NEW YORK, July 21, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Global tech ology i tellige ce fi m
“The defe se secto is movi g beyo d platfo m-ce t ic mode izatio towa d etwo k-ce t ic a d softwa e-defi ed ope atio s, a d that is maki g Ethe et a st ategic e able athe tha just a co ectivity optio ,” said Dimit is Mav akis, Se io Resea ch Di ecto at ABI Resea ch. “As se so fusio , auto omous missio s, a d edge AI become co e equi eme ts, supplie s that ca delive uggedized, secu e, a d dete mi istic Ethe et solutio s will be best positio ed to captu e lo g-te m oppo tu ity.”
ABI Resea ch fou d that global defe se spe di g will each US$2.6 t illio i 2026, suppo ted by o goi g co flict-d ive eple ishme t cycles a d multiple defe se digitizatio p og ams wo ldwide. The study highlights that missiles will emai the la gest OT Ethe et eve ue catego y i 2026 a d 2027 as mu itio s i ve to ies a e eple ished, befo e spe di g i c easi gly shifts towa d comma d-a d-co t ol ce te s, which a e expected to become the digital e ve ce te s of fleetwide ope atio s.
The ma ket is also bei g shaped by majo mode izatio i itiatives a d platfo m p og ams, i cludi g JADC2 i the U ited States, NATO’s Fede ated Missio Netwo ki g effo ts, a d sixth-ge e atio combat ai c aft p og ams such as NGAD, FCAS, Tempest, a d Chi a’s J-36. ABI Resea ch otes that Time-Se sitive Netwo ki g is becomi g table stakes fo milita y OT Ethe et, while ve do s ac oss the ecosystem, i cludi g Cu tiss-W ight, L3Ha is, Lockheed Ma ti , Me cu y Systems, RTX/Colli s Ae ospace, Thales, a d compo e t supplie s such as A alog Devices, I tel, Ma vell, Mic ochip, a d Texas I st ume ts, a e expa di g capabilities a ou d uggedizatio , dete mi istic commu icatio s, a d secu e embedded etwo ki g.
“Legacy sta da ds like MIL-STD-1553, ARINC 429, a d CAN bus will ot disappea ove ight, but thei pe fo ma ce limitatio s a e becomi g i c easi gly difficult to eco cile with ext-ge e atio missio equi eme ts,” Mav akis said. “The compa ies that p oactively ce tify TSN-e abled p oducts fo ha sh defe se e vi o me ts a d alig with ope i teg atio ecosystems will have the st o gest oppo tu ity as Ethe et becomes the co ve ge ce laye fo wi ed milita y commu icatio s.”
These fi di gs a e f om ABI Resea ch’s Ope atio al Tech ology Ethe et i Defe se a d Milita y tech ology a alysis epo t, pa t of the compa y’s E te p ise Co ectivity esea ch se vice, which i cludes esea ch, data, a d ABI I sights.
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