WASHINGTON. Military artificial intelligence (AI) systems are increasingly being adopted to enhance decision-making, automation, and operational efficiency, which will drive the market size from $13.24 billion in 2024 to an expected $35.54 billion by 2031, according to a new study from Verified Market Research, "Military Artificial Intelligence (AI) Market By Technology (Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Computer Vision, Deep Learning), Application (Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, Cybersecurity, Logistics & Transportation, Command & Control, Autonomous System), Platform (Airborne, Land-Based, Naval, Space-Based), Region for 2024-2031."

NORCROSS, Georgia. Safran Defense & Space, Inc. won a contract by Bell Textron to provide onboard and ground flight testing solutions for six aircraft under the U.S. Army’s Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) program, the company announced in a statement.

BERLIN, Germany. General Dynamics European Land Systems (GDELS) won a contract to supply PIRANHA 5 armored vehicles for the German Army’s TaWAN project, a long-range telecommunications network modernization effort, the company announced in a statement.

BINGEN, Washington. Insitu Inc. won a $102,353,293 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to procure additional RQ-21A Blackjack and ScanEagle uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS), the company announced in a statement.

PALO ALTO, Calif. and WASHINGTON. Mobilicom announced that the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) approved and added the Mobilicom SkyHopper PRO and SkyHopperPRO Lite datalinks to the DIU Blue UAS Framework. 

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates. Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB) signed an agreement with Spain-based Indra to equip the FA-400 offshore patrol vessel with advanced radar, electronic warfare, and counter-uncrewed aerial system (C-UAS) capabilities, the companies announced in a statement.

SAN DIEGO, California. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) and CAE signed a long-term agreement for the development and production of next-generation mission trainers for the MQ-9B SkyGuardian remotely piloted aircraft system (RPAS), GA-ASI announced in a statement.

BONN, Germany. Rheinmetall won a contract from the Bundeswehr to supply the Distributed Naval Training Architecture (VTAM), a networked simulation-based operational training system for the German Navy, the company announced in a statement.

BOSTON, Massachusetts. Teledyne FLIR Defense’s Black Hornet 4 Personal Reconnaissance System won a spot on the Defense Innovation Unit’s (DIU) Blue UAS Refresh program, the company announced in a statement.

TUCSON, Ariz. Raytheon (an RTX business) announced completion of 10 successful subsystem demonstrations for the U.S. Army's Next-Generation Short-Range Interceptor (NGSRI), a new short-range missile that is expected to eventually replace the decades-old Stinger surface-to-air missile.

MCLEAN, Virginia. BAE Systems has been awarded a five-year, $251 million contract to provide systems engineering and technical support for the U.S. Navy’s AEGIS Combat System, the company announced in a statement.

ONTARIO, Canada. Pixus Technologies introduced a new C5ISR Modular Suite of Standards, or CMOSS, and Sensor Open Systems Architecture, or SOSA, Technical Standard aligned development backplane designed to support a range of I/O intensive and compute-intensive applications, the company announced in a statement.

ELMHURST, Ill. The global market for uncrewed aerial systems (UASs) -- commonly referred to as drones -- is  estimated to grow by $36.1 billion from 2024-2028, according to a report from Technavio, "Drone Market Analysis APAC, North America, Europe, Middle East and Africa, South America -- China, US, Germany, Japan, UK - Size and Forecast 2024-2028."

ULM, Germany. Hensoldt won a contract extension worth approximately 350 million euros for further development of the Eurofighter Mk1 radar, the company announced in a statement.

ARLINGTON, Virginia. Leonardo DRS won a contract of more than $7 million to supply and integrate C4I Battle Management System (BMS) hardware and software into the Royal Thailand Army’s newly acquired Stryker combat vehicles, the company announced in a statement.