Military Commercial Satellite Communication: Trends and Forecasts 2024-2034

"Military customers are turning to commercial players for high-capacity services, and defence ministries are insisting on multi-vendor procurements to protect from vulnerabilities."

This report provides an analysis of the commercial satellite communications market (comsatcom) for military customers. It considers only mobility-related segments. The forecast projects demand and revenue for broadband services, by capacity type and defence segment.

The report also provides recommendations for how satellite operators, equipment manufacturers and service providers can serve the military market and cater to evolving needs.

Report overview

• 10-year forecast of the military comsatcom opportunity
• Assessment of the main spending trends that are driving the military comsatcom market both globally and regionally
• Analysis of the market opportunity for various user segments across land, sea and air
• Depiction of the main challenges and opportunities facing military comsatcom providers during the forecast period
• Impact of the major technological trends for capacity and devices on spending and procurement

Coverage

Metrics

• Units - in-service
• Capacity - demand
• Capacity - revenue
• Service revenue
• Equipment revenue

Verticals

• Military communications

Segments

• Land-mobile - communications on the move (COTM)
• Land-mobile - communications on the pause (COTP)
• Maritime satellite communication (satcom)
• Aeronautical - manned
• Aeronautical - unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)

Capacity

• Widebeam C-, Ka-, Ku-, X-band
• Geostationary orbit (GEO) high-throughput satellite (HTS) C-, Ka-, Ku-band
• Non-GEO HTS

Geographical regions

• Arctic Ocean (ARC)
• Asia
• Atlantic Ocean region (AOR)
• Europe
• Indian Ocean region (IOR)
• Latin America (LAM)
• Middle East and Africa (MEA)
• North America (NAM)
• Pacific Ocean region (POR)

Questions answered in this report

• What is the total revenue opportunity in the military comsatcom market between 2024 and 2034?
• How will revenue and the number of connected units change in the various regions studied during the forecast period?
• Which segments will drive revenue growth within the military comsatcom market?
• Which capacity types will be favoured by military customers, and how will this vary by segment and region?

Who should read this report

• Satellite operators that wish to size the revenue opportunity and pricing for wholesale capacity in order to lease capacity to military customers
• Satellite service providers that provide managed services to military customers and need to gauge the service revenue opportunity and demand in terms of in-service units and capacity
• Satellite terminal or equipment manufacturers that serve military customers or system integrators and need to understand the revenue opportunity for military user terminals
• Defence ministries seeking to understand the development of the comsatcom industry and its involvement in military communications

Companies mentioned

AIRBUS, ALL.SPACE Networks, AvL Technologies, Boustead Technology, Cobham Satcom, Cubic Corporation, DataPath, Eutelsat OneWeb, Gilat Satellite Networks, Gogo, Honeywell Aerospace, Intelsat, Kymeta, L3Harris Technologies, MEASAT, Ovzon, Sat-Lite Technologies, Satcom Direct, Satixfy Communications, SES, Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX), Space42, ST Engineering iDirect, Telesat, ThinKom Solutions, Viasat