Unmanned Systems

The US Department of Defense (DoD) has been transitioning from acquiring new UAS to upgrading current platforms, sensors payloads, and overall capabilities. This market insight focuses on the technologies involved in this transition as well as how prospective requirements and enabling innovations will shape future UAS payloads and the demand for th...

12 Jul 2016  |  North America  |  Market Research

US Military Unmanned Aircraft Market

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Despite a military budget that will continue to be unpredictable, DoD unmanned aerial system (UAS) funding through 2019 is forecast to experience a relatively strong 6.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR). Market growth will vacillate between positive and negative growth years throughout the forecast period with an overall upward trend. Opportunit...

The civil unmanned aerial systems (UAS) market is growing rapidly as public agencies are exposed to the benefits of aerial photography, video, and other sensing capabilities through product demonstrations and testing. The market is unique as it commonly utilizes both traditional military and non-military platforms. By comparison, commercial and mil...

The significant potential and benefits of UAS have led to increasing implementation since the mid-1980s. Through the years, these platforms have proven successful on numerous missions, leading to growing popularity. UAS now has a significant role for numerous military units worldwide. A decrease in military expenditure has, however, nudged UAS manu...

As the Department of Defense's discretionary spending continues to decrease, unmanned aerial systems will still be in high demand, mainly as tools for persistent intelligence gathering. However, even though demand is shrinking in the US military, it is increasing within global militaries as well as in the commercial market. The US Department of D...

This market insight discusses Israeli unmanned aerial system (UAS) companies and their marketing of UAS and UAS-related systems worldwide. The domestic market for Israeli UASs is not included in this service because there is little to no competition in Israel for Israeli defense dollars. This market insight provides an executive summary; the serv...

This market insight reviews procurement budgets through 2017 for air, ground, and maritime unmanned systems in the DoD. It also provides an overview of current systems and systems in development. Since aerial systems were covered in detail in another Frost & Sullivan study, this insight focuses on ground and maritime unmanned systems. Market dri...

Several government agencies outside of the Department of Defense (DoD), local law enforcement agencies, and universities use unmanned aerial systems (UASs). UAS use is governed and limited by the FAA, and commercial platforms cannot operate without certificates of authorization. The FAA is working to incorporate all sizes of UAS into the National A...

The increased usage of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) has become topical but, regardless of the debates related to ethics and accountability, the importance of UAS will continue to strengthen. Though many nations have strong unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) aspirations, availability of funds reflects the actual market revenue. This Frost & Sullivan res...