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Opportunities for Composites in The Global UAV Market 2009-2014: Trends, Forecast and Opportunity Analysis, Septermber 2009

September 2009 | | ID: O8007362A93EN
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Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) continue to be the most dynamic growth sector within the worldwide aerospace industry. Global annual spending on UAVs was $3.4 billion in 2008 and is expected to be $5.8 billion in 2014.

This report provides the status of the global UAV market by the end of 2008 and forecaststhe market for 2009-2014 in terms of units, $ billion, composites volume in million lbs and $ million shipment. Learn what factors are impacting the UAV market. This market report provides trends and forecast for the worldwide UAV market in various regions such as North America, Europe and Rest of the World (ROW). This report also discusses the market shares of industry leaders, production technologies and risk in UAV market.

Material suppliers and product manufacturers need to continually stay abreast, critically analyze, and act fast to capture maximum market share and growth in UAV market.

This 119-page condensed market report provides all of the latest, as well as the critical issues concerning materials and market related to the UAVs. This report is a must have report by every company dealing with UAV market. In today’s global economy, you need every advantage that you can find to keep you ahead in your business. Learn about current and future trends, identify key players, and explore the directions that this industry is heading.

Features of This Report:

To make any investment, business or strategic decisions, you need timely and adequate information. This market report fulfills this core need. This is an indispensable reference guide for composite material suppliers, product manufacturers, investors, researchers, engineers, distributors and many more, who are dealing with UAV market. Some of the features of this market report are:
  • The market size estimates for the UAV industry.
  • UAV market by regions (North America, Europe and ROW) and by countries (USA, Canada, Germany, UK, France, Russia, Israel (etc).
  • Trend and forecast for the UAV market. UAV programs under development.
  • Competitive analysis: Market leaders and their market shares.
  • Composites shipment trend and forecast in terms of volume (million lbs) and $ shipment.
  • Materials and production technologies for selected UAVs. Types of composites processes, major UAV and their specifications.
  • Risks in UAV market such as market uncertainty, costs, reliability, logistical issues, integration in controlled airspace etc.
  • A total of 72 figures/charts and 22 tables presented in this report to help in your business plan.
Benefits of the Report:
  • It saves you money, as compared to doing research in-house. ($80,000+)
  • It saves you time. The report is delivered in hours vs. months of in-house data collection and report writing.
  • It is an un-biased source of industry facts, intelligence and insights.
  • It helps you make confident business decisions quickly.
Who Can Benefit From This Report?

The study is intended for material suppliers, compounders, parts fabricators, OEMs, investors, executives and consultants. The multi-client market studies from Lucintel is used by small to multi-national Fortune 500 companies and utilized for a variety of reasons:
  • Business development
  • Strategic planning
  • Business presentation
  • Competitive materials analysis
  • Market Expansion
  • Revenue Planning
  • Investment Decision
  • Budgeting
1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

2. INDUSTRY BACKGROUND AND CHARACTERISTICS

Definition and History
UAV Classification and Usage
Market segmentation

3. GLOBAL UAV MARKET ANALYSIS – 2008

Global UAV Market Overview 2008
UAV Market by Region
Market segmentation

4. COMPOSITES IN UAV

Trends in application of Advance Material in UAVs
Impact of composites usage in UAVs
Composites by resin, reinforcements and core material
UAV categories and Materials usage
Composite Components in various UAVs

5. TRENDS

Trends in Global UAV spending
Global UAV market by category
Trends in Market share
Trends in Composites Shipment in terms of volume (lbs) and value ($) shipment

6. FORECASTS

Global UAV Spending
UAV market by type of applications such as civil and defense
Risk and cost analysis
Composites Forecast in UAV Market in terms of volume (lbs) and value ($) shipment
Key Technology Developments in the Market

LIST OF FIGURES (A total of 72 figures/charts are presented in this report as shown below.)


CHAPTER 1

Fig. 1.1: Porter’s Five Forces model for the Global UAV industry

CHAPTER 2

Fig 2.1 Global Hawk vehicle
Fig 2.2 Picture taken from UAV by the equipments in payload
Fig 2.3 Ground control station of a UAV
Fig 2.4 An earlier version of UAV
Fig 2.5 An advanced version of UAV
Fig 2.6 A civil UAV

CHAPTER 3

Fig 3.1 Global UAV budget as portion of Global Defense Budget (US$ B) in 2008
Fig 3.2 Industry leaders in the Worldwide UAV market 2008
Fig 3.3 Major players of UAVs by market segments
Fig 3.4 Global military spending by Region 2008
Fig 3.5 Regional military spending US$ B in 2008
Fig. 3.6: Geographical distribution of UAV manufacturers in Mini UAV categories.
Fig. 3.7: Geographical distribution of UAV manufacturers in tactical UAV categories.
Fig. 3.8: Geographical distribution of UAV manufacturers in MALE UAV categories.
Fig. 3.9: Geographical distribution of UAV manufacturers in HALE UAV categories.
Fig. 3.10: Geographical distribution of UAV manufacturers in UCAV categories.
Fig 3.11: Breakdown of the Global UAV market (US$ M) in 2008.

CHAPTER 4

Fig 4.1 Materials properties comparisons.
Fig 4.2 Composites percentage in different categories of UAVs
Fig 4.3 UAV categories and material usage
Fig 4.4: Comparison of composites shipment (mil lbs) in UAV market versus total aerospace market in 2008.
Fig 4.5: Comparison of composites shipment ($ mil) in UAV market versus total aerospace market in 2008.
Fig 4.6: Comparison of UAV market size ($ billion) with total aerospace market in 2008.
Fig 4.7 Composites raw material inputs (US$ K) in the Global UAV market 2008
Fig 4.8 Composites raw material usage (US$ M) in Global UAV by application 2008.
Fig 4.9: Weight and cost relation for various UAVs.
Fig 4.10 Structure of Global Hawk aircraft
Fig 4.11 Global Hawk assembly at Northrop Grumman's new Unmanned Systems Center in Moss Point, Mississippi
Fig 4.12 An inside look at Predator
Fig 4.13 Portion of Different materials in Predator
Fig 4.14 Portion of Different materials in Hunter
Fig 4.15 Portion of Different materials in Shadow
Fig 4.16 Portion of Different materials in Pioneer
Fig 4.17 Portion of Different materials in Raven
Fig 4.18 Schiebel’s Camcopter

CHAPTER 5

Fig 5.1 Regional UAV spending (US$ M) 2003
Fig 5.2 Regional UAV spending (US$ M) 2008.
Fig 5.3 Global UAV spending US$ M 2003-2008
Fig. 5.4: Breakdown of global UAV budget ($ million) in 2003.
Fig.5.5: Breakdown of global UAV budget ($ million) in 2008.
Fig.5.6: Market share of industry leaders in worldwide UAV market in 2007.
Fig.5.7: Market share of industry leaders in worldwide UAV market in 2008.
Fig.5.8: Market share of industry leaders in worldwide UAV market in 2009.
Fig 5.9: Composites shipment (US$ M) 2003-2008.
Fig 5.10 Composites shipment (lbs) 2003-2008.
Fig 5.11 Annual growth rates in composites shipment 2003-2008.
Fig 5.12 Composites raw material distribution in the Global UAV market in 2008.
Fig 5.13 Composites raw material shipment ($ Mil) by UAV type in 2008.
Fig 5.14 Last 5 yr CAGR 2003-2008 in composites usage US$ K for Global UAV

CHAPTER 6

Fig 6.1 USA UAV expenditure 1988-2013
Fig 6.2 USA UAV expenditure as % of US DOD Budget 2000-2013
Fig 6.3 Global UAV spending (US$ M) 2009-2014
Fig 6.4 UAV regional market share percentage2009-2014
Fig 6.5 USA spending on UAVs – split in RDT&E, PROC, O&M and Total
Fig 6.6 Expenditure on UAVs as percentage of US Aircraft Funding
Fig 6.7 USA UAV Inventory and Planning
Fig 6.8 Defense market distribution (%) by type of aircrafts in 2006
Fig 6.9 UAV procurement plan Europe
Fig 6.10 Civil UAV market vs Defense UAV market (US$ M) 2008
Fig 6.11 Drivers and challenges of Civil UAV market
Fig 6.12 Opportunities in Civil UAV market
Fig 6.13 Drivers and Challenges of Defense UAV market
Fig 6.14 Opportunities in Defense UAV market
Fig 6.15 Composites in UAV market (US$ M) 2008-2014.
Fig 6.16 Composites in UAV market (K lbs) 2008-2014.
Fig 6.17 Composites raw materials input (US$ K) by application in Global UAV market 2014
Fig 6.18 Composites raw materials usage (US$ M) by applications in Global UAV market in 2014
Fig 6.19 Composites shipment ($ mil) forecast (2009-2014) by type of UAV.
Fig 6.20 Next 5 year (2009-2014) CAGR in composites shipment by UAV type.
Fig 6.21 Technology Roadmap - Increase in Endurance
Fig 6.22 Technology Roadmap - Increase in composites portion in UAV structure

LIST OF TABLES (A total of 12 tables are presented in this report as shown below.)

Table 1.1 Market parameters for end product in Global UAV and attributes of usage
Table 1.2 Market parameters for raw materials of composites in Global UAV and attributes of usage
Table 2.1 Large UAVs
Table 2.2 Mini UAVs
Table 2.3 Small UAVs
Table 3.1: North American UAV manufacturers and their products.
Table 3.2: European UAV manufacturers and their products.
Table 3.3: UAV manufacturers and their products in rest of the world.
Table 3.4 Major Mini UAVs and its specifications
Table 3.5 Major Tactical UAVs and its specifications.
Table 3.6 Major MALE UAVs and its specifications.
Table 3.7 Major HALE UAVs and its specifications.
Table 3.8 Major UCAVs and its specifications.
Table 4.1: comparison of Materials properties
Table 4.2 Cost and weight of various UAVs.
Table 4.3 Predator: Materials and manufacturing method
Table 4.4 Hunter: Materials and manufacturing methods
Table 4.5 Shadow: Materials and manufacturing method
Table 4.6 Pioneer: Materials and manufacturing methods
Table 4.7 Raven: Materials and manufacturing methods
Table 6.1 Propulsion and Power Technology Forecast
Table 6.2 Raw material shipment for different categories of UAV 2008-2014


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