The headline: there is no single, definitive U.S. electronic warfare market number for 2025. Multiple reputable market research houses and defense-industry trackers produce estimates that cluster, but they differ based on scope, methodology, and what they count as “electronic warfare.” The practical takeaway for planners and contractors is to treat any single dollar figure as an input, not an answer.

Market estimates and the range

Published market reports that focus specifically on the United States put the market in the mid single-digit billions of dollars in the mid 2020s, with a plausible range for 2024–2025 roughly between about $5 billion and $9 billion depending on definitions. For example, one consultancy recorded a U.S. EW figure of about $5.3 billion for 2024, driven by major naval, airborne, and ground programs. Another widely cited industry estimate places the U.S. market at roughly $6.45 billion in 2024 with a projection to about $9.0 billion by 2028. Other aggregators that use broader equipment and services definitions produce higher 2025 estimates in the neighborhood of $8 billion plus.

Why the range is wide

Different reports count different things. Some measure hardware procurement only and stop at platform-level buys like jammers, dedicated EW pods, shipboard EW suites, and soldier-worn emit/receive gear. Others add software, sustainment, integration, spectrum management tooling, and even dual-use commercial RF countermeasure systems. Still others fold in associated signal-intelligence and cyber-related investments when they map to an electromagnetic spectrum mission. Those methodological differences drive large swings in reported totals.

Program-level evidence

The program-level budget and contract activity gives a reality check on the market direction. Large Navy and Air Force modernization programs are prime drivers of U.S. EW spend in 2024–2025. Raytheon and the U.S. Navy have been executing production contracts for the Next Generation Jammer mid-band system, a high-value program with follow-on awards in the hundreds of millions that pull significant dollars into the airborne EW lane. The NGJ-MB achieved operational steps during 2024–2025 that reflect real production and fielding cash flows.

Other service modernization lines also matter. Airborne recapitalization efforts such as Compass Call fleet updates and new electronic-attack initiatives, plus Army tactical EW modernization tied to brigade-level CEMA and Stryker-based TLS-BCT efforts, all add programmatic demand for jammers, sensors, RF processing, and sustainment. Reports tracking the market note those programs as near-term pull-through for primes and their subs.

Drivers of growth through the rest of the decade

  • Pod and platform modernization. NGJ and similar programs create recurring procurement and sustainment revenue, plus aftermarket upgrades.
  • Software defined and cognitive EW. Demand for adaptive, AI-assisted threat libraries and real-time waveform generation is increasing, shifting spend toward software and IP-heavy subsystems.
  • C-UAS and expeditionary EW. Proliferation of small unmanned systems and the need for deployable, lower-cost counters expands the market in ground and vehicle-mounted segments.
  • Space and PNT resilience. Investments that intersect EW for satellite resilience, anti-jam GNSS, and spectrum deconfliction are an emerging budget lane.

Implications for industry and practitioners

  • For primes: expect continued base load from high-dollar platform programs and larger envelopes for upgrades and sustainment. Program wins will still depend on hardware pedigree, but software and systems-integration competency are growing line items.
  • For sub-tier suppliers: components that reduce size, weight, power, and cost, plus digital RF front ends, wideband TRMs, and DRFM cores, are high-value targets. Competitive advantage will come from modular, upgrades-friendly designs.
  • For smaller firms and innovators: niche opportunities exist in cognitive EW algorithms, spectrum awareness tooling, and portable counter-UAS solutions. However, entry requires navigating strong export controls and long integration timelines with prime contractors.

How to read market numbers going forward

When you see a headline number, check three things before using it for planning or business development decisions: the report’s geography (U.S. only or global with U.S. share), the scope (hardware only versus hardware plus software and services), and the time frame (calendar year, fiscal year, or multi-year procurement value). Those axes explain most of the apparent disagreement between reputable sources.

Bottom line

As of late 2025, the U.S. electronic warfare market sits comfortably in the multi-billion dollar range annually. Conservative hardware-only tallies place it nearer the mid single-digit billions, while broader scopes that include software, sustainment, and dual-use systems push the number toward the upper end of the single-digit billions. Program activity such as NGJ and service modernization priorities make continued growth likely, and the market will reward suppliers that can deliver modular, software-forward, and field-proven EW capabilities.