APAC Military Drones Market- Industry Trends and Forecast to 2031

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Asia-Pacific military drones market is expected to reach USD 8,746.23 Million by 2030 from USD 2,910.64 in 2022, growing at a CAGR of 14.9% during the forecast period of 2023 to 2030.

Market Segmentation:

Asia-Pacific Military Drones Market, By Platform (Strategic, Tactical, Small), By Speed (Subsonic, Supersonic) By Service Type (Fixed Wing, Rotary Wing, Hybrid/Transitional), By Propulsion Type (Hybrid Fuel Cell, Battery Powered, Others), By Launching Mode (Catapult Launcher, Automatic Take-Off And Landing, Hand Launched, Vertical Take-Off) By Range (Beyond Line Of Sight (BLOS), Extended Visual Line Of Sight (EVLOS), Visual Line Of Sight (VLOS)), By Application (Reconnaissance, Surveillance & Target Acquisition (ISRT), Intelligence, Combat Operations, Delivery And Transportation, And Battle Damage Management), By Endurance (>6 Hours, 2-6 Hours, and <1-2 Hours), By MTOW (>150 Kilograms, 25-150 Kilograms, and <25 Kilograms), Country (China, Japan, India, Australia, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Taiwan, Vietnam and the rest of Asia-Pacific)- Industry Trends and Forecast to 2030.

Overview of Asia-Pacific Military Drones Market Dynamics

Driver
Increasing Government Spending in Defense and Military Sector
Restrain
High Cost Associated with advance military drones
Opportunity
Increasing Collaboration and Partnership among Market Players

Market Players:

Some of the key players operating in the Asia-Pacific military drones market are:

SAFRAN
General Atomics
IAI
Lockheed Martin Corporation
AeroVironment Inc.
Textron Systems
Teledyne FLIR LLC
Northrop Grumman
BAE Systems
AERONAUTICS
Boeing
Thales
Leonardo S.p.A.
Elbit Systems Ltd
SAAB

1 INTRODUCTION 14

1.1 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY 14
1.2 MARKET DEFINITION 14
1.3 OVERVIEW OF THE ASIA - PACIFIC MILITARY DRONES MARKET 14
1.4 CURRENCY AND PRICING 16
1.5 LIMITATIONS 16
1.6 MARKETS COVERED 17

2 MARKET SEGMENTATION 20

2.1 MARKETS COVERED 20
2.2 YEARS CONSIDERED FOR THE STUDY 21
2.3 GEOGRAPHIC SCOPE 22
2.4 DBMR TRIPOD DATA VALIDATION MODEL 23
2.5 PRIMARY INTERVIEWS WITH KEY OPINION LEADERS 26
2.6 DBMR MARKET POSITION GRID 27
2.7 VENDOR SHARE ANALYSIS 28
2.8 MARKET APPLICATION COVERAGE GRID 29
2.9 MULTIVARIATE MODELLING 30
2.10 PLATFORM CURVE 31
2.11 SECONDARY SOURCES 32
2.12 ASSUMPTIONS 32

3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 33

4 PREMIUM INSIGHTS 36

5 MARKET OVERVIEW 37

5.1 DRIVERS 38
- 5.1.1 INCREASING GOVERNMENT SPENDING IN DEFENSE AND MILITARY SECTOR 38
- 5.1.2 GROWING FOCUS OF COUNTRIES ON SAFEGUARDING AND SECURING THEIR BORDERS 39
- 5.1.3 INCREASING DEMAND FOR UAVS FOR COMBAT MISSIONS 40
5.2 RESTRAINTS 42
- 5.2.1 HIGH COST ASSOCIATED WITH ADVANCE MILITARY DRONES 42
- 5.2.2 DRONES ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO HACKING AND JAMMING 43
5.3 OPPORTUNITIES 44
- 5.3.1 INCREASING COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIP AMONG MARKET PLAYERS 44
- 5.3.2 TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT IN MILITARY DRONES 45
- 5.3.3 USAGE OF DRONES FOR MILITARY LOGISTICS AND TRANSPORTATION 46
5.4 CHALLENGES 47
- 5.4.1 LACK OF HIGHLY SKILLED DRONE OPERATORS 47
- 5.4.2 STRINGENT REGULATORY COMPLIANCE FOR ARMED DRONES 48

6 ASIA - PACIFIC MILITARY DRONES MARKET, BY PLATFORM 50

6.1 OVERVIEW 51
6.2 STRATEGIC 52
- 6.2.1 MEDIUM ALTITUDE LONG ENDURANCE 52
- 6.2.2 HIGH ALTITUDE LONG ENDURANCE 52
6.3 TACTICAL 53
- 6.3.1 MEDIUM RANGE 53
- 6.3.2 LONG RANGE 53
- 6.3.3 CLOSE RANGE 53
- 6.3.1 SHORT RANGE 53
6.4 SMALL 54
- 6.4.1 MINI 54
- 6.4.2 MICRO 54
- 6.4.3 NANO 54

7 ASIA - PACIFIC MILITARY DRONES MARKET, BY SPEED 55

7.1 OVERVIEW 56
7.2 SUBSONIC 57
- 7.2.1 51-300 KM/HR 57
- 7.2.2 >300 KM/HR 57
- 7.2.3 <50 KM/HR 57
7.3 SUPERSONIC 58

8 ASIA - PACIFIC MILITARY DRONES MARKET, BY SERVICE TYPE 59

8.1 OVERVIEW 60
8.2 FIXED WING 61
8.3 ROTARY WING 61
8.4 HYBRID/TRANSITIONAL 62

9 ASIA - PACIFIC MILITARY DRONES MARKET, BY PROPULSION TYPE 63

9.1 OVERVIEW 64
9.2 HYBRID FUEL CELL 65
9.3 BATTERY POWERED 65
9.4 OTHERS 66

10 ASIA - PACIFIC MILITARY DRONES MARKET, BY LAUNCHING MODE 67

10.1 OVERVIEW 68
10.2 CATAPULT LAUNCHER 69
10.3 AUTOMATIC TAKE-OFF AND LANDING 69
10.4 HAND LAUNCHED 70
10.5 VERTICAL TAKE-OFF 70

11 ASIA - PACIFIC MILITARY DRONES MARKET, BY ENDURANCE 71

11.1 OVERVIEW 72
11.2 >6 HOURS 73
11.3 2-6 HOURS 73
11.4 <1-2 HOURS 74

12 ASIA - PACIFIC MILITARY DRONES MARKET, BY MTOW 75

12.1 OVERVIEW 76
12.2 >150 KILOGRAMS 77
12.3 25-150 KILOGRAMS 77
12.4 <25 KILOGRAMS 77

13 ASIA - PACIFIC MILITARY DRONES MARKET, BY RANGE 79

13.1 OVERVIEW 80
13.2 BEYOND LINE OF SIGHT (BLOS) 81
13.3 EXTENDED VISUAL LINE OF SIGHT (EVLOS) 81
13.4 VISUAL LINE OF SIGHT (VLOS) 82

14 ASIA - PACIFIC MILITARY DRONES MARKET, BY APPLICATION 83

14.1 OVERVIEW 84
14.2 RECONNAISSANCE, SURVEILLANCE & TARGET ACQUISITION (ISRT) 85
14.3 INTELLIGENCE 86
14.4 DELIVERY AND TRANSPORTATION 86
14.5 COMBAT OPERATIONS 87
14.6 BATTLE DAMAGE MANAGEMENT 87

15 ASIA - PACIFIC MILITARY DRONES MARKET, BY REGION 88

15.1 ASIA-PACIFIC 89
- 15.1.1 CHINA 89
- 15.1.2 INDIA 89
- 15.1.3 JAPAN 89
- 15.1.4 SOUTH KOREA 89
- 15.1.5 AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND 89
- 15.1.6 MALAYSIA 89
- 15.1.7 TAIWAN 89
- 15.1.8 THAILAND 89
- 15.1.9 SINGAPORE 89
- 15.1.10 INDONESIA 89
- 15.1.11 VIETNAM 90
- 15.1.12 PHILIPPINES 90
- 15.1.13 REST OF ASIA-PACIFIC 90

16 ASIA - PACIFIC MILITARY DRONES MARKET, COMPANY LANDSCAPE 91

16.1 COMPANY SHARE ANALYSIS: ASIA - PACIFIC 91

17 SWOT ANALYSIS 92

18 COMPANY PROFILES 93

18.1 LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 93
- 18.1.1 COMPANY SNAPSHOT 93
- 18.1.2 REVENUE ANALYSIS 93
- 18.1.3 COMPANY SHARE ANALYSIS 94
- 18.1.4 PRODUCTS PORTFOLIO 94
- 18.1.5 RECENT DEVELOPMENTS 95
18.2 BOEING 97
- 18.2.1 COMPANY SNAPSHOT 97
- 18.2.2 REVENUE ANALYSIS 97
- 18.2.3 COMPANY SHARE ANALYSIS 98
- 18.2.4 PRODUCT PORTFOLIO 98
- 18.2.5 RECENT DEVELOPMENTS 98
18.3 NORTHROP GRUMMAN 100
- 18.3.1 COMPANY SNAPSHOT 100
- 18.3.2 REVENUE ANALYSIS 100
- 18.3.3 COMPANY SHARE ANALYSIS 101
- 18.3.4 PRODUCT PORTFOLIO 101
- 18.3.5 RECENT DEVELOPMENTS 101
18.4 SAFRAN 103
- 18.4.1 COMPANY SNAPSHOT 103
- 18.4.2 REVENUE ANALYSIS 103
- 18.4.3 COMPANY SHARE ANALYSIS 104
- 18.4.4 PRODUCT PORTFOLIO 104
- 18.4.5 RECENT DEVELOPMENTS 104
18.5 BAE SYSTEMS 106
- 18.5.1 COMPANY SNAPSHOT 106
- 18.5.2 REVENUE ANALYSIS 106
- 18.5.3 COMPANY SHARE ANALYSIS 107
- 18.5.4 PRODUCT PORTFOLIO 107
- 18.5.5 RECENT DEVELOPMENTS 107
18.6 AERONAUTICS 110
- 18.6.1 COMPANY SNAPSHOT 110
- 18.6.2 PRODUCT PORTFOLIO 110
- 18.6.3 RECENT DEVELOPMENTS 111
18.7 AEROVIRONMENT, INC 112
- 18.7.1 COMPANY SNAPSHOT 112
- 18.7.2 REVENUE ANALYSIS 113
- 18.7.3 PRODUCTS PORTFOLIO 113
- 18.7.4 RECENT DEVELOPMENTS 114
18.8 ELBIT SYSTEMS LTD 116
- 18.8.1 COMPANY SNAPSHOT 116
- 18.8.2 REVENUE ANALYSIS 116
- 18.8.3 PRODUCT PORTFOLIO 117
- 18.8.4 RECENT DEVELOPMENTS 117
18.9 GENERAL ATOMICS 118
- 18.9.1 COMPANY SNAPSHOT 118
- 18.9.2 PRODUCTS PORTFOLIO 118
- 18.9.3 RECENT DEVELOPMENTS 119
18.10 IAI 121
- 18.10.1 COMPANY SNAPSHOT 121
- 18.10.2 REVENUE ANALYSIS 121
- 18.10.3 PRODUCTS PORTFOLIO 122
- 18.10.4 RECENT DEVELOPMENTS 122
18.11 LEONARDO S.P.A. 124
- 18.11.1 COMPANY SNAPSHOT 124
- 18.11.2 REVENUE ANALYSIS 124
- 18.11.3 PRODUCT PORTFOLIO 125
- 18.11.4 RECENT DEVELOPMENTS 125
18.12 SAAB AB 127
- 18.12.1 COMPANY SNAPSHOT 127
- 18.12.2 REVENUE ANALYSIS 127
- 18.12.3 PRODUCT PORTFOLIO 128
- 18.12.4 RECENT DEVELOPMENTS 128
18.13 TELEDYNE FLIR LLC 130
- 18.13.1 COMPANY SNAPSHOT 130
- 18.13.2 REVENUE ANALYSIS 130
- 18.13.3 PRODUCT PORTFOLIO 131
- 18.13.4 RECENT DEVELOPMENTS 131
18.14 TEXTRON INC 133
- 18.14.1 COMPANY SNAPSHOT 133
- 18.14.2 REVENUE ANALYSIS 133
- 18.14.3 PRODUCTS PORTFOLIO 134
- 18.14.4 RECENT DEVELOPMENTS 134
18.15 THALES 136
- 18.15.1 COMPANY SNAPSHOT 136
- 18.15.2 REVENUE ANALYSIS 136
- 18.15.3 PRODUCT PORTFOLIO 137
- 18.15.4 RECENT DEVELOPMENTS 137

19 QUESTIONNAIRE 139

20 RELATED REPORTS 143

LIST OF TABLES

TABLE 1 COST OF DIFFERENT DRONES 42
TABLE 2 ESTIMATED COST DIFFERENCE MALE VS HALE DRONES 42
TABLE 3 ASIA - PACIFIC MILITARY DRONES MARKET, BY PLATFORM, 2021-2030 (USD MILLION) 52
TABLE 4 ASIA - PACIFIC STRATEGIC IN MILITARY DRONES MARKET, BY REGION, 2021-2030 (USD MILLION) 52
TABLE 5 ASIA - PACIFIC STRATEGIC IN MILITARY DRONES MARKET, BY TYPE, 2021-2030 (USD MILLION) 52
TABLE 6 ASIA - PACIFIC TACTICAL IN MILITARY DRONES MARKET, BY REGION, 2021-2030 (USD MILLION) 53
TABLE 7 ASIA - PACIFIC TACTICAL IN MILITARY DRONES MARKET, BY TYPE, 2021-2030 (USD MILLION) 53
TABLE 8 ASIA - PACIFIC SMALL IN MILITARY DRONES MARKET, BY REGION, 2021-2030 (USD MILLION) 54
TABLE 9 ASIA - PACIFIC SMALL IN MILITARY DRONES MARKET, BY TYPE, 2021-2030 (USD MILLION) 54
TABLE 10 ASIA - PACIFIC MILITARY DRONES MARKET, BY SPEED, 2021-2030 (USD MILLION) 57
TABLE 11 ASIA - PACIFIC SUBSONIC IN MILITARY DRONES MARKET, BY REGION, 2021-2030 (USD MILLION) 57
TABLE 12 ASIA - PACIFIC SUBSONIC IN MILITARY DRONES MARKET, BY TYPE, 2021-2030 (USD MILLION) 57
TABLE 13 ASIA - PACIFIC SUPERSONIC IN MILITARY DRONES MARKET, BY REGION, 2021-2030 (USD MILLION) 58
TABLE 14 ASIA - PACIFIC MILITARY DRONES MARKET, BY SERVICE TYPE, 2021-2030 (USD MILLION) 61
TABLE 15 ASIA - PACIFIC FIXED WING IN MILITARY DRONES MARKET, BY REGION, 2021-2030 (USD MILLION) 61
TABLE 16 ASIA - PACIFIC ROTARY WING IN MILITARY DRONES MARKET, BY REGION, 2021-2030 (USD MILLION) 61
TABLE 17 ASIA - PACIFIC HYBRID/TRANSITIONAL IN MILITARY DRONES MARKET, BY REGION, 2021-2030 (USD MILLION) 62
TABLE 18 ASIA - PACIFIC MILITARY DRONES MARKET, BY PROPULSION TYPE, 2021-2030 (USD MILLION) 65
TABLE 19 ASIA - PACIFIC HYBRID FUEL CELL IN MILITARY DRONES MARKET, BY REGION, 2021-2030 (USD MILLION) 65
TABLE 20 ASIA - PACIFIC BATTERY POWERED IN MILITARY DRONES MARKET, BY REGION, 2021-2030 (USD MILLION) 65
TABLE 21 ASIA - PACIFIC OTHERS IN MILITARY DRONES MARKET, BY REGION, 2021-2030 (USD MILLION) 66
TABLE 22 ASIA - PACIFIC MILITARY DRONES MARKET, BY LAUNCHING MODE, 2021-2030 (USD MILLION) 69
TABLE 23 ASIA - PACIFIC CATAPULT LAUNCHER IN MILITARY DRONES MARKET, BY REGION, 2021-2030 (USD MILLION) 69
TABLE 24 ASIA - PACIFIC AUTOMATIC TAKE-OFF AND LANDING IN MILITARY DRONES MARKET, BY REGION, 2021-2030 (USD MILLION) 69
TABLE 25 ASIA - PACIFIC HAND LAUNCHED IN MILITARY DRONES MARKET, BY REGION, 2021-2030 (USD MILLION) 70
TABLE 26 ASIA - PACIFIC VERTICAL TAKE-OFF IN MILITARY DRONES MARKET, BY REGION, 2021-2030 (USD MILLION) 70
TABLE 27 ASIA - PACIFIC MILITARY DRONES MARKET, BY ENDURANCE, 2021-2030 (USD MILLION) 73
TABLE 28 ASIA - PACIFIC >6 HOURS IN MILITARY DRONES MARKET, BY REGION, 2021-2030 (USD MILLION) 73
TABLE 29 ASIA - PACIFIC 2-6 HOURS IN MILITARY DRONES MARKET, BY REGION, 2021-2030 (USD MILLION) 73
TABLE 30 ASIA - PACIFIC <1-2 HOURS IN MILITARY DRONES MARKET, BY REGION, 2021-2030 (USD MILLION) 74
TABLE 31 ASIA - PACIFIC MILITARY DRONES MARKET, BY MTOW, 2021-2030 (USD MILLION) 77
TABLE 32 ASIA - PACIFIC >150 KILOGRAMS IN MILITARY DRONES MARKET, BY REGION, 2021-2030 (USD MILLION) 77
TABLE 33 ASIA - PACIFIC 25-150 KILOGRAMS IN MILITARY DRONES MARKET, BY REGION, 2021-2030 (USD MILLION) 77
TABLE 34 ASIA - PACIFIC <25 KILOGRAMS IN MILITARY DRONES MARKET, BY REGION, 2021-2030 (USD MILLION) 78
TABLE 35 ASIA - PACIFIC MILITARY DRONES MARKET, BY RANGE, 2021-2030 (USD MILLION) 81
TABLE 36 ASIA - PACIFIC BEYOND LINE OF SIGHT (BLOS) IN MILITARY DRONES MARKET, BY REGION, 2021-2030 (USD MILLION) 81
TABLE 37 ASIA - PACIFIC EXTENDED VISUAL LINE OF SIGHT (EVLOS) IN MILITARY DRONES MARKET, BY REGION, 2021-2030 (USD MILLION) 81
TABLE 38 ASIA - PACIFIC VISUAL LINE OF SIGHT (VLOS) IN MILITARY DRONES MARKET, BY REGION, 2021-2030 (USD MILLION) 82
TABLE 39 ASIA - PACIFIC MILITARY DRONES MARKET, BY APPLICATION, 2021-2030 (USD MILLION) 85
TABLE 40 ASIA - PACIFIC RECONNAISSANCE, SURVEILLANCE & TARGET ACQUISITION (ISRT) IN MILITARY DRONES MARKET, BY REGION, 2021-2030 (USD MILLION) 85
TABLE 41 ASIA - PACIFIC INTELLIGENCE IN MILITARY DRONES MARKET, BY REGION, 2021-2030 (USD MILLION) 86
TABLE 42 ASIA - PACIFIC DELIVERY AND TRANSPORTATION IN MILITARY DRONES MARKET, BY REGION, 2021-2030 (USD MILLION) 86
TABLE 43 ASIA - PACIFIC COMBAT OPERATIONS IN MILITARY DRONES MARKET, BY REGION, 2021-2030 (USD MILLION) 87
TABLE 44 ASIA - PACIFIC BATTLE DAMAGE MANAGEMENT IN MILITARY DRONES MARKET, BY REGION, 2021-2030 (USD MILLION) 87

LIST OF FIGURES

FIGURE 1 ASIA - PACIFIC MILITARY DRONES MARKET: SEGMENTATION 20
FIGURE 2 ASIA - PACIFIC MILITARY DRONES MARKET: DATA TRIANGULATION 23
FIGURE 3 ASIA - PACIFIC MILITARY DRONES MARKET: DROC ANALYSIS 24
FIGURE 4 ASIA - PACIFIC MILITARY DRONES MARKET: ASIA - PACIFIC VS REGIONAL MARKET ANALYSIS 25
FIGURE 5 ASIA - PACIFIC MILITARY DRONES MARKET: COMPANY RESEARCH ANALYSIS 25
FIGURE 6 ASIA - PACIFIC MILITARY DRONES MARKET: INTERVIEW DEMOGRAPHICS 26
FIGURE 7 ASIA - PACIFIC MILITARY DRONES MARKET: DBMR MARKET POSITION GRID 27
FIGURE 8 ASIA - PACIFIC MILITARY DRONES MARKET: VENDOR SHARE ANALYSIS 28
FIGURE 9 ASIA - PACIFIC MILITARY DRONES MARKET: MARKET APPLICATION COVERAGE GRID 29
FIGURE 10 ASIA - PACIFIC MILITARY DRONES MARKET: MULTIVARIATE MODELLING 30
FIGURE 11 ASIA - PACIFIC MILITARY DRONES MARKET: PLATFORM 31
FIGURE 12 ASIA - PACIFIC MILITARY DRONES MARKET: SEGMENTATION 35
FIGURE 13 GROWING FOCUS OF COUNTRIES ON SAFEGUARDING AND SECURING THEIR BORDERS IS EXPECTED TO BE KEY DRIVER FOR THE ASIA - PACIFIC MILITARY DRONES MARKET IN THE FORECAST PERIOD OF 2023 TO 2030 36
FIGURE 14 STRATEGIC IS EXPECTED TO ACCOUNT FOR THE LARGEST SHARE OF THE ASIA - PACIFIC MILITARY DRONES MARKET FROM 2023 TO 2030 36
FIGURE 15 DRIVERS, RESTRAINTS, OPPORTUNITY, AND CHALLENGES OF THE ASIA - PACIFIC MILITARY DRONES MARKET 38
FIGURE 16 RISE IN MILITARY EXPENDITURE (2020 TO 2022) 39
FIGURE 17 ASIA - PACIFIC MILITARY DRONES MARKET, BY PLATFORM, 2022 51
FIGURE 18 ASIA - PACIFIC MILITARY DRONES MARKET: BY SPEED, 2022 56
FIGURE 19 ASIA - PACIFIC MILITARY DRONES MARKET: BY SERVICE TYPE, 2022 60
FIGURE 20 ASIA - PACIFIC MILITARY DRONES MARKET: BY PROPULSION TYPE, 2022 64
FIGURE 21 ASIA - PACIFIC MILITARY DRONES MARKET, BY LAUNCHING MODE, 2022 68
FIGURE 22 ASIA - PACIFIC MILITARY DRONES MARKET: BY ENDURANCE, 2022 72
FIGURE 23 ASIA - PACIFIC MILITARY DRONES MARKET: BY MTOW, 2022 76
FIGURE 24 ASIA - PACIFIC MILITARY DRONES MARKET: BY RANGE, 2022 80
FIGURE 25 ASIA - PACIFIC MILITARY DRONES MARKET: BY APPLICATION, 2022 84
FIGURE 26 ASIA - PACIFIC MILITARY DRONES MARKET: COMPANY SHARE 2022 (%) 91