In this report, Technavio covers the present scenario (with the base year being 2016) and the growth prospects of the global unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) payload and subsystems market for 2017-2021. To calculate the market size, the report considers the revenue generated in the overall defense market from the procurement of sensors and cameras, weaponry, radars and communication systems, and other types of UAV payload and subsystems (ground control stations [GCS] and onboard computers).However, both funded and unfunded R&D investments in the development of UAV prototypes and payload components were not considered when deriving the market size for the base and projected years.

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

PART 02: Scope of the report .......................................... 17

Market overview 17

Top-vendor offerings 17

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

Research methodology 19

Economic indicators 19

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

Key market highlights 20

Key takeaways 21

Key buying criteria 22

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

Market overview 23

Market size and forecast 24

Five forces analysis 26

PART 06: Market segmentation by UAV payload and

subsystems types ................................................................... 27

Segmentation by UAV payload and subsystems types 27

Global UAV cameras and sensors market 28

Global UAV weaponry market 30

Global UAV radars and communication systems

market 32

Other UAV payload and subsystems market 34

PART 07: Geographical segmentation ............................. 36

Geographical segmentation of global UAV payload and

subsystems market 36

UAV payload and subsystems market in Americas 37

UAV payload and subsystems market in APAC 39

UAV payload and subsystems market in EMEA 41

PART 08: Market drivers ................................................... 43

Increasing demand for lightweight UAV payload 43

A low-cost alternative to expensive weapons 43

Emergence of miniaturized EO/IR systems 44

PART 09: Impact of drivers ............................................... 46

PART 10: Market challenges ............................................. 47

Stringent control over sale of attack UAVs 47

Spectrum-management issues and SWaP challenges 47

Vulnerability of UAVs to cyber risks 48

PART 11: Impact of drivers and challenges .................... 50

PART 12: Market trends .................................................... 51

Advancement in stealth technology 51

Growing acceptance of 3D printing technology 52

Increasing use of tactical UAVs 53

PART 13: Vendor landscape ............................................. 55

Competitive landscape 55

AeroVironment 57

Boeing 59

Elbit Systems 61

Lockheed Martin 63

Northrop Grumman 65

Other prominent vendors 66

PART 14: Appendix ........................................................... 68

List of abbreviations 68

PART 15: Explore Technavio ............................................ 70