Airborne Radars Market

[311 Pages Report] The Airborne Radars Market is estimated to grow from USD 15.8 billion in 2023 to USD 23.6 billion by 2028, at a CAGR of 8.3% from 2023 to 2028. The market is driven by factors such as increasing demand for advanced weather monitoring radars, technological advancements in airborne radar systems and increasing Adoption of  airborne radar in geological surveying and research.

Airborne Radars Market Forecast to 2028

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Airborne Radars Market Dynamics:

Driver: Increased Demand for advanced airborne weather monitoring radars

Weather-related disruptions are a significant challenge for the aviation industry. Advanced weather monitoring radars enable better real-time weather data collection, helping pilots make informed decisions, avoid turbulence, and navigate safely, ultimately improving flight efficiency and passenger safety. Governments and disaster management agencies rely on airborne radars data to monitor and predict weather-related disasters such as floods and storms. Advanced weather monitoring radars play a critical role in issuing early warnings and facilitating evacuation procedures. Agriculture increasingly relies on accurate weather data to optimize crop management. Advanced airborne radars provide valuable insights into rainfall patterns, soil moisture, and weather forecasts, helping farmers make data-driven decisions. This increasing demand of advanced weather monitoring radars will to drive the market of airborne radars.

Restraint: High development and maintenance costs

Modern-day commercial and military aircraft, including passenger planes, fighters, bombers, and unmanned aerial vehicles, rely heavily on airborne radar systems. These systems combine various technologies and hardware, such as synthetic aperture radar and software-defined radio, to create a multi-domain platform. However, the development and integration of these systems into a nation’s defense capabilities is costly and time-consuming. Additionally, maintenance of these systems is expensive. As a result, the high cost and time required for development and deployment are significant factors that limit the growth of this market.

Opportunity: Research and development in advanced airborne surveillance technologies

When considering an airborne radar, countries prioritize system reliability. Advanced hardware units help gather and distribute imagery across defense platforms, including combat vehicles and command headquarters. Both commercial and military surveillance systems have improved over time with advancements like software-defined radio and synthetic aperture radars. These radars are strategically located to increase detection rates and have low false alarms. Countries facing border disputes, drug trafficking, and illegal immigration rely on them for border protection. As a result, increased research and development in advanced airborne surveillance technologies are creating numerous opportunities in the defense sector. Recently, in August 2020, JSC Radar MMS developed a robotic helicopter-based search and rescue radar for military and commercial applications.

Challenges: Vulnerability of airborne radars to new jamming techniques

In recent times, the use of modern defense technologies has led to significant advancements in radar jamming techniques. Radar jamming involves intentionally emitting radio frequency signals that disrupt the enemy’s radar operations by creating noise in the receiver. Two primary techniques utilized in radar jamming are the noise technique and the repeater technique. Airborne radars are more vulnerable to these jamming techniques due to their limited range, small size, and mobile nature. New electronic radar jamming techniques utilize interfering signals that block the receiver with highly concentrated energy signals, effectively obstructing the signal from reaching the airborne radar and impeding its effectiveness. In 2019, the US Army awarded BAE Systems (UK) a contract to develop and supply advanced radar jamming technology to enhance air survivability and mission effectiveness for the Army’s rotary-wing aircraft and unmanned aerial systems. Under this contract, the company would undertake research and development to integrate adaptive radio frequency jamming and sensing capabilities. Such innovative radar frequency jamming technologies will prompt airborne radar providers to improve their products to maintain operational efficiency.

Airborne Radar Market Ecosystem:

Based on Waveform, the doppler segment is projected to have the second highest share in 2023

Based on Waveform, the airborne radars market has been segmented into frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW), Doppler, and ultra-wideband impulse. A Doppler radar determines the range of a target using pulse-timing techniques and uses the Doppler effect of the returned signal to determine the velocity of the target. Doppler radar is further classified into conventional Doppler radar and pulse-Doppler radar. Doppler radars are capable of measuring wind speed, in contrast to conventional radar, making them suitable for use in airborne weather monitoring. They are lightweight and can be easily incorporated within platforms with limited space, such as small aircraft and helicopters. Doppler radar provides stability and navigation by emitting sinusoidal waves toward the earth’s surface in order to determine the  velocity of the aircraft, resulting in accurate navigation.

Based on Installation Type, the New Installation segment of the market is projected to grow at the highest CAGR from 2023 to 2028.

Based on Installation Type, airborne radars have been segmented into new installation and upgradation. The new installation segment introduces cutting-edge technology or innovative features that significantly outperform existing airborne radar systems, it could attract more customers and gain a competitive edge. The new installation segment offers cost-effective solutions compared to retrofitting existing systems or purchasing traditional airborne radar systems, which becomes more appealing to customers, leading to market leadership.

Based on Component, the Duplexrs segment of the market is projected to grow at the second highest CAGR from 2023 to 2028.

Based on components, the airborne radar market has been segmented into antennas, transmitters, power amplifiers, duplexers, digital signal processors, graphical user interfaces, stabilization system, and other components such as modulators and filters. A duplexer in a radar system allows bi-directional (duplex) communication over a single path between the signal source and the receiver end. In radar and radio communications systems, a duplexer primarily isolates the receiver from the transmitter while permitting them to share a common antenna. Radio repeater systems deploy duplexers on a large scale. Duplexers are designed for seamless integration with various types of radar systems hence leading to gain second highest CAGR. Compatibility with both existing radar systems and newer installations give duplexers a competitive advantage. Duplexers are developed to be cost-effective without compromising performance, radar manufacturers prefer them, leading to their growth  in the airborne radar market.

Asia-Pacific is expected to account for the highest CAGR in the forecasted period.

Asia-Pacific is estimated to account for the highest CAGR in the forecasted period. The market growth in this region is expected to be fueled by the growing demand for airborne surveillance, scientific research, weather monitoring for commercial aircraft and business jets, perimeter surveillance, and battlefield surveillance. The Australian government is focusing on modernizing its airborne surveillance radar for the Royal Australian Navy and Air Force. The South Korean government is increasing its defense budget allocation which will grow the airborne radars market.

Airborne Radars Market by Region

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Key Market Players

Players such as Raytheon Technologies Corporation (US), Lockheed Martin Corporation (US), Thales Group (France), Northrop Grumman Corporation (US), Saab Group (Sweden), Leonardo S.p.A. (Italy) among others covers various industry trends and new technological innovations in the airborne radars companies for the period 2020-2023.

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Airborne Radars Market Highlights

This research report categorizes the airborne radars market based on component, waveform, platform, application, dimension, range, frequency band, installation type, technology, and region.

Recent Developments

• In January 2021, Northrop Grumman Corporation was awarded a contract by the US Air Force to support the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS).
• In January 2021, Northrop Grumman Corporation received a contract from the French government to supply E-2D Advanced Hawkeye airborne radar equipped command and control aircraft. 
• In October 2020, The Boeing Company awarded a commercial contract to Raytheon Technologies Corporation to provide active electronically scanned array radar systems for installation on future F-15EX aircraft of the US Air Force.
• In June 2020, Raytheon Technologies Corporation secured a contract worth USD 203 million from the US Air Force to provide maintenance services for the F-15E aircraft’s active electronically scanned array radar systems.
• In February 2020, LONGBOW LLC, (US) a joint venture between Lockheed Martin Corporation and Northrop Grumman Corporation, was awarded a contract to provide post-production support services for the AH-64 Apache helicopter AN/APG-78 LONGBOW Fire Control Radar (FCR) to international customers.

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