VAPI, India. The global electronic warfare (EW) market size is expected to reach $24.14 billion by 2028, growing at a combined annual growth rate of 4.92% from 2021 to 2028, according to a new report from Evolve Business Intelligence, "Electronic Warfare Market Analysis and Global Forecast (2021-2028) with COVID Impact Analysis."

NEW YORK, New York. The active protection system (APS) market will increase by $1.5 billion from 2022 to 2027 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.2% due to the development of advanced combat systems and rising deployment of next-generation countermeasures and decoys, a new report predicts.

SAN FRANCISCO. Data application platform-as-a-service (DAPaaS) company Meroxa was chosen to receive a $1.25 million Small Business Innovation and Research (SBIR) Phase II contract through AFWERX -- a program of the U.S. Air Force focusing on innovative technology development -- under which Meroxa will develop a real-time event streaming data architecture for Space Systems Command (SSC) to advance the integration of U.S. and allied sensor data into the Unified Data Library with the ability to easily scale for future mission needs. 

SYDNEY, Australia. Thales Australia has won a contract extension with the Australian Department of Defence to provide naval communications to the Royal Australian Navy, the company announced in a statement.

DUBLIN, Ireland. The radar simulator market in the Asia-Pacific region will boom from $326.2 million in 2022 to $470.5 million by 2028 for a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.3%, a new report predicts.

WASHINGTON. NASA’s Orion spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean west of Baja California on Sunday, December 11, following an historic mission, during which it traveled more than 1.4 million miles on a path around the moon and carried out its Artemis I flight test. 

POWAY, Calif. Autonomous solutions firm EpiSci received a sum of money from RTX Ventures, the venture-capital arm of Raytheon Technologies, a move RTX calls a "minority investment" in EpiSci that Raytheon says is aligned with Raytheon's longstanding leadership in the development of advanced autonomous technologies that will help drive the growth of EpiSci's Tactical AI technology for the battlefield.

WASHINGTON, D.C. Riverside Research has won a contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory for Microelectronics and Embedded System Assurance (MESA) research and development, according to a statement from the company.

LONDON, United Kingdom. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom has announced a new international coalition with Italy and Japan to develop a new fighter aircraft that will incorporate advanced sensors and uncrewed technology, according to a UK government statement.

TEL AVIV, Israel. RAFAEL will supply its TYPHOON Mk30-C counter-uncrewed aerial system (C-UAS) naval remote weapon station (NRWS) to an unidentified navy in Asia, the company announced in a statement.

HELSINKI, Finland. Satellite imagery company ICEYE has announced that they are starting a multi-year framework contract with the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) to support the management of maritime operations with synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite data, the company said in a statement.

HAIFA, Israel. Elbit Systems of Australia has won a contract to supply uncrewed aerial systems to the Australian Army to assist in civilian disaster and humanitarian relief operations, the company announced in a statement.

LONDON. The synthetic aperture radar (SAR) market is estimated to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.56% between 2022 and 2027, according to a new report from Technavio, "Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Market by Type, Application and Geography -- Forecast and Analysis 2023-2027."

DUBLIN, Ireland. The global remote sensing services market will double in size over the next five years, growing from $13.2 billion in 2022 to $26.6 billion by 2027, thanks largely to the growth in artificial intelligence and big data, a new report predicts.

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts. Raytheon BBN has won a contract worth up to $25 million to "gamify" master air attack planning for the U.S. Air Force, the company announced in a statement.