2024/2025 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)
• 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