IGIC has produced the only available market research study devoted to Military
and Aerospace Fiber Optics in Avionic Systems. The report includes both
military and commercial aircraft including fighter aircraft, transport
aircraft, UAVs and commercial aircraft. IGIC estimates the total fiber optic
market for these two markets at $306 million in 2009, growing to $775 million
in 2015.. This increase in total market is due to a number of factors
including greater acceptance of this new technology driven by the rapid
acceptance and developments in the telecommunications field. Other factors
include the need to reduce size and weight, the need for higher bandwidth, and
the opening of the UAV market. Despite the desire to use more fiber in
aircraft, specific military and aerospace requirements present major barriers.
These include the unavailability of COTS, lack of hardened components for the
military and aerospace environment, available test and maintenance procedures
and the availability of low cost, easy to use test and measurement equipment.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Introduction
Approach
E.0 Executive Summary
1.0 History of Fiber Optics in Avionics for Military and Commercial Aircraft
2.0 Advantages of Fiber Optics on Existing Copper Media and Trends in Aircraft Construction
3.0 Current Fiber Optics in Aircraft
4.0 Potential weight savings using fiber optics in aircraft
5.0 Special Characteristics of Aircraft Wiring
6.0 Market for Fiber Optics in Aircraft
7.0 Military and Commercial Systems that Have Fiber Optic Data Links Installed
8.0 Fiber Optics in Commercial Aircraft
9.0 Forecasts of Military and Commercial Aircraft and Fiber Optics Markets
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Fighter aircraft
9.2.1 Fiber optics market in fighter aircraft
9.2.2 Major purchases of fiber optics for fighter aircraft
9.2.3 Fiber-optic components for fighter aircraft
9.3 Military transports
9.3.1 Fiber optics in military transports
9.4 Commercial aircraft
9.4.1 Fiber optics in commercial aircraft
9.5 Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)
9.5.1 Fiber optics UAV market
9.6 Summary of the market for fiber optics in avionics
10.0 Military Avionics R&D Programs
10.1 DARPA
10.2 Air Force
10.3 Navy SBIR Programs
10.4 WDM-LAN
11.0 Fiber Used in Military and Aerospace Applications
11.1 Multimode Fibers (MMF)
11.2 Single-mode Fibers (SMF)
11.3 Plastic Optical Fibers (POF)
12.0 Bandwidth Requirements
13.0 Space Avionics
14.0 Fiber-optic Sensors
15.0 Contacts
15,1 Government Avionics and Aerospace Fiber Optics Contacts
15,2 Military and Aerospace Fiber Optics OEM Systems Contractors
15,3 Fiber Optics Avionics Component Suppliers
15,4 Military and Aerospace Contractors and Subsystems Suppliers
15,5 Commercial Aircraft Carrier Contacts
15,6 Major Contacts in Military Contract Research Organizations
15,7 Military and Commercial Avionics Fiber Optics Standards Bodies
15,8 Fiber Optics Aerospace Training Organizations
15.9 Universities
List of Figures
Comparison of Copper and Different Fiber Optic for Aircraft Wiring
Example of Aircraft Fiber-optic Data Link
Markets for fiber optics in aircraft and aerospace vehicles
Total Fiber Optics Market in Military and Commercial Avionics (in millions
$)
Total Fiber Optics Market in Commercial Avionics (in millions $)
Production Units
Fiber Optics Market (in millions $)
Fiber Optics Test and Measurement Market (in millions $)
List of Aircraft with Fiber Optics
Estimated fighter aircraft production (units)
Etimated fighters value of productions ($ billions)
Market value estimate for fiber optics elements in fighters ($ millions)
Market share of fiber optics elements in fighters
Fiber-optic components used in fighter aircraft
Estimate of military transport aircraft productions (units)
Estimate of military transport aircraft productions ($ billions)
Estimated market value of fiber-optic elements in military transports
Fiber optics market by military aircraft supplier (%)
Fiber-optic elements market share for military transports (%)
Market estimate for commercial aircraft productions (units)
Market estimate for productions value for commercial aircraft ($ billions)
Estimated market for fiber optics in commercial aircraft ($ millions)
Market share of commercial aircraft fiber optics suppliers (%)
Fiber optics market share by element (%)
Major UAV manufacturers market share (%)
UAV market share by region
UAV market share for major vendors (%)
UAV production (units)
UAV production ($ millions)
Fiber components distribution
Market for fiber elements in UAVs
Market estimate for fiber optics in avionics applications
Military & Aerospace Fiber Optics Market Report Series Vol. 1 - Market for Fiber Optics in Military & Aerospace Avionic Systems published by Information Gatekeepers Inc. in March 1, 2012. This report price starts from US $ 2995.
