Top Companies - UAV Jammers Industry

The military and defence sectors are anticipated to hold the largest market share, but the anticipated advantages following its use in the commercial sector will generate significant demand in the business and law enforcement sectors. The UK law enforcement authorities voiced their support for using the technologies for unmanned aerial vehicle identification and jamming at public events that were vulnerable to terrorist threats in 2016. Airbus and Lockheed Martin, two tech behemoths, are now investing heavily in this field to develop effective jamming technologies that will reduce the hazards associated with these weapons. For instance, Airbus unveiled its cutting-edge anti-drone apparatus in 2016 at the Consumer Electronics Show, which included a high-tech answer for tiny flying robots.

The market for UAV jammers is anticipated to be worth USD 786.3 million in 2022 and to increase to USD 5454.2 million by 2028, with a CAGR of 38.1% over the course of the analysis period.

Major Players in the UAV Jammers Industry:

Blighter Surveillance Systems Ltd.

1. Established in 2015. Located in England, in the United Kingdom. Electronic-scanning radar and surveillance system designer and producer. The company's family of radar products can be used to detect a wide range of moving objects, including crawling and walking people, land vehicles, boats, and low-flying aircraft. This enables 24-hour, all-weather protection along borders, for coastal facilities, at military bases, and to guard crucial national infrastructures like airports, oil and gas facilities, and palaces. A fleet of armoured fighting vehicles (AFVs) will get at least 25 target acquisition radars from Blighter Surveillance Systems, a British designer and manufacturer of electronic-scanning radars and surveillance solutions.

Thales Group

2. Founded in 1968. Headquarters are in Paris. One of Europe's leading defence contractors, Thales is a French aerospace and defence company with 18 billion euros in annual sales. The business is broken down into four reportable segments: defence and security, which offers sensors, mission systems, communications, and control systems to European and export defence customers; aerospace, which sells avionics and satellites to the civil, defence, and government markets; transport, which offers signalling services to rail operators; and digital identity and security, which offers biometric, data, and identity security solutions. Thales would be able to extend its presence in Australia and New Zealand and speed up its cybersecurity development plan thanks to this acquisition. Thales is a market leader in cybersecurity with projected sales of €1.5 billion (about A$ 2.5 billion) by 2022.

Saab AB

3. Established in 1937. Swedish headquarters are in Stockholm. Saab AB provides goods and services for the armed forces, the military, and civic security. Aeronautics, Dynamics, Surveillance, Support and Services, Industrial Products and Services, and Kockums are the company's six business segments. Manufacturing of commercial and military aerial systems is a component of aeronautics. Defence training and management systems as well as combat weapons are produced by Dynamics.  Recent acquisitions include NDI Group (October 2016), Applied Composites (December 2017), and Dockstavarvet (December 2017).

Lockheed Martin Corp.

4. Established in 1912. Head office in the United States. Since winning the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter programme in 2001, Lockheed Martin, the largest defence contractor in the world, has controlled the Western market for high-end fighter aircraft. Aeronautics, Lockheed's largest business unit, receives more than two thirds of its revenue from the F-35. The three remaining business units of Lockheed are space systems, which manufactures satellites and receives equity income from the United Launch Alliance joint venture, missiles and fire control, which develops missiles and missile defence systems, and rotary and mission systems, which primarily operates the Sikorsky helicopter division. The FTC files a lawsuit to prevent the $4.4 billion vertical acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings Inc. by Lockheed Martin Corporation.

Raytheon Co.

5. Built in 1934. Head office in the United States. Following the merger of United Technologies and Raytheon, Raytheon Technologies was created as a diversified aerospace and defence industrial firm with nearly equal exposure as a supplier to commercial aerospace manufacturers and the defence sector. Raytheon Intelligence & Space, which offers a variety of sensors, hardware, and communications technology; Pratt & Whitney, a producer of aircraft engines; Collins Aerospace, a diversified aerospace supplier; Raytheon Missiles & Defence, a defence prime contractor specialising in missiles and missile defence systems. Complete merger of equals transaction between United Technologies and Raytheon.

Dedrone Inc.

6. Established in 2014. Headquarters located in the US. Creator of a platform for counter-drone technology that secures airspace to shield businesses from nefarious drones. The company's platform connects with a number of sensing and threat mitigation technologies and leverages machine learning-based sensor data fusion, allowing customers to customise their platforms to match their unique demands and danger level. Aerial Armour, a market leader in counterdrone technologies and an integrator of drone detection gear, has been acquired by Dedrone, the market leader in smart airspace security.

Counterintelligence Group LLC

7. Established in 2005. Located in England, in the United Kingdom. A company that offers market intelligence services with the goal of providing the newest information and methods to promote business growth. The business helps its clients grow sustainably and organically by providing research, data reporting, data management, retail development, customer insight, strategy creation, and retail activation services.

Definition:

Jammers block drones' ability to communicate and operate by broadcasting electromagnetic noise at their radio frequencies.