Increase in civil and military applications remains the driving factors for the global small UAV market.
This report provides a market analysis of the global small UAV and man portable UAV market over the next six years. It provides detailed analysis of both historic and forecast global industry values, factors influencing demand, the challenges faced by industry participants, analysis of the leading companies in the industry, and key news.
The report also analyzes the market share on the basis of payloads used in UAVs. It provides information about the leading competitors in the global small UAV market and apart from a general overview of the companies; it also provides details on their financial positions, key products, their unique selling points and key developments. This research report also segments the market on the basis of products, types, application and geography, country, forecasting revenues, market share and analyzing trends in each of the sub segments.
Due to economic downturn, major countries like U.S. and the U.K. are witnessing economic difficulties. The US has witnessed budget cuts in the recent past and it is likely to continue in the near future. The U.S. has announced the budget cut of US$ 178 billion during 2011-2015. Any budget cut in these countries could slow down the defense industry. Despite these facts, the UAV market is booming and lot of money is spent on the research and development of small UAVs.
India, South Korea, China, Germany, France and Australia are the new growth regions, due to their developments in mini and micro UAV segment.
Key players like AeroVironment, SAAB, Israel Aerospace Industries, and Thales Group are the major players for the industry.
Changes in Technology will ensure significant growth in the market.