NORTH WALES, Penn. The world market for C5ISR [Command, Control, Computers, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance] will grow by 3.3% every year between 2020 and 2030, reacing $165.3 billion by 2030, according to a recent report by GMD Research, "Global C5ISR Systems Market 2020-2030 by Solution, Platform (Land, Airborne, Naval, Space), Application, End User (Defense, Commercial), and Region: Trend Forecast and Growth Opportunity."

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Teledyne Gavia, manufacturer of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), has introduced Charles River Analytics’ AutoTRap Onboard AI-based object detection software as a new capability onboard their Gavia marine vehicles. 

AUSTRALIA. Boeing Australia powered up the commercial turbofan engine on the first Loyal Wingman aircraft in September, as part of ground testing and preparations for first flight

POWAY, Calif. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has integrated the Leonardo SAGE 750 Electronic Support Measure (ESM) system onto the MQ-9B SeaGuardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS).

SANTA CLARA, Calif.; CAMBRIDGE, U.K.; TOKYO. NVIDIA and SoftBank Group Corp. (SBG) announced a definitive agreement under which NVIDIA will acquire Arm Limited from SBG and the SoftBank Vision Fund (together known as “SoftBank”) in a transaction valued at $40 billion.

NASHUA, N.H. BAE Systems has won a contract from Lockheed Martin for the production and delivery of additional electronic warfare (EW) systems for Lot 15, Lot 16 long lead, sustainment spares and retro fit kits for the 5th Generation F-35 Lightning II, providing advanced situational awareness and threat response capabilities that support critical missions in contested airspace.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. Collins Aerospace Systems (a unit of Raytheon Technologies) has won a 30-month, $19.9 million contract with the U.S. Navy’s Office of Naval Research (ONR) to conduct a maritime experiment of the company’s MS-177A long-range multispectral imaging sensor on a Navy flight-test P-3C Orion aircraft. 

LOS ANGELES, Calif. In August, Flyer Defense, LLC (Flyer), company specializing in mission-specialized, lightweight, high mobility, all-terrain tactical wheeled vehicles, delivered vehicles contracted by General Dynamics Mission Systems for integration with the Tactical Electronic Warfare Light (TEWL) system which fills a critical electronic warfare requirement for U.S. Army airborne units.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. Frost & Sullivan's recent analysis, Assessment of the US DoD C4ISR Market, Forecast to 2025, highlights the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR) budget spending and technology trends.

HERNDON, Va. Peraton and the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) announced that the X-domain Agile Rules-Based Information Transfer OrchestratoR (X-ARBITOR) has entered Lab Based Security Assessment (LBSA) testing. This represents Peraton's and AFRL's role in advancing the state of the art in Cross Domain Solutions (CDS).

LONDON. The world market for military radar systems is currently in a state of transition due mainly to extensive cuts in defense budgets in many markets that previously had a major impact on procurement, according to a new report from Visiongain, "Military Radar System Market Report 2020-2030."

HERNDON, Va. COMSAT, the global satellite connectivity solutions provider and member of the Satcom Direct family, is further expanding its international terminal, hardware, and service footprint following the signing of a new distribution agreement with global provider of airborne and maritime satellite solutions, Orbit Communications Systems Inc. (Orbit).

ANNAPOLIS, Md. Annapolis Micro Systems has developed a next-generation 3U OpenVPX Chassis that is both SOSA-aligned and 40/100Gb Ethernet capable.

MELBOURNE, Fla. L3Harris Technologies has been awarded a multi-million-dollar contract to deliver two Low-Frequency Active Towed Sonar (LFATS) systems to a NATO member.

NEW YORK. AdaCore, which makes mission-critical software development and verification tools, announced that Airbus Helicopters (Marignane, France) has selected the GNAT Pro tool suite and the Ada programming language to develop new software components for the VSR700 prototype project; the VSR700 is Airbus Helicopters’ tactical unmanned aerial system (UAS) aimed at the demanding requirements of modern navies and armies around the world.