Unmanned Marine (UMV) and Ground Vehicles (UGV): Market Research Report

August 2011 | 518 pages | ID: U9870515846EN
Global Industry Analysts, Inc

Abstracts

This report analyzes the worldwide markets for Unmanned Marine (UMV) and Ground Vehicles (UGV) in US$ Million by the following major Product Segments: Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs), and Unmanned Marine Vehicles (UMVs).

The report provides separate comprehensive analytics for the US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Rest of World.

Annual estimates and forecasts are provided for the period 2009 through 2017.

Also, a six-year historic analysis is provided for these markets.

The report profiles 96 companies including many key and niche players such as AB Precision (Poole) Ltd., Accurate Automation Corporation, Allen-Vanguard Corporation, BAE Systems, Bluefin Robotics Corporation, DOK-ING, General Dynamics Corporation, ITT Corporation, iRobot Corporation, Kongsberg Maritime AS, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Maritime Applied Physics Corp., Maritime Robotics, Northrop Grumman, Oregon Iron Works, Inc., QinetiQ North America, Inc., and SeaRobotics Corporation.

Market data and analytics are derived from primary and secondary research.

Company profiles are mostly extracted from URL research and reported select online sources.

Contents

1.INTRODUCTION, METHODOLOGY & PRODUCT DEFINITIONS

Study Reliability and Reporting Limitations
Disclaimers
Data Interpretation & Reporting Level
Quantitative Techniques & Analytics
Product Definition and Scope of Study
Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs)
Unmanned Marine Vehicles (UMVs)

2.INDUSTRY OVERVIEW

UMVs & UGVs: A Quick Market Primer
Market Traits
Growth Prospects Tied to Defense and Military Spending
War in the 21st Century Ushers in the March of the Steel Soldiers
World Military Spending Flies in the Face of Recession

Table 1. Global Military Expenditure (2009): Top 15 Military Spenders in the Year 2009 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Table 2. Global Military Expenditure (2008): Percentage Share of Spending Against GDP by Leading Spenders (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Implications for the UMV & UGV Market: An Unequivocal Review
Outlook
Market Dynamics: A Review
Work-Class Unmanned Vehicles: The Next Frontier of Evolution

Table 3. Global Work Class Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) Market in the Oil & Gas Industry (2010): Percentage Share Breakdown of Annual Expenditure by Region (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Table 4. Global Workclass Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) Market (2012P): Breakdown of Number of Units by Region (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Technology Developments Invigorates the UMV & UGV Market
UMVs: Market Metrics
Increased Autonomy & Reduced Complexity to Drive UMV Market
Increased Offshore Drilling Activity Bodes Well for the UMV Market

Table 5. Global Offshore Production of Oil & Gas (2012P): Breakdown of Capital Expenditure (Capex) & Operating Expenses (Opex) (in US$ Billion) by Region (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Table 6. World Market for Offshore Drilling (2012): Percentage Share Breakdown of Capital Expenditure (Capex) & Operating Expenses (Opex) by Segment - Shallow Water & Deep Water

Deepwater Applications Drive AUV Deployments Worldwide
Underwater Oil and Gas Exploration: A Key Revenue Spinning End-Use
Key Statistical Findings

Table 7. World Automated Underwater Vehicles (AUV) Market (2010): Percentage Share Breakdown of Units in Use by Sector (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Table 8. World Automated Underwater Vehicles (AUV) Market (2010): Percentage Share Breakdown of Units in Use by Size (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

UGVs: Market Metrics
Military Applications to Spur Growth of UGVs
Medium & Large UGVs to Witness Strong Demand
Future of UGVs Contingent On Federal Funding Programs
UGVs in City Fighting: A Future End-Use Application to Drive Growth
War in Middle East Spurs Demand for EODs

3.PRODUCT OVERVIEW

Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs): Definition & Overview
Teleoperated UGV
Autonomous UGV
Man PorTable Systems
Unmanned Marine Vehicles (UMVs): Definition & Overview
Unmanned Surface Vehicles
USV Developments in the Past: Down the Timeline
USA
Japan
Canada
Israel
Portugal
France
Germany
Recent and Future USV Capabilities
Unmanned Underwater Vehicles
Remotely Operated Vehicles
Autonomous Underwater Vehicles

4.PRODUCT INNOVATIONS/INTRODUCTIONS

Saab Seaeye Introduces Panther XT Plus ROV
Sperre Unveils Novel H-ROV
Hawkes Remotes Launches New Range of ROVs
Global Marine Develops ROV for Offshore Wind Farm Operations
Schilling Robotics and Bourbon Subsea Services Develop ROV Design
Lockheed Martin to Adapt SMSS Robotic Vehicle for UK Forces
Stratom Inc. Launches Warrior Tool and Payload Accessory Kit ™
ECA Group to Introduce Inspection ROV
AGEOTEC Introduces Ageotec Perseo GT ROV
Saab Seaeye Unveils Two ROVs
Triton Group Holdings to Introduce ROV
Boeing and iRobot Launch SUGV
Chemring Introduces VISOR Mini-HMDS Ground Penetrating Radar Mine Detection System
Raytheon Introduces Multi-Dimensional Mobility Robot

5.RECENT INDUSTRY ACTIVITY

Marport Deep Sea Technologies Spins Off Underwater Robotics Division
Reef Subsea Purchases EXS Subsea
iRobot Corporation Acquires Contract for Supply of Small UGVs
RE2 Licenses Small Robot Toolkit Technology to Remotec
Northrop Grumman and BAE Systems Include iRobot in GCV Team
iRobot Receives Order for Robot Intelligence Software from US Army
RE2 Receives Phase II SBIR RDK Project from US Army
Boeing and iRobot Receive New Order for SUGVs from US Army
Fugro Acquires Riise Underwater Engineering AS
Teledyne Benthos Acquires Hafmynd
ECA Group Takes Over Triton Imaging
iRobot Corporation Bags Two Contracts from Naval Oceanographic Office
Augusta Systems Acquires Contract from US Naval Air Systems Command
iRobot Corporation and The Boeing Company Bag Contract from US Air Force
iRobot Corporation Wins Contract with Naval Sea Systems Command
Perry Slingsby Systems Limited Bags Contract from JOGMEC
AlumiFuel Power Signs UUV Contract with US Navy
Schilling Robotics Acquires UHDTM ROVs Order from TS Marine
Seatrax Singapore AP Signs Contract with Sub- Atlantic Asia Pacific
SMD Bags Contract from i-Tech
Hydroid to Supply REMUS 100 AUVs to Florida Atlantic University
Carnegie Mellon University and NREC Establish Carnegie Robotics
Bolduc Technology Group and Boeing Jointly Produce UGV Conversion Kits
RE2 Enters into R&D Contract with Robotics Technology Consortium to Develop CE2
RE2 to Design MIMIC System for US Army's TARDEC
Sub-Atlantic Ltd Procures Orders for Multiple ROVs
Hydroid Inc. and Bluefin Robotics Bag UUV contracts
Tidewater Acquires Aquanos Enabler
Integrated Subsea Services Acquires Submec
DOF Subsea Norway Bags Contract from Statoil
G-NIUS Unmanned Ground Systems Wins Contract from Israeli Defense Forces
Mermaid Offshore Services Inks Agreement with Aquanos
Israel Aerospace and Elbit Systems Win Joint Contract
Subsea 7 Bags Contract from Industrial Perforadora de Campeche
OceanServer Technology Bags Contract from University of Zagreb
Hallin Marine Secures Contract for ROV Services
Lewek Shipping Bags Contract from PSS to Offer Triton XLXs
C & C Technologies Bags Contract with Petrobras
Subsea Americas Bags Contract from Technip
Hallin Marine Signs Contract with Oil and Gas Company
Curtiss-Wright Bags Contract for Supply of Computer Processing Modules
Marport Bags Contract to Provide SQX-1 AUV
Sistac Sistemas Selects PSS to Offer First Workclass ROV System
Northrop Grumman Launches UK Facility for Unmanned Ground Vehicles
Oshkosh Defense and TARDEC Sign CRADA
Kairos Autonomi Commences Online Sale of UGV Support Products
DRDO to Supply Robots to the Indian Army
RE2 Receives Phase I SBIR to Study Robotic Door Opening Technologies
FMC Technologies to Acquire 45% of Schilling Robotics for US$116 million
iRobot Purchases Nekton Research LLC
Teledyne Completes Acquisition of Webb Research
Hydroid LLC Acquired by Kongsberg Maritime
Lockheed Martin Acquires PercepTek
C-Innovation Inks Contract with Heerema Marine Contractors
Estonia to Purchase Two REMUS 100 Unmanned Underwater Vehicles
ST Marine Snaps Up ROV Conversion Contract
GSP Titan Inks Contract with Perry Slingsby and Sub- Atlantic for New-Build Undertaking
Perry Slingsby Systems Seals New Deal with Technip
Protonex Bags Contract to Display Advanced Unmanned Ground Vehicle Capabilities

6.FOCUS ON SELECT PLAYERS

AB Precision (Poole) Ltd. (UK)
Accurate Automation Corporation (USA)
Allen-Vanguard Corporation (Canada)
BAE Systems (UK)
Bluefin Robotics Corporation (USA)
DOK-ING (Croatia)
General Dynamics Corporation (USA)
ITT Corporation (USA)
iRobot Corporation (USA)
Kongsberg Maritime AS (Norway)
Lockheed Martin Corporation (USA)
Maritime Applied Physics Corp (USA)
Maritime Robotics (Norway)
Northrop Grumman (UK)
Oregon Iron Works, Inc. (USA)
QinetiQ North America, Inc. (USA)
SeaRobotics Corporation (USA)

7.GLOBAL MARKET PERSPECTIVE

Unmanned Marine Vehicles (UMVs)

Table 9. World Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Unmanned Marine Vehicles by Geographic Region – US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Rest of World Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Sales in US$ Million for Years 2009 through 2017 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Table 10. World Historic Review for Unmanned Marine Vehicles by Geographic Region – US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Rest of World Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Sales in US$ Million for Years 2003 through 2008 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Table 11. World 15-Year Perspective for Unmanned Marine Vehicles by Geographic Region – Percentage Breakdown of Annual Dollar Sales for US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Rest of World Markets for Years 2003, 2010 and 2017 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs)

Table 12. World Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Unmanned Ground Vehicles by Geographic Region – US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Rest of World Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Sales in US$ Million for Years 2009 through 2017 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Table 13. World Historic Review for Unmanned Ground Vehicles by Geographic Region – US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Rest of World Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Sales in US$ Million for Years 2003 through 2008 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Table 14. World 15-Year Perspective for Unmanned Ground Vehicles by Geographic Region – Percentage Breakdown of Dollar Sales for US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Rest of World Markets for Years 2003, 2010 and 2017 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

8.THE UNITED STATES

A. MARKET ANALYSIS

Outlook
Market Overview

Table 15. Unmanned Maritime Systems Market in the United States (2013F): Breakdown of Department of Defense (DoD) Budget in (US$ Million) by Area of Expenditure (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Table 16. Unmanned Ground Vehicle Market in the United States (2013F): Breakdown of Department of Defense (DoD) Budget in (US$ Million) by Area of Expenditure (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

US Navy: The Largest End-User of USVs

Table 17. US Unmanned Maritime Systems Market (2013F): Percentage Share Breakdown of Annual Spending Forecast by Segment

Market Share Findings

Table 18. Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV) Market in the United States (2010): Percentage Market Share Breakdown of Leading Manufacturers (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Table 19. Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USV) Market in the United States (2010): Percentage Market Share Breakdown of Leading Manufacturers (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Table 20. Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (UUV) Market in the United States (2010): Percentage Market Share Breakdown of Leading Manufacturers (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

B. MARKET ANALYTICS

Table 21. US Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Unmanned Marine Vehicles Analyzed with Annual Sales in US$ Million for Years 2009 through 2017 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Table 22. US Historic Review for Unmanned Marine Vehicles Analyzed with Annual Sales in US$ Million for Years 2003 through 2008 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Table 23. US Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Unmanned Ground Vehicles Analyzed with Annual Sales in US$ Million for Years 2009 through 2017 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Table 24. US Historic Review for Unmanned Ground Vehicles Analyzed with Annual Sales in US$ Million for Years 2003 through 2008 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

9.CANADA

A. MARKET ANALYSIS

Outlook
Robust Research Efforts Underway in Canada

B. MARKET ANALYTICS

Table 25. Canadian Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Unmanned Marine Vehicles Analyzed with Annual Sales in US$ Million for Years 2009 through 2017 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Table 26. Canadian Historic Review for Unmanned Marine Vehicles Analyzed with Annual Sales in US$ Million for Years 2003 through 2008 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Table 27. Canadian Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Unmanned Ground Vehicles Analyzed with Annual Sales in US$ Million for Years 2009 through 2017 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Table 28. Canadian Historic Review for Unmanned Ground Vehicles Analyzed with Annual Sales in US$ Million for Years 2003 through 2008 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

10.JAPAN

A. MARKET ANALYSIS

Outlook
Market Overview

B. MARKET ANALYTICS

Table 29. Japan Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Unmanned Marine Vehicles Analyzed with Annual Sales in US$ Million for Years 2009 through 2017 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Table 30. Japan Historic Review for Unmanned Marine Vehicles Analyzed with Annual Sales in US$ Million for Years 2003 through 2008 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Table 31. Japan Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Unmanned Ground Vehicles Analyzed with Annual Sales in US$ Million for Years 2009 through 2017 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Table 32. Japan Historic Review for Unmanned Ground Vehicles Analyzed with Annual Sales in US$ Million for Years 2003 through 2008 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

11.EUROPE

A. MARKET ANALYSIS

Outlook
Market Overview
Focus On Select Regional Markets
France
Germany
Russia

B. MARKET ANALYTICS

Table 33. European Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Unmanned Marine Vehicles by Country – France, Germany, Italy, UK, Spain and Rest of Europe Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Sales in US$ Million for Years 2009 through 2017 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Table 34. European Historic Review for Unmanned Marine Vehicles by Country – France, Germany, Italy, UK, Spain and Rest of Europe Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Sales in US$ Million for Years 2003 through 2008 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Table 35. European 15-Year Perspective for Unmanned Marine Vehicles by Country – Percentage Breakdown of Annual Dollar Sales for France, Germany, Italy, UK, Spain and Rest of Europe Markets for Years 2003, 2010 and 2017 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Table 36. European Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Unmanned Ground Vehicles by Country – France, Germany, Italy, UK, Spain and Rest of Europe Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Sales in US$ Million for Years 2009 through 2017 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Table 37. European Historic Review for Unmanned Ground Vehicles by Country – France, Germany, Italy, UK, Spain and Rest of Europe Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Sales in US$ Million for Years 2003 through 2008 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Table 38. European 15-Year Perspective for Unmanned Ground Vehicles by Country – Percentage Breakdown of Dollar Sales for France, Germany, Italy, UK, Spain and Rest of Europe Markets for Years 2003, 2010 and 2017 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

12.ASIA-PACIFIC

A. MARKET ANALYSIS

Outlook
Focus on China

B. MARKET ANALYTICS

Table 39. Asia Pacific Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Unmanned Marine Vehicles Analyzed with Annual Sales in US$ Million for Years 2009 through 2017 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Table 40. Asia Pacific Historic Review for Unmanned Marine Vehicles Analyzed with Annual Sales in US$ Million for Years 2003 through 2008 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Table 41. Asia Pacific Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Unmanned Ground Vehicles Analyzed with Annual Sales in US$ Million for Years 2009 through 2017 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Table 42. Asia Pacific Historic Review for Unmanned Ground Vehicles Analyzed with Annual Sales in US$ Million for Years 2003 through 2008 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

13.REST OF WORLD

A. MARKET ANALYSIS

Outlook
Brazil
Israel

B. MARKET ANALYTICS

Table 43. Rest of the World Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Unmanned Marine Vehicles Analyzed with Annual Sales in US$ Million for Years 2009 through 2017 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Table 44. Rest of the World Historic Review for Unmanned Marine Vehicles Analyzed with Annual Sales in US$ Million for Years 2003 through 2008 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Table 45. Rest of the World Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Unmanned Ground Vehicles Analyzed with Annual Sales in US$ Million for Years 2009 through 2017 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

Table 46. Rest of the World Historic Review for Unmanned Ground Vehicles Analyzed with Annual Sales in US$ Million for Years 2003 through 2008 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)

COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE

Total Companies Profiled: 96 (including Divisions/Subsidiaries - 108)
Region/CountryPlayers
The United States
Canada
Europe
France
Germany
The United Kingdom
Italy
Rest of Europe
Asia-Pacific (Excluding Japan)
Middle East