DUBLIN, Ireland. The global satellite services market will surge to $160.57 billion by 2028, and the defense industry is expected to be a major contributor to that growth, according to a report.

SAN DIEGO, California. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) used artificial intelligence (AI) to control an MQ-20 Avenger Unmanned Aircraft System in a recent test that involved maneuvers between human and AI pilots using Live, Virtual, Constructive (LVC) and a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite communication datalink, the company announced in a statement.

PALM BEACH, Florida. The global uncrewed aircraft market will grow from $30 billion in 2023 to $52 billion by 2027 as demand continues to grow worldwide, a new report predicts.

TEL AVIV, Israel. Approximately two weeks after launch, Israel's "Ofek 13" satellite has sent its first high-quality images to the Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) control station, IAI announced in a statement. The Israel Ministry of Defense, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), and IAI have been collaborating to activate the satellite's synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) and conduct a series of tests on all its systems and subsystems.

EAST AURORA, New York. Astronics Test Systems has been awarded a five-year, $40 million contract to produce portable radio test equipment for the U.S. Marine Corps' Handheld Radio Test Sets program (HHRTS), the company announced in a statement.

PUNE, India. A new report predicts that the global military drone market will soar from $9.3 billion in 2020 to $21.93 billion by 2029 for a compound annual growth rate of 12.56% over the next six years.

DENVER, Colorado. York Space Systems has made first contact with all eight of its satellites launched as part of the Space Development Agency's (SDA) Tranche 0 (T0) of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA), the company announced in a statement.

AUSTIN, Texas. Defense and national-security contractor SparkCognition Government Systems (SGS) hs won a $4.2 million multiyear contract with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to deploy SGS's AI-powered readiness solution, Digital Maintenance Advisor (DMA), across additional maintenance, supply, and logistics use cases to support of the Air Force's F-16 fleet and its operators. 

LONDON. The global military optronics surveillance and sighting systems market will grow at a combined annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.7% during the period 2023 to 2030, to reach $26.99 billion, according to a new study by Triton Market Research, "Global Military Optronics Surveillance and Sighting Systems Market 2023-2030."

NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland. The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) is partnering with Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV) to explore using HAV's Airlander aircraft to help with maritime logistics, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) operations, and communications in the Pacific, HAV said in a statement.

NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland. Engineers at the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) are testing the U.S. Navy's current fleet of aerial refueling store pods for compatibility with the new MQ-25 Stingray air-to-air refueling tanker in an effort to save money, Naval Air Systems Command said in a statement.

NOIDA, Uttar Pradesh, India. The global cybersecurity market is projected to surpass $571.1 billion by 2031, driven largely by the growing cloud-computing market, according to a new report from Astute Analytica, "Cybersecurity Market -- Industry Dynamics, Market Size, and Opportunity Forecast to 2031." 

PARIS, France. Thales will supply next-generation primary and secondary approach radars to French air and naval bases by 2025, the company announced in a statement.

ARLINGTON, Virginia. CAES has won a contract from the U.S. Navy for the initial pre-production phase of the AN-ALQ-99 low band consolidation (LBC) transmitter, the company announced in a statement.

SEA-AIR-SPACE 2023--NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. The U.S. Navy's 85-foot uncrewed submarine -- the Orca extra-large uncrewed underwater vehicle (XLUUV) -- is now scheduled to be forward-deployed by fiscal 2026, a Navy unmanned systems program manager told attendees of the Navy League's Sea-Air-Space symposium on Tuesday.