Teal Group's 'World Military Unmanned Aerial Systems Market Profile & Forecast' annual sector study, authored by Steve Zaloga, David Rockwell and Tom Zoretich, allows clients to identify lucrative potential business opportunities in the increasingly dynamic international military UAS market. It contains a wealth of timely intelligence and analysis on the systems, as well as requirements on a country-by-country basis.
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Features include:
- Expert Analysis - A comprehensive outlook and rationale for what will be in demand over the next decade and the key market opportunities.
 - Forecast to 2032 - Ten-Year projections of units and dollar value by Region, Country, Vehicle Class, Customer and Platform. R&D and procurement breakouts are included.
 - Recent Developments - Coverage includes global conflicts, Ukraine/Russia War, emerging threats, technology advances, and new product development.
 - Air Vehicles - Development histories, specifications, functional descriptions, manufacturers, funding, and evaluations.
 - Sensors - Electro-optic, infrared, synthetic aperture radar, electronic warfare, SIGINT, and multi- and hyperspectral systems.
 - Countries - Covers nearly 100 individual countries, including assessments of requirements, systems, and acquisition activities.
 - Competitors - Initiatives of more than 50 key companies: product offerings, investment activities, acquisitions and important developments.
 
At nearly 1,000 pages, the study offers a comprehensive outlook and assessment of the market and its components. (Forecast Spreadsheets are included).
Table of Contents
Executive Overview
The Market Outlook
- World UAS Budget Forecast (excluding US classified budget)
 - World UAS Budget Forecast (including provisional US classified budget)
 - World Production Forecast by Type
 - World UAV Production Forecast by Region
 - Study Parameters
 - Forecast Assumptions
 - Cost Evaluation
 
Military UAS Profile
Civil UAVs
The Numbers
- Mini-VTOL UAV Production Forecast by Region
 - Small/Tactical VTOL UAV Production Forecast by Region
 - Mini-UAV Production Forecast by Region
 - Small Tactical UAV Production Forecast by Region
 - Tactical UAV Production Forecast Summary by Region
 - Naval UAVs Production Forecast Summary by Region
 - MALE UAV Production Forecast Summary by Region
 - HALE UAV Production Forecast Summary by Region
 - UCAV Production Forecast Summary by Region
 - Civil Government, Commercial & Consumer UAVs
 
The US UAS Market
The Market Outlook
- Past as Prologue
 - US Department of Defense UAV Funding History
 - DoD UAV Categories
 - US Military UAV Inventory Trends
 - US UAV Inventory (FY17)
 - US DoD UAV Budget Forecast
 - US UAV Production Forecast
 
Program Profiles
- US Micro/Mini UAVs
 - US Navy/Marine Corps RQ-21 Blackjack STUAS
 - RQ-7A Shadow/Future Tactical UAS
 - RQ-8 Fire Scout VTUAV
 - US Marine UAV Programs
 - US Cargo UAV Programs
 - MQ-1C Grey Eagle/MQ-9 Reaper
 - Air Force Next Generation UAS (NGUAS)
 - MQ-25 Stingray (CBARS)
 - RQ-4 Global Hawk
 - UCAV (CCA/Skyborg/Attritable Aircraft)
 
European UAS Market
Market Overview
- Current European Military Programs
 - European UAV Production Forecast by Type
 
Country Profiles
- Armenia
 - Austria
 - Azerbaijan
 - Belgium
 - Belarus
 - Bulgaria
 - Croatia
 - Czech Republic
 - Denmark
 - Estonia
 - European Union/NATO
 - Finland
 - France
 - Georgia
 - Germany
 - Greece
 - Hungary
 - Ireland
 - Italy
 - Latvia
 - Lithuania
 - Netherlands
 - Norway
 - Poland
 - Portugal
 - Romania
 - Russia
 - Serbia
 - Slovakia
 - Slovenia
 - Spain
 - Sweden
 - Switzerland
 - Turkey
 - Ukraine
 - United Kingdom
 
Rest of the World UAS Market
Market Overview
Middle East
- Middle East UAV Production Forecast by Type
 - Bahrain
 - Egypt
 - Iran
 - Iraq
 - Israel
 - Jordan
 - Kuwait
 - Lebanon
 - Qatar
 - Saudi Arabia
 - Syria
 - United Arab Emirates
 - Africa
 - African UAV Production Forecast by Type
 - Algeria
 - Angola
 - Botswana
 - Burkina Faso
 - Cameroon
 - Chad
 - Congo
 - Ethiopia
 - Ivory Coast
 - Kenya
 - Libya
 - Mali
 - Mauritania
 - Morocco
 - Niger
 - Nigeria
 - Rwanda
 - Senegal
 - South Africa
 - Sudan
 - Tunisia
 - Uganda
 - Yemen
 - Zambia
 
Asia-Pacific
- Asia-Pacific UAV Production Forecast by Type
 - Australia
 - Bangladesh
 - Brunei
 - China
 - India
 - Indonesia
 - Japan
 - Kazakhstan
 - Korea, North
 - Korea, South
 - Malaysia
 - Myanmar (Burma)
 - New Zealand
 - Pakistan
 - Philippines
 - Singapore
 - Sri Lanka
 - Taiwan
 - Thailand
 - Vietnam
 
The Americas
- Americas UAV Production Forecast by Type
 - Argentina
 - Brazil
 - Canada
 - Chile
 - Colombia
 - Dominican Republic
 - Ecuador
 - Mexico
 - Panama
 - Venezuela
 
Electro-Optical/Infrared Sensors
Market Overview
High Altitude Endurance (HALE) EO/IR Sensors
- USAF Global Hawk Basic and Enhanced Integrated Sensor Suite (EISS)
 - USAF Global Hawk Follow-On EO/IR Sensors
 - USAF Next-Generation HALE EO/IR Sensor Suite
 - Navy MQ-4C Triton MTS-B & AN/DAS-X Sensor Suite
 - USAF Classified Stealthy UAV EO/IR Sensors (RQ-170 & RQ-180)
 - US Army HADES & Future Small Manned ISR Aircraft EO/IR Sensors
 - Coast Guard Deepwater Endurance UAV EO/IR Sensor
 
Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) EO/IR Sensors
- Predator & Predator B/Reaper AN/AAS-52 MTS-A & AN/DAS-1/4/Next Gen MTS-B (Multi-spectral
 - Targeting System) & Future MALE EO/IR
 - US CBP/USCG Guardian/Predator B AN/DAS-1(V) MTS-B (Multi-Spectral Targeting System)
 - Canadian RPAS MALE UAV L3 WESCAM MX-20/25 EO/IR Sensor
 - USAF MQ-X/MQ-20/MQ-Next Gen/NG-UAS/Stealthy MALE UAV EO/IR
 - Lockheed Martin MQ-20 Avenger TacIRST & UAV IRST Systems
 - Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Air Tracking and Targeting Sys (ATTS)
 - US Army Next Generation Airborne ISR Sensors and Platforms
 - US Army Gray Eagle AN/DAS-2(V) Common Sensor Payload (CSP)
 - Predator XP EO/IR Sensors
 - FLIR Systems, Inc. (FSI) Star SAFIRE 380HD
 - Lockheed Martin INFIRNO
 - Collins Aerospace (was Goodrich) DB-110 & MS-110 EO/IR Pods
 - Rafael RecceLite & Recce-U EO/IR Pods
 - US Navy MALE TERN (Tactically Exploited Reconnaissance Node) Sensors
 - US Marine Corps Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) UAS Expeditionary (MUX) EO/IR Sensors
 
Wide FOV (WFOV) EO/IR Sensors
- USAF Reaper Gorgon Stare & Classified WFOV EO/IR Sensors
 - US Army/USAF UAV ARGUS-IS
 - USAF ARGUS-IR
 - Predator C Avenger Wide Field of View (WFOV) Sensor
 - Logos Technologies Redkite & LEAPS & Kestrel & WAMI Sensors
 - Sentient Vision Systems ViDAR WAMI Systems
 - US Marine Corps RQ-21A Blackjack Group III UAS Wide Area Persistent Surveillance (WAS) Sensors
 - US Marine Corps RQ-7 Shadow Wide Focal Plane Array Camera (WFPAC "Wolfpack")
 - US Marine Corps RQ-7 Shadow WASPS (Wide Area Surgical and Persistent Surveillance)
 - AWARE (Advanced WFOV Architectures for Image Reconstruction and Exploitation)
 
Hyperspectral EO Sensors
- Global Hawk SPIRITT & USAF Hyperspectral Systems
 - USAF Predator ACES Hy Hyperspectral Imager
 - USAF Reaper CERBERUS Hyperspectral Imager
 - US Army RQ-7 Shadow AURORA & Navy/Army Hyperspectral Systems
 - US Marine Corps RQ-21A Blackjack Group III UAS Hyperspectral Sensors
 
UCAV EO/IR Sensors
- USAF Classified Stealthy SEAD/Strike UCAV EO/IR Sensors
 - USAF CCA/LCAAT/Skyborg UCAV EO/IR Sensors
 - US Navy MQ-25A Stingray CBARS & UCLASS & UCAS-D EO/IR Sensors
 
Tactical UAV EO/IR Sensors
- US Navy/US Coast Guard MQ-8B/C Fire Scout EO/IR Sensors
 - US Army FTUAS (Future TUAS) EO/IR Sensors
 - US Army/USMC RQ-7 Shadow V2 MX-10 EO/IR Sensors
 - US Army/USMC RQ-7 Shadow V1 POP 200/300
 - US Army Hunter Raven Eye II/MOSP
 - Collins Aerospace (was Goodrich) SWIR (Short-Wave IR) Sensors
 - US Navy & Army MRMUAS & MRMP EO/IR Sensors
 
Small Tactical UAV EO/IR Sensors
- US Navy/USMC RQ-21A Blackjack/Integrator Alticam EO/IR Sensors
 - ScanEagle Alticam EO and IR Sensors
 - ScanEagle ViDAR "Optical Radar"
 - FLIR Systems, Inc. (FSI) StormCaster EO/IR Sensor (SkyRaider & SkyRanger UAVs)
 - FLIR Systems, Inc. (FSI) Cooled Neutrino MWIR Thermal Camera Cores
 - Gremlins and "Swarming" Small UAV EO/IR Sensors
 
Mini-UAV EO/IR Sensors
- AeroVironment Raven & Wasp & Puma Mantis EO/IR Sensors
 - US Army Long-Range Reconnaissance and Surveillance (LRSS) & Company-Level SUAS Directed
 - Requirement UAV EO/IR Sensors
 - US & Available International Mini-UAV EO/IR Sensors
 - Air Force Desert Hawk (was Sentry Owl) EO Sensors
 - RQ-11 Raven Photon IR Sensor
 
Micro/Nano Air Vehicle (NAV) EO/IR Sensors
- US Army Short Range Reconnaissance (SRR) sUAS (Small UAS) EO/IR Sensors (Quadcopters)
 - Nano Air Vehicle (NAV) EO/IR Sensors
 - FLIR Systems, Inc. (FSI) Lepton EO/IR Cameras
 
Synthetic Aperture Radars
Market Overview
- SAR Technology
 - SAR Market
 - SAR Program Forecasts
 - Market Shares
 
High Altitude Endurance (HALE) UAV Radars
- USAF Global Hawk AN/ZPY-2 MP-RTIP
 - NATO "Phoenix" Global Hawk AGS/MP-RTIP
 - USAF Global Hawk "HISAR"
 - USAF Global Hawk Follow-On SAR (ASARS-2(V))
 - USAF Next-Generation HALE UAV SAR
 - US Navy MQ-4C Triton AN/ZPY-3 Multi-Function Active Sensor (MFAS)
 - USAF Classified Stealthy ISR UAV SARs (RQ-170 & RQ-180)
 - US Army HADES & Future Small Manned ISR Aircraft SARs
 - USCG Deepwater Endurance UAV ISAR
 
Medium Altitude Endurance (MALE) UAV Radars
- USAF Reaper AN/APY-8 Lynx SAR & Future MALE SAR
 - US CBP Predator B AN/APY-8 Lynx SAR
 - USAF Reaper (Lynx Upgrade) Dismount Detection Radar (DR)
 - US CBP/USCG Guardian SeaVue SAR
 - Predator B/Guardian/MALE Future Small Maritime Radar
 - Due Regard Radar (DRR) & Detect and Avoid (DAA) Avionics Systems
 - USAF MQ-X/MQ-Next Gen/Next Generation Stealthy MALE UAV Radar
 - US Army Next Generation Airborne ISR Sensors and Platforms
 - US Army Gray Eagle JADO SAR/GMTI
 - US Army Gray Eagle-Extended Range (GA-ER) Eagle Eye MMR SAR
 - US Army Gray Eagle AN/ZPY-1 Starlite SAR
 - US Army Predator/Sky Warrior ER/MP Lynx II SAR
 - Podded US CBP/Army Guardian/Gray Eagle VADER & LRR-E Radars
 - Podded AN/ASQ-236 Dragon's Eye Classified USAF SAR Pod
 - US Marine Corps Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) UAS Expeditionary (MUX) MOSAIC Radar
 - Podded Leonardo/UTC Aerospace (UTAS) "TacSAR" Pod (UAV)
 - "ASARS-3" (Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar System)
 - USAF Reaper Dismount Detection Radar (DDR)
 - US Army Gray Eagle TRACER
 - MB SAR (Multi-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar) UHF/L-band Radar
 
UCAV Programs
- USAF Classified Stealthy SEAD/Strike UCAV Radars
 - USAF CCA/LCAAT/Skyborg UCAV Radars
 - US Navy MQ-25A Stingray CBARS & UCLASS & UCAS-D Radars
 
Tactical UAV Programs
- US Navy MQ-8B/C Fire Scout SARs & Other Tactical UAV Radars
 - US Army FTUAS (Future TUAS) Radars
 - US Army RQ-7 Shadow SAR
 - Army A160 FORESTER FOPEN SAR
 
Magnetic Anomaly Detectors (MADs)
- MAD-XR (Magnetic Anomaly Detection Extended Role)
 
Small Tactical/Mini/Nano UAV Programs
- US Navy/Marine Corps RQ-21A Blackjack/Integrator Group III SAR/MTI (ImSAR NSP-5 UWB & AN/PDY-2 SPLIT ACES Nano-SAR/MTI)
 - ScanEagle NanoSAR & Leonardo SAR Systems
 - miniSAR
 - microSAR
 - PicoSAR
 - MiniSAR
 
SIGINT & Electronic Countermeasures (ECM) Sys.
Market Overview
Endurance UAV SIGINT & ECM Programs
- USAF Global Hawk/HALE & Predator/Reaper/MALE ASIP (Airborne Signals Intelligence Payload)
 - USAF Global Hawk Hyperwide COMINT
 - USAF Global Hawk LR-100 RWR/ESM/ELINT
 - Navy MQ-4C Triton AN/ZLQ-1 ESM System & Follow-On SIGINT & Future Triton SIGINT Suite
 - USAF Classified Stealthy ISR UAV ESM/EA Sys. (RQ-170 & RQ-180) & Other Endurance UAV SIGINT
 - Army HADES & Future Small Manned ISR Aircraft SIGINT Sensors
 - USAF ALQ-167 Angry Kitten & USAF MALE UAV ECM/EA Pods
 - USMC Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) UAS Expeditionary (MUX) EW/SIGINT Sensors
 - Army Tactical SIGINT Payload (TSP) & Follow-On & Future Army MALE UAV SIGINT System
 - General Atomics MALE UAV Self-Protection Pod (SPP)
 - MALE UAV (MQ-25A) ALR-69A Radar Warning Receiver/ESM System
 - Reaper Advanced Radar Detection System (ARDS) ELINT Pod
 - Army Next Generation Airborne ISR Sensors and Platforms
 - Army Gray Eagle JADO & MDO SIGINT (ELINT & COMINT & RWR)
 - Army Gray Eagle MFEW-AL (Multi-Function EW-Air Large) Pod
 - Army Gray Eagle CEASAR/NERO COMINT Electronic Attack Pods
 - Pandora Electronic Warfare (EW) System (MALE)
 - Army MQ-5B Hunter Green Dart SIGINT System
 
UCAV SIGINT & EA Programs
- USAF Classified Stealthy SEAD/Strike UCAV SIGINT & Electronic Attack (EA) Systems
 - USAF CCA/LCAAT/Skyborg SIGINT & EA Systems
 - USMC UCAV Electronic Attack (EA)
 - USMC UAV Electronic Attack (EA) Standoff Jammers (AN/ALQ-99 & AN/ALQ-249 NGJ)
 - Navy MQ-25A Stingray CBARS & UCLASS & UCAS-D SIGINT & Electronic Attack (EA)
 - Navy UCAS-D SIGINT
 - Early US Air Force/Navy UCAV Electronic Warfare Systems
 
Tactical/Mini/Nano UAV SIGINT & EA Programs
- Overview
 - US Army FTUAS (Future TUAS) SIGINT & EA Systems
 - Army RQ-7 Shadow SIGINT Systems
 - USMC RQ-7 Shadow Software Reprogrammable Payload (SRP)
 - RQ-7B Shadow SIGINT Pod
 - Navy MQ-8C Fire Scout SIGINT/EW Pod
 - DARPA CONCERTO (CONverged Collaborative Elements for RF Task Operations)
 - US Special Operations Forces (SOF) Tactical/Mini-UAV SIGINT Sensor
 - Pandora Electronic Warfare (EW) System (Small UAV)
 - "NanoSIGINT" (Tactical/Small Tactical UAV)
 - USMC AN/ALQ-231(V) Intrepid Tiger Electronic Warfare (EW) Pod
 - Navy/Marine Corps RQ-21A Blackjack/Integrator Group III AN/DSY-4 Spectral Bat SIGINT Payload
 - US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) MEUAS III Small Tactical SIGINT/ELINT Sensors
 - Army RQ-20 Puma Mini-UAV SIGINT Sensors
 - USMC Raven/Puma Group I Mini-UAV SIGINT Payloads
 
International UAV SIGINT Programs
- Euro Hawk ISIS/Pegasus Wide Area SIGINT System
 - Ultra Electronics Australia Predator B Electronic Warfare (EW) Payloads
 - UK Watchkeeper SIGINT: Soothsayer
 - Xtender/FlyingFish Satellite Phone SIGINT System
 - TRC 274 & TRC 6200
 - Top Scan
 - Skyfix SIGINT Suite
 - EL/K-7071 COMINT/DF & EL/L-8385 ESM/ELINT
 - SPS-65V5 Modular EW/SIGINT Suite
 - Skyfix COMINT/DF
 
C4I Systems
Market Overview
- System Types
 - Teal Group Evaluation
 
Data Link Programs
- Global Hawk (EQ-4) Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN)
 - Global Hawk Block 30/40 C4I Systems
 - Predator B Agile Condor AI Computing Architecture
 - Predator B/MALE Network Centric Communications Pod (NCCP)
 - US Marine Corps Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) UAS Expeditionary (MUX) & MQ-9A Reaper
 - C4I Systems
 - MUM-T (Manned-Unmanned Teaming) & VUIT-2
 - NATO Mode 5 IFF for UAVs
 - USMC RQ-7 Shadow Software Reprogrammable Payload (SRP)
 - RQ-7 Shadow Forward Airborne Secure Transmissions and Communications (FASTCOM)
 - US Marine Corps Raven/Puma Group I Mobile Ad-Hoc Network (MANET)
 - Next-Generation Scalable UA Mission Command System
 - Tactical Control System (TCS) & UAV Operating Systems
 - Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T)
 - JTIDS and MIDS
 - Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS)
 - USAF Tactical Data Links (TDL)/Link-16
 - US Navy Tactical Data Links (TDL)/Link-16
 - US Army Tactical Data Links (TDL)/Link-16
 - EPLRS & SADL
 - Improved Data Modem (IDM)
 - CEC (Cooperative Engagement Capability)
 - Common Data Link (CDL) & Tactical Common Data Link (TCDL)
 - Network Tactical Common Data Link-Network (TCDL-N)
 - Tactical Common Data Link-Network (TCDL-N)
 - Communications Data Link System (CDLS)
 
Military UAS Company Profiles
- Aeronautics Ltd.
 - AeroVironment Inc.
 - Airbus Defence & Space (formerly European Defence and Space Co.)
 - Aurora Flight Sciences
 - Aviation Industry Corp of China (AVIC)
 - BAE Systems
 - Baykar Makina
 - Bell Textron
 - The Boeing Co.
 - CAE Inc.
 - China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp.
 - Dassault Aviation
 - Denel Pty. Ltd.
 - Diehl Defence GmbH & Co. KG
 - DJI Innovations
 - Elbit Systems Ltd.
 - General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.
 - Griffon Aerospace
 - Honeywell International Inc.
 - Insitu Inc.
 - Intra Defense Technologies
 - Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd.
 - Kaman Aerospace Corp.
 - Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd
 - Korean Air Aerospace Business Division
 - Kratos Defense and Security Solutions Inc.
 - L3Harris Technologies
 - Leidos Holdings Inc.
 - Leonardo (formerly Finmeccanica)
 - Lockheed Martin Corp.
 - MDA Space (formerly MacDonald, Dettwiler, and Associates)
 - Northrop Grumman Corp.
 - Parrot SA
 - Piaggio Aerospace
 - Rheinmetall (formerly EMT Ingenieurgesellschaft)
 - Rolls-Royce
 - RTX Corporation
 - Safran
 - Saudi Arabian Military Industries
 - Schiebel Elektronische Geraete GmbH
 
Shield AI
- Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
 - Skydio
 - Swift Engineering, Inc.
 - Teledyne Technologies Inc. (including FLIR)
 - Textron Systems Unmanned Systems
 - Thales
 - Turkish Aerospace Industries
 - Uconsystem Co. Ltd.
 - UMS Skeldar
 - VTG
 
Appendix 1
US DoD 10-Year UAV Funding History Summary
RDT&E by Service
Procurement by Service
Appendix 2
US DoD Prime Contracts