VITA 46.11 compliant chassis manager aligned to the Sensor Open Systems Architecture (SOSA) Technical Sttandard that sits behind an OpenVPX backplane.

WOODLAND HILLS, California.  Northrop Grumman has won a $337.9 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide avionics and weapons support for H-1 aircraft, according to a Department of Defense statement.

ROCKET CENTER, West Virginia. Northrop Grumman Corporation plans to build a new 113,000 square foot facility in West Virginia that is intended to support advanced weapons development, according to a company statement.

REDWOOD CITY, California. Raytheon Technologies has chosen an artificial intelligence/machine learning application platform for integration on the U.S. Army's Tactical Intelligence Targeting Access Mode (TITAN) program, the company announced in a statement.

LONDON, United Kingdom. Boosted by the aerospace and defense industry, the shape memory alloys market is expected to grow from $10.35 billion in 2021 to $18.16 billion by 2026 — an increase of 75% overall and a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.9%, according to a new report.

REDONDO BEACH, California. Northrop Grumman Corporation has announced that Airbus U.S. Space & Defense Inc. will be the commercial provider of 42 satellite platforms for its proliferated-LEO (low earth orbit) constellation, Northrop announced in a statement.

ROLLING MEADOWS, Illinois. Cambium Networks has delivered the initial order of microwave line-of-sight radios to prime contractor Advanced Technology Systems Company (ATSC) as part of the U.S. Army's Security Surveillance System (SSS) program, Cambium announced in a statement.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida. A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket successfully launched two U.S. military satellites into orbit that will be used for testing sensors in space.

SAN FRANCISCO, California. A new market study predicts that the submarine sensors market will grow from $255 million today to $292.3 million by 2026, for a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.2%.