The UAV Market Report: Forecasts and analysis 2008-2018

Executive summary

• 1.1 The development of UAVs
• 1.2 Initial use of unmanned aircrafts
• 1.3 UAV production growing world wide
• 1.4 U.S to dominate the market
  • 1.4.1 UAVs assume growing importance
• 1.5 UAV definitions and typologies
  • 1.5.1 Air segment
  • 1.5.2 Ground segment
  • 1.5.3 Mission types and design characteristics
    • Figure 1.1: UAV systems: Platform, ground station and communication links
• 1.5.4 UAV categories
  • 1.5.4.1 Short- to medium-range UAVs
  • 1.5.4.2 Medium Altitude Long Endurance(MALE) UAVs
  • 1.5.4.3 High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) UAVs
  • 1.5.4.4 Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles (UCAVs)
    • 1.5.4.1 U.S. UCAV programmes
      • 1.5.4.4.1.1 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) drones
      • 1.5.4.4.1.2 Various
      • 1.5.4.4.1.3 Hunter-Killer
      • 1.5.4.4.1.4 UCAV-N
    • 1.5.4.4.2 International UCAV programmes
      • 1.5.4.4.2.1 The U.K.
      • 1.5.4.4.2.2 The European Union
  • 1.5.4.5 Miniature or Micro UAVs
    • 1.5.4.5.1 Heavy investment in the U.S
    • 1.5.4.5.2 Canadian programmes
• 1.6 UAV missions
  • 1.6.1 U.S. mission planning assumptions
  • 1.6.2 Growth in two mission areas
  • 1.6.3 Non-aggressive missions
  • 1.6.4 Aggressive missions
  • 1.6.5 Future missions
  • 1.6.6 Security and paramilitary missions
  • 1.6.7 Airlift and support

• 2.1 Costs
  • Figure 2.1: Costs of selected U.S. UAV platforms
  • 2.1.1 U.S. UAV cost baseline
• 2.2 Reliability
  • 2.2.1 Reliability through improved components
• 2.3 Survivability
• 2.4 Bandwidth requirements
  • 2.4.1 Urban warfare: a challenge
• 2.5 Operational issues
  • 2.5.1 Field operations reveal problems
    • 2.5.1.1 Interoperability
      • 2.5.1.1.1 U.S. operations reveal deficiencies
      • 2.5.1.1.2 Interoperability issues in NATO, European UAV applications
• 2.6 Logistical issues
  • 2.6.1 Fuel and battery requirements
  • 2.6.2 Integration into controlled airspace and the COA
    • 2.6.2.1 Air regulations affect both military, civil UAVs
    • 2.6.2.2 Air safety concerns increase for civil UAV usage
    • 2.6.2.3 New rules required
    • 2.6.2.4 Access 5' programme
    • 2.6.2.5 UAV manufacturers seek solution to integration issue
    • 2.6.2.6 Single global protocol needed for UAV operation

• 3.1 Unmanned requirements as general technology driver
• 3.2 UAV technology at a watershed
  • 3.2.1 FILUR
  • 3.2.2 SHARC
  • 3.2.3 Barracuda
• 3.3 Major technological issues
  • 3.3.1 Control technologies
    • 3.3.1.1 Autonomy the key development
  • 3.3.2 Communications
• 3.3 Data links
  • 3.3.4 Optical links
  • 3.3.5 Network-centric communications
  • 3.3.6 Airframe
  • 3.3.7 Propulsion
    • 3.3.7.1 Fuel efficiency a propulsion technology driver
  • 3.3.8 Payload technologies
    • 3.3.8.1 Sensors
    • 3.3.8.2 Communications relay
    • 3.3.8.3 Weapons

• 4.1 Substitutability: unmanned vs. manned aircraft
  • 4.1.1 Direct substitution unlikely
  • 4.1.2 New opportunities in a competitive market
• 4.2 UAV national programmes and industrial capabilities

• 5.1 BAE Systems
• 5.2 Boeing
• 5.3 EADS
• 5.4 Elbit Systems
• 5.5 General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.
• 5.6 Honeywell
• 5.7 Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI)
• 5.8 Lockheed Martin
• 5.9 Northrop Grumman
• 5.10 Sagem SA
• 5.11 Thales

• 6.1 Europe
  • 6.1.1 France
    • Table 6.1: UAV manufactures in France
    • 6.1.1.1 The Neuron programme
    • 6.1.1.2 Other French programmes
  • 6.1.2 Germany
    • 6.1.2.1 Euro Hawk
    • 6.1.2.2 German UAV missions
    • 6.1.2.3 Germany industry involvement
  • 6.1.3 United Kingdom
    • Table 6.2: UAV manufacturers in the UK
    • 6.1.3.1 UK UCAV Programmes
    • 6.1.3.2 UK/ US collaboration likely
  • 6.1.4 Italy
    • Table 6.3: UAV manufacturers in Italy
  • 6.1.5 Sweden
  • 6.1.6 European Union
  • 6.1.7 Russian Federation
    • 6.1.7.1 Russian programmes
• 6.2 The Middle East
  • 6.2.1 Israel
  • 6.2.2 Iran
  • 6.2.3 Turkey
  • 6.2.4 United Arab Emirates (UAE)
• 6.3 Asia-Pacific Rim region
  • 6.3.1 Indonesia
    • 6.3.1.1 Pesawat Udara Nir Awak (PUNA)
    • 6.3.1.2 SS-5
    • 6.3.1.3 Smart Eagle 1 and Smart Eagle 2
  • 6.3.2 North Korea
  • 6.3.3 Singapore
    • 6.3.3.1 Blue Horizon
    • 6.3.3.2 Fantail
    • 6.3.3.3 Golden Eagle
    • 6.3.3.4 LALEE
    • 6.3.3.5 Mini Tailsitter
    • 6.3.3.6 PhantomEye II
    • 6.3.3.7 Skyblade II
    • 6.3.3.8 Skyblade IV
  • 6.3.4 South Korea
  • 6.3.5 Taiwan
    • 6.3.5.1 Chungshiang II
    • 6.3.5.2 Ezycopter
    • 6.3.5.3 Kestrel II
    • 6.3.5.4 Thunder Eye
  • 6.3.6 Pakistan
    • 6.3.6.1 Uqaab
    • 6.3.6.2 AWC Mk.I
    • 6.3.6.3 AWC Mk.II
    • 6.3.6.4 Hornet
    • 6.3.6.5 HudHud I/II
    • 6.3.6.6 Shaspar
    • 6.3.6.7 Vector
    • 6.3.6.8 Vision I/II
    • 6.3.6.9 Future plans
  • 6.3.7 India
    • 6.3.7.1 Harpy
    • 6.3.7.2 Heron
    • 6.3.7.3 Nishant
  • 6.3.8 Japan
    • 6.3.8.1 Fuji 10,660 square metre airship
    • 6.3.8.2 Fuji RPH-2A
    • 6.3.8.3 HALE UAV
    • 6.3.8.4 Mambow 4
    • 6.3.8.5 Robocopter 300
    • 6.3.8.6 Yamaha RMAX
  • 6.3.9 China
    • 6.3.9.1 AW-2
    • 6.3.9.2 AW-4 Shark
    • 6.3.9.3 AW-12A
    • 6.3.9.4 ASN-15
    • 6.3.9.5 ASN-104
    • 6.3.9.6 ASN-105B
    • 6.3.9.7 ASN-206
    • 6.3.9.8 ASN-207
    • 6.3.9.9 Chang Hong
    • 6.3.9.10 Harpy
    • 6.3.9.11 M-22
    • 6.3.9.12 NRIST-IZ
    • 6.3.9.13 Solar Bird
    • 6.3.9.14 W-30/W-50
    • 6.3.9.15 WZ-2000
    • 6.3.9.16 Z-2/Z-3
    • 6.3.9.17 Zhanzhongbao
  • 6.3.13 Australia
• 6.4 Latin America
• 6.5 Africa
• 6.6 The United States
  • Figure 6.1: Recent U.S. UAV programmes
  • 6.6.1 UCAV development
  • 6.6.2 Industry involvement

• 7.1 Potential civil missions
• 7.2 Current civil UAV operations
• 7.3 Roadblocks to civil UAV applications
• 7.4 The European market
  • Figure 7.1: European civil UAV market forecast 2008-2018
• 7.5 Achievements in airworthiness certification

• 8.1. Background
• 8.2 UGVs
  • 8.2.1 U.S. developments
    • 8.2.1.1 Future Combat Systems
      • 8.2.1.1.1 Armed Robotic Vehicle (ARV)
      • 8.2.1.1.2 Multifunction Utility/Logistics and Equipment (MULE)
      • 8.2.1.1.3 Small Unmanned Ground Vehicle (SUGV)
      • 8.2.1.1.5 Dragon Runner Mobile Ground Sensor System
  • 8.2.2 Global programmes
    • 8.2.2.1 France
    • 8.2.2.2 Germany
    • 8.2.2.3 Israel
    • 8.2.2.4 United Kingdom
    • 8.2.2.5 Canada
  • 8.2.3 Future UGV applications growing
  • 8.2.3 Potential UGV missions
  • 8.2.4 U.S spending on UGVs and robotics
    • 8.2.4.1 U.S. UGV programmes
• 8.3 Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs)
  • 8.3.1 United States
    • 8.3.1.1 Long Term Mine Reconnaissance System (LMRS)
    • 8.3.1.2 Mission Reconfigurable UUV (MRUUV)
• 8.4 Israel
• 8.5 United Kingdom
• 8.6 France
  • 8.6.1 Industry engagement
• 8.7 Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USVs)
  • 8.7.1 USV history and development
  • 8.7.2 Classes of USVs
  • 8.7.2 Classes of USVs
    • 8.7.2.1 X Class (Small)
    • 8.7.2.2 Small Harbour Class (7M)
    • 8.7.2.3 Snorkeler Class
    • 8.7.2.4 Fleet Class (11M)
  • 8.7.3 US at the forefront of USV development

• 9.1 Current limitations
• 9.2 Large gains in UAV capability expected
• 9.3 No significant opposition to UAV applications
• 9.4 Strong market growth expected
• 9.5 Forecast questionable for UCAV market
• 9.6 Security threats a key market driver
• 9.7 UAVs key to network-centric policies
  • Figure 9.1: UAV manufacturing states-Missile Technology Control Regime members and non-members
• 9.8 WMD sensitivities may affect market development

• 10.1 UAV market estimates 2008-2018
  • Figure 10.1: UAV market forecasts 2008-2018
    • 10.1.1 Growth expected in U.S. UAV market
      • Figure 10.2: US UAV budget forecasts 2008-2018
      • Figure 10.3: US UAV inventory forecast
• 10.2 Global UAV activity

• AAI
• Aerovironment
• Alenia (Finmeccanica)
• Allen Vanguard Corporation
• Applied Research Associates
• Aeronautic Defence Systems
• BAE Systems
• Boeing
• Cyber Flight
• CIRA
• Dragonfly Air systems
• Dassault Aviation
• EADS-Dornier
• EMT
• EADS-Germany
• Elbit Systems
• Euro MC
• Finmeccanica
• Foster Miller
• FanWing
• Flying Robots
• Galileo Avionica
• General Atomics
• Giat
• Gates Techno
• Honeywell
• Kestral Aerospace
• Israel Aircraft Industries
• Integrated Systems
• iRobot
• Internet Aviation Supply
• Lockheed Martin
• Maggit
• Micro Drones
• Northrop Grumman
• Nim Bus
• Qinetiq
• Rafael
• Ratheon
• Rhinmetall Defence Electronics
• Saab
• Singapore Technologies
• Sagem SA
• SkyShips
• Selex Galilio
• SAIC
• Thales
• Sirehna
• Survey Copter
• United Defense
• Tasuma
• U-Tacs
• UTRI
• Warrior
• Vough Airdraft
• V-TOL Aerospace
• Yamaha