Lockheed Martin has completed a second round of F-35C at-sea tests aboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower to check the maneuver, launch and nighttime operations of the F-35‘s carrier-based variant, Reuters reported Friday. Andrea Shalal writes those tests included night flights in which pilots used helmets that Rockwell Collins and Elbit Systems redesigned for the U.S. Navy. The Navy […] More

A Visiongain study, released by ReportLinker, forecasts global revenue from border security platforms and services will be approximately $16.4 billion this year. The 364-page market research report examines key factors that Visiongain believes can affect worldwide, regional and national spending on products designed to help authorities monitor cross-border activities, ReportLinker said Wednesday. Visiongain categorized the […] More

A new Technavio report predicts the global military electro-optical and infrared systems market will grow 6.07 percent year over year from 2015 through 2019. The report finds that the market will be buoyed by the increasing demand for vetronics and the rise of InGaAs detector systems, Technavio said Sept. 3. The market will also face […] More

New Research and Markets reports predict Asia-Pacific and North America to dominate the global markets for military radar, satellites and command, control, computers, communications, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platforms over the next decade. Research and Markets said Monday spending on military radar tools in North America and Asia Pacific will account for at least 72 percent […] More

A new Research and Markets report forecasts the global military communications market to reach $40.82 billion by 2020 from $23.02 billion in 2015 amid a growing demand for updated communication techniques. The report sets the market’s compound annual growth rate at 12.1 percent during the forecast period, Research and Markets said Wednesday. T noted that tier-one […] More

A new Research and Markets report predicts the U.S. market for military aviation heads-up display systems to rise at a compound annual growth rate of 3.49 percent from 2014 to 2019. The market research firm said Tuesday there will be an increase in demand for U.S.-made multipurpose and combat military helicopters in Asia Pacific as countries […] More

A new Visiongain report forecasts the global military aircraft maintenance, repair and operations market will hit $49 billion in value in 2015. Visiongain said Friday the increasing adoption of new fighter aircraft among tier-one market players would spur growth in the industry. The 2015-2025 forecast covers maintenance aspects in operations and field, heavy airframe, heavy engine, […] More

A new Visiongain report released by Reportbuyer indicates that the global aviation cybersecurity market will reach a value of $1.8 billion this year as the sector works to protect its information and computer technologies. “Disruption of this sector would invariably have a profound effect on the global economy and more widespread social ramifications, making it crucial […] More

The man-portable military electronics industry is poised to enjoy a 3.8 percent compound annual growth rate from 2012 to 2019 due to an increase in defense system modernization efforts globally, according to a Transparency Market Research report. The research firm said Thursday it forecasts man-portable military electronics to reach a market value of $19.7 billion […] More

NASA has selected eight research projects that aim to address challenges to commercial supersonic travel such as sonic booms and emissions from supersonic aircraft. The research initiatives will involve academic institutions and companies and will get funding worth more than $2.3 million under the agency’s Commercial Supersonic Technology Project, the space agency said Wednesday. Kenneth Plotkin […] More

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has partnered with seven companies to build tools for distributing air warfare functions across multiple unmanned and manned platforms. DARPA said Monday it aims to blend new and existing airborne sensors, weapons, navigation, electronic warfare, positioning, navigation, communication and battle management architectures through the agency’s System of Systems Integration Technology […] More

Defense industry programmers are working to rewrite software on a Boeing-built unmanned aircraft prior to the drone’s flight in 2017 in order to protect the system from hacking, Nextgov reported Wednesday. John Launchbury, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s lead for the program, told the publication the program aims “to conduct an experiment to prove […] More