Frost Radar: Counter-UAS Solutions, 2025

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The counter-unmanned aerial systems (C-UAS) industry includes vendors that manufacture, maintain, and operate specific detection, identification, and mitigation systems designed to counter unauthorized drone activity across the defense, homeland security, and critical infrastructure domains. A vendor does not have to own the entire downstream supply chain for a system to function, but the focus of this analysis is vendors that offer integrated sensors, effectors, software, and post-deployment services to ensure continuous threat response capabilities.

C-UAS platforms allow security and defense stakeholders to consolidate layered detection and mitigation technologies into unified, mission-critical airspace security systems. These systems integrate radar, RF, EO/IR, acoustic sensors, and kinetic or non-kinetic defeat mechanisms to identify and neutralize drone threats in real time. With flexible architectures that support mobile, fixed, and networked deployments, C-UAS platforms can operate in civilian and military environments while remaining compliant with evolving regulatory frameworks. As drone threats become more autonomous, evasive, and multimodal, C-UAS systems offer a scalable pathway to safeguarding sensitive assets and populations.

This analysis of C-UAS solution providers based on their current market positioning, innovation profiles, and future growth outlook includes an overview of the key aspects of the C-UAS market and serves as the foundation for further in-depth analysis and decision-making for industry stakeholders, investors, and policymakers.

Frost & Sullivan analyzes numerous companies in an industry. Those selected for further analysis based on their leadership or other distinctions are benchmarked across 10 Growth and Innovation criteria to reveal their position on the Frost Radar™. The publication presents competitive profiles of each company on the Frost Radar™ by considering their strengths and the opportunities that best fit those strengths.