2023/2024 World Military Unmanned Aerial Systems Market Profile & Forecast

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; latest numbers available)
• 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 (Skyborg/Attritable Aircraft/CCA)

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
• Cameroon
• Chad
• Ethiopia
• Ivory Coast
• Kenya
• Libya
• Mali
• Mauritania
• Morocco
• Niger
• Nigeria
• 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) 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 Exp. (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 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 Korea Aviation Technologies Kratos Defense and Security Solutions Inc. L3Harris Technologies Leidos Holdings Inc. Leonardo (formerly Finmeccanica) Lockheed Martin Corp. MDA (formerly MacDonald, Dettwiler, and Associates) Northrop Grumman Corp. Parrot SA Piaggio Aerospace Rheinmetall (formerly EMT Ingenieurgesellschaft) Rolls-Royce RTX Corp. Safran Saudi Arabian Military Industries Schiebel Elektronische Geraete GmbH

Shield AI

• Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
• Skydio
• Stark Aerospace, Inc.
• 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