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U.S. Military Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) Market to Generate $86.5 Billion Revenue over 2013-2018

The U.S. military Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) market has witnessed a meteoric growth over the past decade. UAS development went through a quantum leap, from lab concept to battle-tested proven technology. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have proven their worth in operations around the world. Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) are considered today a key component of U.S. defense transformation and an integral part of U.S. military doctrine.

The U.S. military UAV market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 12% between 2013 and 2018, says "U.S. Military Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) Market Forecast 2013-2018", a new research report from Market Research Media said. The report finds that the U.S. military UAV market will generate $86.5 billion in revenues over the period 2013-2018.

U.S. Military Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) Market Forecast 2013-2018

The report provides detailed year-by-year (2013-2018) forecasts for the following U.S. U.S. Military Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) market segments:

- R&D, tests and evaluation
- Unmanned Air Vehicles
- Payloads
- Ground Control Systems
- Service, support and maintenance
- Training
- Data management
- Revenues by UAV Groups (by vehicle airspeed, weight, and operating altitude)

Market Research media analysts have found that there is a widening gap between growing UAV fleet and UAV infrastructure development, especially in such sectors as training; service, support and maintenance; and data management. This gap creates a number of market opportunities for UAV vendors, both large defense contractors and small technology companies.

"More aircraft help us manage their maintenance, but do not affect the number of Predators we can fly at any given time. More ground control stations would be helpful, and the system is trying to produce more. But even if we had more ground control stations and aircraft, we would not be able to employ them without more pilots and sensor operators," said Lieutenant General Walter E. Buchanan III, Commander U.S. Central Command Air Forces. "The effectiveness of UAVs as surveillance systems is unmatched, and has had great effect in both theaters of operation."

Military procurement of UAS, including unmanned aircrafts, payloads, CGS makes the DoD the single largest consumer of UAV technology in the world. We can predict with a great deal of confidence that the U.S. Government will continue to invest in UAS as much as needed to keep its dominance, both technological and pure force factor, in the next decades.

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UAV Conference: Unmanned Aircraft Systems 2010, Pursuing the Future of Unmanned Aircraft, 17th to 18th November 2010, London

Unmanned Aircraft Systems 2010, Pursuing the Future of Unmanned Aircraft, will be held 17th to 18th November 2010, Millennium Gloucester Hotel, London.

Endorsed by: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Systems Association.
Visit: www.smi-online.co.uk/uas20102.asp to view the July and September Early Bird offers.

The Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) industry has witnessed a meteoric growth over the past decade. With no sign of slowing up, rapid technological advances are fuelling a surge in both military and civilian applications of UAS across the globe. The market for unmanned aircraft in the US military alone is set to surpass $12.7 Billion by 2015 and for the first time this year more unmanned than manned pilots will be trained in the US Air Force.

Attend SMi’s 10th annual Unmanned Aircraft Systems conference and explore a complete overview of UAS in both the military and the cutting edge developments from the commercial and civilian sectors. Take advantage of this unique networking opportunity with key industry leaders and decision makers from the field of UAS.

This year’s key note addresses include presentations from:

Major General Stephen D. Schmidt, Commander, Airborne Early Warning and Control Force Command, NATO
Brigadier General Robert P. Otto, Deputy Chief of Staff for ISR, Headquarters US Air Force
Brigadier General Giovanni Fantuzzi, Aerospace Planning Division, C4ISTAR Planning Branch, Italian Air Force

Booking Information
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Alternatively contact Nicolas Pianet on +44 (0) 20 7827 6728 or email: npianet@smi-online.co.uk

Exhibition and Sponsorship Opportunities
Exhibition space and sponsorship is limited.
Please contact Fiona Punter on tel: +44 (0)20 7827 6098 or email fpunter@smi-online.co.uk to avoid disappointment

UAV Market to Benefit from Navy and Air Force Partnering Under New MOA

The UAV market will likely benefit from Navy and Air Force partnering under new Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) signed June 12 by Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead, and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz. The U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force are now mutual partners in defense aviation surveillance. The MOA is aimed to increase interoperability for the Northrop Grumman remotely piloted aircrafts like the RQ-4 Global Hawk System used by the Air Force and the MQ-4 BAMS UAS used by the Navy. These multi-mission surveillance aircrafts provide intelligence, data collection and reconnaissance to commanders in theater. Two services are now commited to maximized commonalities and co-efficiencies of the Navy’s Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Unmanned Aircraft Systems (BAMS UAS) and Air Force’s Global Hawk (GH).

Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Dominance, Vice Adm. Jack Dorsett said:

This agreement allows us to leverage the shared and complementary expertise of the Navy and Air Force and deliver agile, interoperable systems to the warfighter. We also look forward to the increased efficiencies that this approach will deliver to the benefit of both the BAMS and Global Hawk programs.

Air Force Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Lt. Gen. David Deptula elaborated:

This memorandum of agreement is a tremendous opportunity to collaborate and seek out greater efficiencies and synergies between our two services. We believe it’s the right thing for the service chiefs, combatant commanders, the Department of Defense, and ultimately our Sailors, Airmen and Marines out there in combat.

We're going to focus on basing, maintenance, aircraft command and control, logistics, training and the data requirements for processing exploitation and dissemination of BAMS and Global Hawk. Take for example if we decide to jointly base in Italy. We can eliminate excessive personnel redundancies by having only one squadron based there instead of two. We can have Navy personnel operating Air Force Aircraft and vice versa.

The MOA covers six categories which will be examined closely by a soon to be established Synergies Working Group, (SWG). The SWG will identify and make recommendations that maximize Service program commonalities and efficiencies.

This MOA effort is led by the Deputy CNO for Information Dominance (Navy) and the Air force Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance who also support the Under Secretary of Defense of Intelligence.

Utah Base Poised to Become a Leader in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Maintenance

Hill Air Force Base will be responsible for maintaining key components and systems on the U.S. Air Force's most modern Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), the MQ-1 Predator and the MQ-9 Reaper.

Hill will be responsible for maintaining the following subsystems that make up two UAV airplanes:

MQ-1 Predator Aircraft and Aircraft Related (Airframe) -
The airframe consists of the structural repair of the main body of the aircraft. It includes structural members, control surfaces, and other integral airframe components.
MQ-1 Predator Ground Data Terminal (GDT)
- The GDT maintains the line-of-sight radio frequency (RF) data link with the aircraft. The GDT is remotely located from the ground control station (GCS).
MQ-1 Predator Primary Satellite Link (PSL)
- Software portion of the ground control station that functions as the aircraft cockpit.
MQ-1 Predator Ground Control Station (GCS)
- Functions as the aircraft cockpit. The control station can control the aircraft either within the line of sight (LOS) or beyond the LOS (BLOS). The GCS is either mobile to support forward operating locations or at a fixed facility to support remote fixed operation.
MQ-9 Reaper Airframe
- The airframe consists of the structural repair of the main body of the aircraft. It includes structural members, control surfaces, and other integral airframe components.

The following RQ-4A Global Hawk subsystems have also been designated for Ogden:

RQ-4A Global Hawk Peculiar Main Landing Gear Strut and Brake Assemblies
- This group includes landing gear and related mechanisms.
RQ-4A Global Hawk Block 10 Composites
- The composites structures contribute to the structural integrity and the overall mission of the Global Hawk. This group includes composite, plastic, rubber, and metal bonding technologies that have been developed to reduce weight and replace metal structures. Within these categories are control surfaces, skins, removable panels, doors, structural members, empennages.
RQ-4A Global Hawk Common Hydraulic Subsystem/Block 10 Hydraulic Subsystem
- The overall hydraulic system provides power to drive the AC generator and perform landing gear functions.

UAV Market: Game Changing Technologies

DefenseMarket.com: This week has seen several announces evidencing that the UAV market is going through game changing transformation. The new game changing UAV technologies set up new standards of UAV flight endurance, altitude and mission applicability. Read more...

UAV Market: Contract for Small Tactical Unmanned Air System/Tier II Awarded to Insitu

DefenseAcquisition.com: Insitu Inc., a Boeing subsidiary, won the Small Tactical Unmanned Air System (STUAS)/Tier II contract from Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) for its Integrator unmanned aircraft system (UAS) valued at about $44 Million. Read more...