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Four companies dominate the military drone market*
By Michael Peck
Apr 16, 2022
INDIAN SPRINGS, NV - APRIL 6: Members of the United States Air Force perform a pre-flight check on an MQ-1B Predator unmanned aircraft system April 6, 2019 at Creech Air Force Base in Indian Springs, Nevada. The United States Air Force currently has 116 of the aircraft in its UAS (Unmanned Aircraft System) fleet with 31 of them airborne at any given moment, flying combat air patrols over Iraq and Afghanistan. After being launched overseas, the Predators are flown by pilots and sensor operators from ground control stations at Creech and four Air National Guard units in the Unites States. In addition to carrying two laser-guided Hellfire missiles, the Predators have cameras that provide full-motion video that is in high demand for use in intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. The demand for the aircraft was highlighted in February when the Air Force reached the milestone of 500,000 flying hours for the Predator. It took 12 years to reach 250,000 flying hours and only about two years to double it. It is expected that the Air Force will reach one million flying hours in less than three years. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Four companies dominate the U.S. military UAV market, according to a study by market research firm Govini.
General Atomics, Northrop Grumman, Textron and Boeing account for 66 percent of the $9 billion market, the study found. The General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper alone accounted for more than a quarter of the market.
"General Atomics is the top vendor that owns more than a third of the Defense market at more than $4 billion," Govini said. "Northrop Grumman is a distant second with less than half of that capture. Combined, these top two vendors account for more than 50 percent of the UAS market. Textron owns 10 percent of the market, while Boeing rounds out the top four with seven percent."
"Since the Air Force has more sophisticated mission requirements, it has the least competition, averaging 10 offers per award and an average deal size of $1.9 million," according to the study. "The Army is more competitive with an average of 15 offers and, when defined by average deal size, is also the most lucrative customer with an average deal size of $2.1 million. The Navy is the most competitive with an average of 31 offers received on an average deal size of $781,000."
