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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) & Systems - A Global Update of
Market Trends & Opportunities
Published on November 2009

Report Summary

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) represent a major force in the modern day battlefield. UAVs represent the fastest growing and the
most dynamic growth segment within the aerospace industry. Global UAV funding is expected to witness growth in the near future,
primarily driven by the rapid technological changes and developments, particularly in the information technology industry. UAVs are
known for their proven performance in areas such as surveillance, intelligence, and reconnaissance and have become a key element
in today's military warfare. The new areas of application such as hunter-killer operations are supporting the UAV market to gain
further ground. Research, development, test and evaluation aimed at developing new generation UAVs is prevalent in several
countries across the world.

These and other market data and trends are presented in "Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) & Systems: A Global Update of Market
Trends & Opportunities" by BizAcumen, Inc. Our reports are designed to be most comprehensive in geographic coverage and vertical
market analyses.

Table of Content

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV) & SYSTEMSBMR-8012

CONTENTS

1. METHODOLOGY 1
Study Reliability and Reporting Limitations 1
Disclaimers 2
Quantitative Techniques & Reporting Level 3

2. GLOBAL MARKET OVERVIEW AND OUTLOOK 4
Unrestrained Growth in UAS Market 5
US Enjoys Undisputed Dominance in World UAV Market 5
International Terrorism - A Crucial Mission for DoD 6
UAV Ground Operator Equipment - An Overview 6
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles - New Programs Perk Up 7
Defense Procurement Programs 7
Absence of Regulatory Body: Major Bottleneck in Commercial UAV
Missions 7
Increasing Safety-Awareness Boosts Flight Simulation Market 8
Joint Design Manufacturing Gaining Ground 8

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Commercialization of High-Resolution Imagery: Still in its
Infancy 8
High-Speed Data Link Communications Systems to Spell Doom for
Radars 9
LiDAR Technology Gaining Wide Acceptance Globally 9

3. LEADING PLAYERS 10
Global Unmanned Aerial Systems Market: Top Companies, Their
UAV Offerings, and First Flight 10
Global Unmanned Aerial Systems Market: Top Companies and Their
Public UAV Offerings 11
Global Unmanned Aerial Systems Market: Top Companies and Their
Foreign and/or Private UAV Offerings 12
Global Unmanned Aerial Systems Market: Type of Small UAV
Offerings by Company and Their Key Customers 13
Global Unmanned Aerial Systems Market: Type of Micro UAV
Offerings by Compan and Their Key Customers 13

4. PRODUCT FACTS 14

5. CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS 15
The Boeing Company Takes Over Insitu 15
Rockwell Acquires Athena Technologies 15
BAE Systems Acquires MTC Technologies 15
V-TOL Aerospace Acquires First BAT UAV System 16
Honeywell Receives FAA Experimental Airworthiness
Certification for its gMAV UAS 16
AeroVironment's BATMAV Receives Milestone C Approval for Full
Rate Production 16
AeroVironment Receives UAS Contract from Netherlands Ministry
of Defense 16
Cobham and General Atomics Enters into Agreement to Offer UAS
Support to UK MoD 17
General Atomics Signs Agreement with SENER on Predator® UAS
series 17
AeroVironment Receives New Contract from US Special Operations
Command 17
Northrop Grumman Enters into New UAV Contract with US Army 18
DRS Technologies and Finmeccanica Sign Merger Agreement 18
AAI Enters into Agreement with ADS to Market Orbiter Mini- UAV 18
Elbit Systems Bags Supply Contract for Hermes 450 UAV Systems 19
QinetiQ Records First Unmanned Flight for Monitoring
Agricultural Crop in the UK 19
AAI Receives UAV System Contract from US Army 20
EADS D&S to Enter into UAV Supply Agreement 20
Elbit Receives New UAV Supply Contract 20
General Atomics and US Air Force Sign Contract 20
Raytheon Wins UAV Contract from US Air Force 20
Aeronautics Receives Aerostar TUAV Systems Supply Contract
from CIS Member 20



Boeing Forges Partnership with QinetiQ 21
Boeing, Insitu, ImSAR Demonstrate SAR Data's Instant Processing 21
IAI Delivers Heron UAV System to Canadian Air Force 21
Northrop Grumman Wins Air Force Contract 22
US Air Force Selects Aurora for SBIR Phase II MAV Guidance System 22
Aurora Receives New Contract to Develop UAV 22
Northrop Grumman Secures US Army Order for 10 STARLite Radars 23
iRobot Receives Six US Army SBIR Grants 23
Honeywell Enters into Agreement with Thales 24
Honeywell Bags Order for 90 T-Hawk' Systems 24
Elbit Systems Bags Australian Army Order for Additional
Skylark® I UAV Systems 24
BAE Systems Begins Assembly of Taranis UCAV 25
AeroVironment Secures US Army Contract for RQ-11B Raven Systems 25
AeroVironment Secures USSOCOM Contract for Puma AE UAS 26
AeroVironment Receives DARPA Funding for SP2S UAS 26
AAI Secures US Army Contract for More Shadow TUAS 26
AAI Secures TADSS Contract from US Army 27
Textron's AAI Announces Success of One System® Ground Control
Station 27
BAE Systems Develops New UAV Technology 28
IAI's Division Unveils Latest Bird Eye 600 Mini UAV System 28
BAE Systems Develops New Launch Device for Small UAVs 29
Textron Acquires UIC 29
L3 Communications Acquires Geneva Aerospace 30
Northrop Grumman Receives New Contract from US Air Force 30
Boeing Australia Signs Contract with Australian Army 30
Canadian Government and Defense Companies Establishes AUVSI-
Canada 30
BAE Systems Completes Trials for HERTI UAV System 30
AeroVironment Delivers BATMAV Micro UAS to US Air Force 31
BAE Systems Starts Work on New Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle 31
Boeing Australia Receives New Contract 31
Northrop Grumman Receives Contract from US Air Force 31
Raytheon Receives FAA Airworthiness Certification for its
Cobra UAS 32
Aurora Flight Sciences Receives New Contract 32
Alenia Aeronautica Reveals Data from its New Sky-Y First
Flight Demonstration 33
Korean Military Selects Elbit Systems' Skylark® II TUAV 33
Elbit Systems Receives UAV Contract from Israeli Defense Forces 33
Insitu Selects RTI for UAV Products 33
Boeing and Insitu Receive NATO UAV Interoperability Standard
Compliance 33
Aeronautics Secures Mini UAV Contract from Polish Army 34
Aeronautics Secures UAV and ISR Aerostat Contract from IDF 34
Honeywell Announces Deployment of MAVs in Iraq 35
BAE Systems Secures Design Approval for UAV Systems 35
AeroVironment Secures US Marine Corps Contract for Micro UAS 36
AeroVironment Signs Contract with USSOCOM 36



AeroVironment Wins CLS Order from US Army 36
Danish Army Places an Order with AeroVironment 37
IAI Supplies "Shoval" UAV System to IAF 37
UK MoD Selects Thales for Tactical UAV Systems 37
Saab, Dassault, Alenia Sign Letter of Intent 38
AAI Receives Shadow 200 TUAS Contract from US Army 38
Elta Receives Contract for GMTI / SAR 38
Malat to Supply BirdEye 400 and I-View 50 UAVs 39
V-TOL Receives UAV01 39
Selex Introduces Three Mini-UAVs 40
Israeli Air Force Launches New Long-Range UAV 40
IAI to Develop Three New Futuristic Aircraft 40
IAI to Introduce Solar-Powered Unmanned Aerial Vehicle 40
IAI Develops a New Massive UAV 41
Thales Unveils Design of 'Watchkeeper' UAV41Malat of Israel
Aerospace Industries Unveils Advanced Heron TP UAV 41
BAE Systems Introduces HERTI UAS in the Far East 42

6. MAJOR PLAYERS 42
AAI Corporation (US) 42 Aerosonde Pty Ltd. (Australia) 42
Aeronautics Defense Systems Ltd. (Israel) 43
AeroVironment, Inc. (US) 43
Alenia Aeronautica S.p.A. (Italy) 43
Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation (US) 43
BAE Systems Plc (UK) 44
Bell Helicopters Textron, Inc. (US) 44
CybAero AB (Sweden) 44
Cyber Defense Systems Inc. (US) 44
European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company EADS NV (The
Netherlands) 44
Elbit Systems Ltd. (Israel) 45
Silver Arrow LP (Israel) 45
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (US) 45
Honeywell Aerospace (US) 45
Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. (Israel) 46
Northrop Grumman Corporation (US) 46
QinetiQ Group Plc (UK) 46
Raytheon Company (US) 46
Sagem Défense Sécurité (France) 47
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) (US) 47
Thales SA (France) 47
The Boeing Company (US) 47
V-TOL Aerospace Pty Limited (Australia) 48

7. GLOBAL MARKET ANALYTICS 48

8. THE UNITED STATES 51
Overview 51
Search, Detection, and Navigation Instruments to Witness
Rapid Growth 51



UAS Funding Face Uncertain Outlook 52
UAVs Gaining Prominence in the US Military 52
Military ISR UAS Market 53
An Insight into the Commercial UAS Market in the US 53
Opportunities and Challenges for Unmanned Aerial Systems 54
Outlook 55
Key Statistics 55
Federal Non-DoD 56
US Air Force 56
US Army 59
US Navy 61
Competition 63
UAS Market in the US: Major UAS Platforms by Company/Producer 63
US Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Market: Various Models by Military
and Non-Military UAVs 65
US Unmanned Aerial Systems Market: Major UAV Programs by
Company and End-User 66

9. EUROPE 68
An Overview of Military UAV Market in Europe 68
A Glance at UAV Programs in Europe 69
France 69
Germany 70
Various Models of UAVs in Germany 70
The United Kingdom 71
Giant Leap for UAV Market in the UK 71
Various Models of UAVs in the United Kingdom 72
UAV Market in Other Select European Regions 72
Russia 72
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Market in Russia - An Overview 72
Russia Plans Mass Manufacture of UAVs 72
Belgium 73
UAV Systems Market in Belgium - An Insight 73
European Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Market: Various Models of
UAVs by Select Country/Region 74
Manufacturers of Unmanned Aerial Systems in Europe by
Country/Region 75

10. ASIA-PACIFIC 77
Overview 77
China 77
Chinese UAV Market to Witness Significant Growth 77
China Joins the Aerospace Bandwagon 78
A Glance at the UAV Programs in China 78
Various Models of UAVs in China 79
India 79
UAVs to Play Key Role in Modernizing Military Capabilities 79
India Ready for Foreign Collaborations in Aerospace 80
UAV Programs in India - An Insight 81
Various Models of UAVs in India 81



Singapore 82
Growing Importance of UAVs in Singapore's Armed Forces 82
Singapore UAV Programs - A Brief 82
A Peek into UAV Programs in Other Asia-Pacific Regions 82
Australia 83
Malaysia 83
New Zealand 83
Pakistan 83
Various Models of UAVs in Pakistan 83
South Korea 84

11. THE MIDDLE EAST 85
Overview 85
United Arab Emirates 85
A Peek into UAV Programs in the Middle East 85
Iran 85
Israel 85
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Market in Israel: Various Models of
UAVs by Company 86
Middle East Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Market: Various Models
of UAVs by Select Country/Region 87
Out-of-Country Military UAV Deployments in Afghanistan for
the Period 2001to Till Date 87
Out-of-Country Military UAV Deployments in Iraq for the
Period 2003 to Till Date 88

12. REST OF WORLD 89
An Overview of Canadian UAV Market 89

EXHIBITS

Table 1: Percentage Breakdown of Global Unmanned Aerial
Vehicles Market by Category - 2009 & 2012 (in Terms of Volume
Production)s

Table 2: Global Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) & Systems
Market by Region for the Period 2007-2015 (Expenditure in US$
Million)

Table 3: Percentage Breakdown of Global Unmanned Aerial
Vehicles (UAV) & Systems Market by Region for the Years 2009 &
2012

Table 4: Global R&D Spending on UAVs by Region for the Period
2007-2015 (Expenditure in US$ Million)

Table 5: Percentage Breakdown of Global R&D Spending on UAVs
by Region for the Years 2009 & 2012



Table 6: Global Procurement Spending on UAVs by Region for the
Period 2007-2015 (Expenditure in US$ Million)

Table 7: Percentage Breakdown of Global Procurement Spending
on UAVs by Region for the Years 2009 & 2012

Table 8: Percentage Breakdown of the US Unmanned Systems
Market by Category - 2007

Table 9: Percentage Breakdown of DoD spending on Unmanned
Aerial Systems by Category in the US - 2009 & 2012

Table 10: Percentage Breakdown of Federal Non-DoD Spending on
Unmanned Aerial Systems by End-Use Segment in the US - 2009 &
2012

Table 11: Percentage Breakdown of Spending by US Air Force on
UAS by Category - 2009 & 2012

RQ-4 Global Hawk System by Category- 2009 & 2012

MQ-1 Predator by Category - 2009 & 2012

Table 14: Percentage Breakdown of Spending by US Air Force &
CBP on MQ-9 Reaper by Category - 2009 & 2012

Table 15: Percentage Breakdown of Spending by US Army on UAS
by Category - 2009 & 2012

Table 16: Percentage Breakdown of Spending by US Army on MQ-1C
Sky Warrior by Category - 2009 & 2012

Table 17: Percentage Breakdown of Spending by US Army on RQ-7
Shadow 200 by Category- 2009 & 2012

Table 18: Percentage Breakdown of Spending by US Army/
USSOCOM/ US Marine Corps/ US Air Force on RQ-11 Raven by
Category - 2009 & 2012

Table 19: Percentage Breakdown of Spending by US Army/US
Navy/DARPA on Micro Aerial Vehicle by Category - 2009 & 2012

Table 20: Percentage Breakdown of Spending by US Navy on UAS
by Category - 2009 & 2012

Table 21: Percentage Breakdown of Spending by US Navy on MQ-8B
Fire Scout-Navy by Category - 2009 & 2012



Table 22: Percentage Breakdown of Spending by US Marine
Corps/Navy on Tier II Small Tactical UAS by Category - 2009 &
2012

Table 23: Percentage Breakdown of Leading Players in the US
Unmanned Aerial Systems Market - 2007

Table 24: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) & Systems Market by
Spending Category in the US: 2007-2015 (Expenditure in US$
Million)

Table 25: Percentage Breakdown of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
(UAV) & Systems Market by Spending Category in the US for the
Years 2009 & 2012

Table 26: Procurement Spending in the US UAV Industry by UAV
Type: 2007-2015 (Expenditure in US$ Million)

Table 27: Percentage Breakdown of Procurement Spending in the
US UAV Industry by UAV Type for the Years 2009 & 2012

Table 28: Percentage Breakdown of European Civil and
Commercial UAV Markets by End-Use Category - 2012

Spending Category in Europe: 2007-2015 (Expenditure in US$
Million)

(UAV) & Systems Market by Spending Category in Europe for the
Years 2009 & 2012

Spending Category in Asia Pacific: 2007-2015 (Expenditure in
US$ Million)

UAV) & Systems Market by Spending Category in Asia Pacific
for the Years 2009 & 2012

Spending Category in Middle East: 2007-2015 (Expenditure in
US$ Million)

(UAV) & Systems Market by Spending Category in Middle East for
the Years 2009 & 2012

Spending Category in Rest of World: 2007-2015 (Expenditure in



US$ Million)

(UAV) & Systems Market by Spending Category in Rest of World
for the Years 2009 & 2012

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