The MALE (medium-altitude, long-endurance) and HALE (high-altitude long-endurance) UAV's have versatile mission capabilities that enable them to be used for various applications including Combat Strike and ISTAR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition, and Reconnaissance) missions. Due to their technological superiority, UAV's have become increasingly popular, leading to more spending on UAV programmes and procurement. Their successful deployment in contested warzones has revolutionized military operations in battle areas and thus increased the demand for these platforms. Furthermore, the availability of affordable UAV's has enabled smaller economies to strengthen their autonomous air power without risking human assets by turning to MALE & HALE UAV's.
The study “MALE & HALE UAV’s - Market and Technology Forecast to 2031” examines, analyses, and predicts the evolution of MALE & HALE UAV technologies, markets, and outlays (expenditures) over the next 8 years – 2024-2031 in the aerospace industry. It also examines markets geographically, focusing on the top 95% of global markets, in the North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa, and Latin America.
Throughout the report we show how MALE & HALE UAV’s are used today to add real value, as well as how will they be used in the near and distant future. To provide the most thorough and realistic forecast, this report provides a twin-scenario analysis.
Covered in this report
- Overview: Snapshot of the MALE & HALE UAV’s market during 2023-2031, including highlights of the demand drivers, trends, and challenges. It also provides a snapshot of the spending with respect to regions as well as segments and sheds light on the emergence of new technologies.
- Market Dynamics: Insights into the technological developments in the market and a detailed analysis of the changing preferences of governments around the world. It also analyses changing industry structure trends and the challenges faced by the industry participants.
- Segment Analysis: Insights into the various application, endurance, type and system markets from a segmental perspective and a detailed analysis of factors influencing the market for each segment.
- Regional Review: Insights into procurement patterns and development of the technology for top countries within a region.
- Regional Analysis: Insights into the application market from a regional perspective and a detailed analysis of factors influencing the market for each region.
- Impact Analysis: Analysis on how certain events will impact the MALE & HALE UAV’s market. This will give you an indication on which factors are important for the forecast.
- Key Program Analysis: Details of the top programs in each segment expected to be executed during the forecast period.
- Competitive landscape Analysis: Analysis of competitive landscape of this industry. It provides an overview of key companies, together with insights such as key alliances, strategic initiatives, and a brief financial analysis.
Segmentation
The market in this study is segmented by Region, Range, and Launching platform.
Geographic coverage
- North America
- European
- Asian-Pacific
- Middle East and North Africa
- Latin America
Application
Endurance
- Up to 30 hours
- 31 to 50 hours
- > 50 hours
Type
System
- Avionics
- Payload
- Engine
- Airframe
- Software
- Others
Reasons to buy
- Determine prospective investment areas based on a detailed trend analysis of the global MALE & HALE UAV’s industry over the next eight years.
- Gain in-depth understanding about the underlying factors driving demand for different application segments in the top spending countries across the world and identify the opportunities offered by each of them.
- Strengthen your understanding of the market in terms of demand drivers, industry trends, and the latest technological developments, among others.
- Identify the major channels that are driving the global MALE & HALE UAV’s business, providing a clear picture about future opportunities that can be tapped, resulting in revenue expansion.
- Channelise resources by focusing on the ongoing programmes that are being undertaken by the ministries of different countries within the market.
- Make correct business decisions based on thorough analysis of the total competitive landscape of the sector with detailed profiles of the top platform providers around the world which include information about their products, alliances, recent contract wins and financial analysis wherever available.
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1 Introduction
1.1 Scope
1.2 Definitions
1.3 Methodology
1.4 Who will benefit from this study?
2 Executive Summary
2.1 Trends and Insights
2.2 Main Findings
2.3 Key Conclusions
2.4 Important Tables and Figures
3 Technologies and Developments
3.1 Technology overview
3.2 Avionics
3.2.1 Introduction
3.2.2 Current technology
3.2.3 Future technology
3.2.4 Challenges
3.3 Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)
3.3.1 Introduction
3.3.2 Current technology
3.3.3 Future technology
3.3.4 Challenges
3.4 Internet of Things (IoT), Edge Computing, and Cloud Computing
3.4.1 Introduction
3.4.2 Current technology
3.4.3 Future technology
3.4.4 Challenges
3.5 Additive Manufacturing (AM)
3.5.1 Introduction
3.5.2 Current technology
3.5.3 Future technology
3.5.4 Challenges
4 Market Overview
4.1 Introduction
4.1.1 Classification
4.1.2 Exclusions
4.2 Market Structure
4.3 MALE & HALE UAV programmes
4.4 Market Dynamics
5 Market Analysis and Forecast Factors
5.1 Market Segmentation
5.2 Drivers
5.3 Trends
5.4 Opportunities
5.5 Challenges
6 Country Analysis
6.1 China
6.2 India
6.3 European Countries
6.4 Turkey
6.5 UAE
6.6 US
7 Global and Regional Market Forecast to 2031
7.1 Introduction
7.2 MALE & HALE UAV’s Market by Region overview
7.3 MALE & HALE UAV’s Market Regions by Application
7.3.1 North American MALE & HALE UAV’s Market by Application
7.3.2 European MALE & HALE UAV’s Market by Application
7.3.3 Asia Pacific MALE & HALE UAV’s Market by Application
7.3.4 Middle Eastern & African MALE & HALE UAV’s Market by Application
7.3.5 Latin American MALE & HALE UAV’s Market by Application
7.4 MALE & HALE UAV’s Market Regions by Endurance
7.4.1 North American MALE & HALE UAV’s Market by Endurance
7.4.2 European MALE & HALE UAV’s Market by Endurance
7.4.3 Asia Pacific MALE & HALE UAV’s Market by Endurance
7.4.4 Middle Eastern & African MALE & HALE UAV’s Market by Endurance
7.4.5 Latin American MALE & HALE UAV’s Market by Endurance
7.5 MALE & HALE UAV’s Market Regions by Type
7.5.1 North American MALE & HALE UAV’s Market by Type
7.5.2 European MALE & HALE UAV’s Market by Type
7.5.3 Asia Pacific MALE & HALE UAV’s Market by Type
7.5.4 Middle Eastern & African MALE & HALE UAV’s Market by Type
7.5.5 Latin American MALE & HALE UAV’s Market by Type
7.6 MALE & HALE UAV’s Market Regions by Systems
7.6.1 North American MALE & HALE UAV’s Market by Systems
7.6.2 European MALE & HALE UAV’s Market by Systems
7.6.3 Asia Pacific MALE & HALE UAV’s Market by Systems
7.6.4 Middle Eastern & African MALE & HALE UAV’s Market by Systems
7.6.5 Latin American MALE & HALE UAV’s Market by Systems
7.7 Opportunity Analysis
8 Market Forecast to 2031 by Application
8.1 Introduction
8.2 MALE & HALE UAV’s Market by Application overview
8.3 MALE & HALE UAV’s Application Market by Region
8.3.1 ISTAR MALE & HALE UAV’s Market by Region
8.3.2 Combat Strike MALE & HALE UAV’s Market by Region
8.4 Opportunity Analysis
9 Market Forecast to 2031 by Endurance
9.1 Introduction
9.2 MALE & HALE UAV’s Market by Endurance overview
9.3 MALE & HALE UAV’s Endurance Market by Region
9.3.1 Up to 30 hours endurance MALE & HALE UAV’s Market by Region
9.3.2 31 to 50 hours endurance MALE & HALE UAV’s Market by Region
9.3.3 More than 50 hours endurance MALE & HALE UAV’s Market by Region
9.4 Opportunity Analysis
10 Market Forecast to 2031 by Type
10.1 Introduction
10.2 MALE & HALE UAV’s Market by Type overview
10.3 MALE & HALE UAV’s Type Market by Region
10.3.1 MALE UAV’s Market by Region
10.3.2 HALE UAV’s Market by Region
10.4 Opportunity Analysis
11 Market Forecast to 2031 by System
11.1 Introduction
11.2 MALE & HALE UAV’s Market by Systems overview
11.3 MALE & HALE UAV’s Systems Market by Region
11.3.1 Avionics systems MALE & HALE UAV’s Market by Region
11.3.2 Payload Systems MALE & HALE UAV’s Market by Region
11.3.3 Engine Systems MALE & HALE UAV’s Market by Region
11.3.4 Airframe Systems MALE & HALE UAV’s Market by Region
11.3.5 Software Systems MALE & HALE UAV’s Market by Region
11.3.6 Other Systems MALE & HALE UAV’s Market by Region
11.4 Opportunity Analysis
12 Impact Analysis
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Forecast factors and Market Impact
12.2.1 Scenario 1
12.2.2 Scenario 2
12.2.3 Scenario 1 VS Scenario 2
13 Leading Companies
13.1 BAE Systems Plc
13.1.1 Introduction
13.1.2 MALE and HALE UAV’s - Products and Services
13.1.3 Recent Developments and Contracts
13.1.4 SWOT Analysis
13.2 Baykar Tech
13.2.1 Introduction
13.2.2 MALE and HALE UAV’s - Products and Services
13.2.3 Recent Developments and Contracts
13.2.4 SWOT Analysis
13.3 Elbit Systems Ltd.
13.3.1 Introduction
13.3.2 MALE and HALE UAV’s - Products and Services
13.3.3 Recent Developments and Contracts
13.3.4 SWOT Analysis
13.4 Northrop Grumman Corporation
13.4.1 Introduction
13.4.2 MALE and HALE UAV’s - Products and Services
13.4.3 Recent Developments and Contracts
13.4.4 SWOT Analysis
13.5 The Boeing Company
13.5.1 Introduction
13.5.2 MALE and HALE UAV’s - Products and Services
13.5.3 Recent Developments and Contracts
13.5.4 SWOT Analysis
13.6 General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc.
13.6.1 Introduction
13.6.2 MALE and HALE UAV’s - Products and Services
13.6.3 Recent Developments and Contracts
13.6.4 SWOT Analysis
13.7 Airbus SE
13.7.1 Introduction
13.7.2 MALE and HALE UAV’s - Products and Services
13.7.3 Recent Developments and Contracts
13.7.4 SWOT Analysis
13.8 Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI)
13.8.1 Introduction
13.8.2 MALE and HALE UAV’s - Products and Services
13.8.3 Recent Developments and Contracts
13.9 Turkish Aerospace Industries, Inc.
13.9.1 Introduction
13.9.2 MALE and HALE UAV’s - Products and Services
13.9.3 Recent Developments and Contracts
13.10 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC)
13.10.1 Introduction
13.10.2 MALE and HALE UAV’s - Products and Services
13.10.3 Recent Developments and Contracts
13.11 Aviation Industry Corporation of China, Ltd. (AVIC)
13.11.1 Introduction
13.11.2 MALE and HALE UAV’s - Products and Services
13.11.3 Recent Developments and Contracts
13.12 Adcom Systems
13.12.1 Introduction
13.12.2 MALE and HALE UAV’s - Products and Services
14 Results and Conclusions
15 About Market Forecast
15.1 General
15.2 Contact us
15.3 Disclaimer
15.4 License
Appendix A: Companies Mentioned
Appendix B: Abbreviations
List of figures
Figure 1: MALE & HALE UAV's Regional Market Share [%] (2023)
Figure 2: MALE & HALE UAV’s market size, 2023-2031 (US$ million) by region
Figure 3: MALE & HALE UAV’s market CAGR, 2023-2031 (%) by region
Figure 4: MALE & HALE UAV’s market size, 2023-2031 (US$ million) by application
Figure 5: An antenna for SATCOM mounted on the nose of MQ-9 Reaper UAV
Figure 6: UAV Navigation via GNSS
Figure 7: MUOS ground station located in Hawai
Figure 8: Machine Learning (ML) vs Deep Learning (DL)
Figure 9: Kratos XQ-58 Valkyrie
Figure 10: Boeing ATS (Ghost Bat)
Figure 11: Components of HAL CATS programme
Figure 12: General Atomics Gambit UAS Concept
Figure 13: Edge computing device of a UAV
Figure 14: Portable ground control station
Figure 15: Cloud computing modules
Figure 16: Portable Additive Manufacturing factory for the Army
Figure 17: PTERA unmanned platform built using additive manufacturing technology
Figure 18: US DoD Additive Manufacturing policy
Figure 19: Market Classification
Figure 20: Market Structure
Figure 21: Supply Chain
Figure 22: Market Segmentation and Sub Segmentation MALE & HALE UAV’s Market
Figure 23: Uncrewed Systems procurement programmes for US FY2023 defence budget request
Figure 24: Average Recurring Costs/Flying Hour in US$ Thousands (2014 to 2018)
Figure 25: Average Acquisition Cost/Aircraft in US$ Millions
Figure 26: Average Flying Hours/Year (2014 to 2018)
Figure 27: Flying Boom AAR
Figure 28: Probe-and-Drogue AAR
Figure 29: PHASA-35 HAPS HALE UAV
Figure 30: Zephyr HAPS HALE UAV
Figure 31: MALE & HALE UAV's Regional Market Share [%] (2023)
Figure 32: North American Market Forecast to 2031 by Application [US$ million]
Figure 33: North American Market Forecast to 2031 by Application [%]
Figure 34: European Market Forecast to 2031 by Application [US$ million]
Figure 35: European Market Forecast to 2031 by Application [%]
Figure 36: Asia Pacific Market Forecast to 2031 by Application [US$ million]
Figure 37: Asia Pacific Market Forecast to 2031 by Application [%]
Figure 38: Middle Eastern & African Market Forecast to 2031 by Application [US$ million]
Figure 39: Middle Eastern & African Market Forecast to 2031 by Application [%]
Figure 40: Latin American Market Forecast to 2031 by Application [US$ million]
Figure 41: Latin American Market Forecast to 2031 by Application [%]
Figure 42: North American Market Forecast to 2031 by Endurance [US$ million]
Figure 43: North American Market Forecast to 2031 by Endurance [%]
Figure 44: European Market Forecast to 2031 by Endurance [US$ million]
Figure 45: European Market Forecast to 2031 by Endurance [%]
Figure 46: Asia Pacific Market Forecast to 2031 by Endurance [US$ million]
Figure 47: Asia Pacific Market Forecast to 2031 by Endurance [%]
Figure 48: Middle Eastern & African Market Forecast to 2031 by Endurance [US$ million]
Figure 49: Middle Eastern & African Market Forecast to 2031 by Endurance [%]
Figure 50: Latin American Market Forecast to 2031 by Endurance [US$ million]
Figure 51: Latin American Market Forecast to 2031 by Endurance [%]
Figure 52: North American Market Forecast to 2031 by Type [US$ million]
Figure 53: North American Market Forecast to 2031 by Type [%]
Figure 54: European Market Forecast to 2031 by Type [US$ million]
Figure 55: European Market Forecast to 2031 by Type [%]
Figure 56: Asia Pacific Market Forecast to 2031 by Type [US$ million]
Figure 57: Asia Pacific Market Forecast to 2031 by Type [%]
Figure 58: Middle Eastern & African Market Forecast to 2031 by Type [US$ million]
Figure 59: Middle Eastern & African Market Forecast to 2031 by Type [%]
Figure 60: Latin American Market Forecast to 2031 by Type [US$ million]
Figure 61: Latin American Market Forecast to 2031 by Type [%]
Figure 62: North American Market Forecast to 2031 by Systems [US$ million]
Figure 63: North American Market Forecast to 2031 by Systems [%]
Figure 64: European Market Forecast to 2031 by Systems [US$ million]
Figure 65: European Market Forecast to 2031 by Systems [%]
Figure 66: Asia Pacific Market Forecast to 2031 by Systems [US$ million]
Figure 67: Asia Pacific Market Forecast to 2031 by Systems [%]
Figure 68: Middle Eastern & African Market Forecast to 2031 by Systems [US$ million]
Figure 69: Middle Eastern & African Market Forecast to 2031 by Systems [%]
Figure 70: Latin American Market Forecast to 2031 by Systems [US$ million]
Figure 71: Latin American Market Forecast to 2031 by Systems [%]
Figure 72: MALE & HALE UAV’s market size, 2023-2031 (US$ million) by region
Figure 73: MALE & HALE UAV’s market CAGR, 2023-2031 (%) by region
Figure 74: MALE & HALE UAV’s market size, 2023-2031 (US$ million) by application
Figure 75: MALE & HALE UAV’s market CAGR, 2023-2031 (%) by application
Figure 76: MALE & HALE UAV’s market size, 2023-2031 (US$ million) by endurance
Figure 77: MALE & HALE UAV’s market CAGR, 2023-2031 (%) by endurance
Figure 78: MALE & HALE UAV’s market size, 2023-2031 (US$ million) by type
Figure 79: MALE & HALE UAV’s market CAGR, 2023-2031 (%) by type
Figure 80: MALE & HALE UAV’s market size, 2023-2031 (US$ million) by System
Figure 81: MALE & HALE UAV’s market CAGR, 2023-2031 (%) by System
Figure 82: Scenario 1, MALE & HALE UAV’s Market Forecast to 2031 [US$ million]
Figure 83: Scenario 1, MALE & HALE UAV’s Market Forecast to 2031 [%]
Figure 84: Scenario 2, MALE & HALE UAV’s Market Forecast to 2031 [US$ million]
Figure 85: Scenario 2, MALE & HALE UAV’s Market Forecast to 2031 [%]
Figure 86: Scenario 1 VS Scenario 2, Global MALE & HALE UAV's Market Forecast to 2031 [US$ million]
Figure 87: Scenario 1 VS Scenario 2, North American MALE & HALE UAV's Market Forecast to 2031 [US$ million]
Figure 88: Scenario 1 VS Scenario 2, Europe MALE & HALE UAV's Market Forecast to 2031 [US$ million]
Figure 89: Scenario 1 VS Scenario 2, Asia Pacific MALE & HALE UAV's Market Forecast to 2031 [US$ million]
Figure 90: Scenario 1 VS Scenario 2, Middle Eastern & African MALE & HALE UAV's Market Forecast to 2031 [US$ million]
Figure 91: Scenario 1 VS Scenario 2, Latin American MALE & HALE UAV's Market Forecast to 2031 [US$ million]
List of tables
Table 1: MALE & HALE UAV Programmes
Table 2: Global MALE & HALE UAV’s Market Forecast to 2031 by Region [US$ million]
Table 3: Scenario 2, MALE & HALE UAV’s Market Summary by Region [US$ million]
Table 4: Global MALE & HALE UAV’s Market Forecast to 2031 by Application [US$ million]
Table 5: Estimated US Defence budget allocation to the MQ-25 procurement [US$ million]
Table 6: MALE & HALE UAV Programmes
Table 7: Market activity
Table 8: Global MALE & HALE UAV’s Market Forecast to 2031 by Region [US$ million]
Table 9: North American Market Forecast to 2031 by Application [US$ million]
Table 10: European Market Forecast to 2031 by Application [US$ million]
Table 11: Asia Pacific Market Forecast to 2031 by Application [US$ million]
Table 12: Middle Eastern & African Market Forecast to 2031 by Application [US$ million]
Table 13: Latin American Market Forecast to 2031 by Application [US$ million]
Table 14: North American Market Forecast to 2031 by Endurance [US$ million]
Table 15: European Market Forecast to 2031 by Endurance [US$ million]
Table 16: Asia Pacific Market Forecast to 2031 by Endurance [US$ million]
Table 17: Middle Eastern & African Market Forecast to 2031 by Endurance [US$ million]
Table 18: Latin American Market Forecast to 2031 by Endurance [US$ million]
Table 19: North American Market Forecast to 2031 by Type [US$ million]
Table 20: European Market Forecast to 2031 by Type [US$ million]
Table 21: Asia Pacific Market Forecast to 2031 by Type [US$ million]
Table 22: Middle Eastern & African Market Forecast to 2031 by Type [US$ million]
Table 23: Latin American Market Forecast to 2031 by Type [US$ million]
Table 24: North American Market Forecast to 2031 by Systems [US$ million]
Table 25: European Market Forecast to 2031 by Systems [US$ million]
Table 26: Asia Pacific Market Forecast to 2031 by Systems [US$ million]
Table 27: Middle Eastern & African Market Forecast to 2031 by Systems [US$ million]
Table 28: Latin American Market Forecast to 2031 by Systems [US$ million]
Table 29: Global MALE & HALE UAV’s Market Forecast to 2031 by Application [US$ million]
Table 30: ISTAR application Market Forecast to 2031 by Region [US$ million]
Table 31: Combat Strike application Market Forecast to 2031 by Region [US$ million]
Table 32: Global MALE & HALE UAV’s Market Forecast to 2031 by Endurance [US$ million]
Table 33: Up to 30 hours endurance Market Forecast to 2031 by Region [US$ million]
Table 34: 31 to 50 hours endurance Market Forecast to 2031 by Region [US$ million]
Table 35: More than 50 hours endurance Market Forecast to 2031 by Region [US$ million]
Table 36: Global MALE & HALE UAV’s Market Forecast to 2031 by Type [US$ million]
Table 37: MALE type UAV’s Market Forecast to 2031 by Region [US$ million]
Table 38: HALE type UAV’s Market Forecast to 2031 by Region [US$ million]
Table 39: Global MALE & HALE UAV’s Market Forecast to 2030 by Systems [US$ million]
Table 40: Avionics Market Forecast to 2031 by Region [US$ million]
Table 41: Payload Market Forecast to 2031 by Region [US$ million]
Table 42: Engine Market Forecast to 2031 by Region [US$ million]
Table 43: Airframe Market Forecast to 2031 by Region [US$ million]
Table 44: Software Market Forecast to 2031 by Region [US$ million]
Table 45: Others Market Forecast to 2031 by Region [US$ million]
Table 46: Scenario 1, MALE & HALE UAV’s Market Forecast to 2031 [US$ million]
Table 47: Scenario 2, Global MALE & HALE UAV’s Market Forecast to 2031 [US$ million]
Table 48: BAE System Plc SWOT Analysis
Table 49: Baykar Tech SWOT Analysis
Table 50: Elbit Systems Ltd SWOT Analysis
Table 51: Northrop Grumman Corporation SWOT Analysis
Table 52: The Boeing Company SWOT Analysis
Table 53: General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. SWOT Analysis
Table 54: Airbus SE SWOT Analysis
BAE Systems PLC
Elbit Systems Ltd.
The Boeing Company
China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation
Israel Aerospace Industries
Northrop Grumman Corporation
Bharat Forge Ltd
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc.
Airbus SE
Baykar Tech
Turkish Aerospace Industries Inc.
Adcom Systems
Aviation Industry Corporation of China Ltd.
Sener Aeroespacial
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd.
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