In terms of application, the satellite industry accounted for 68.39% — the largest share — of the global radiation-hardened (rad-hard) electronics market in 2015. It was followed by the avionics industry with 16.3% and the nuclear power reactor industry with 10.22%.In terms of geography, the US dominated the market in 2015, with a share of 52.71%. Government/military contracts contributed the most to the regional market share.The increasing demand for commercial satellites from telecommunications and internet companies is a major driving factor for the market due to surging demand for GPS, the internet, higher bandwidth speed, and connectivity.Recent technological advances in radiation-tolerant electronics and developments of radiation isolation/containment and packaging/shielding techniques are the major challenges in the market, resulting in sluggish market growth.Brazil, Russia, India, and China (BRIC) are likely to contribute a major share to the market during the forecast period due to an increase in the number of space exploration projects by the governments and a rise in commercial satellites because of high demand for internet connections and higher bandwidth speeds.

PART 01: Executive summary ............................................ 6

Highlights 6

PART 02: Scope of the report ............................................. 7

Report coverage 7

Base year and forecast period 7

Vendor segmentation 7

Market segmentation 8

Geographical segmentation 10

Common currency conversion rates 11

Top-vendor offerings 11

PART 03: Market research methodology ......................... 19

Research methodology 19

Economic indicators 19

PART 04: Introduction ....................................................... 20

Key market highlights 20

PART 05: Market landscape .............................................. 23

Market overview 23

Effects of radiation on electronics 24

Market size and forecast 27

Five forces analysis 29

PART 06: Market segmentation by application ............... 32

Satellites 33

Avionics 34

Nuclear power reactors 35

Weapon systems 36

Others 37

PART 07: Market segmentation by end-user ................... 38

Government 40

Defense and military 41

Commercial 42

Others 43

PART 08: Geographical segmentation............................. 45

US 47

APAC 48

EMEA 49

ROW 49

PART 09: Market drivers ................................................... 51

Rise in defense expenditure on ISR 51

Surging demand for commercial satellites 51

Growth of nuclear power plants 52

Increase in space exploration in BRIC nations 52

PART 10: Impact of drivers ............................................... 54

PART 11: Market challenges ............................................. 55

Growing preference for radiation-tolerant devices 55

Advances in radiation-resistant packaging/shielding 55

Shrinking defense and government spending 56

Shift toward COTS products 56

PART 12: Impact of drivers and challenges .................... 57

PART 13: Market trends .................................................... 58

PART 14: Vendor landscape ............................................. 60

Competitive scenario 60

Other prominent vendors 63

PART 15: Appendix ........................................................... 65

List of abbreviations 65

PART 16: Explore Technavio ............................................ 67