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“The global military machine is witnessing significant transformations in terms of technology to strengthen capabilities. Major trends include the internet of things (IoT), AI, robotics, AR & VR among others to optimize defense operations and augment military efficiency. As cyber-attacks are gradually changing the paradigm of war, a hybrid warfare system has gradually emerged. Governments and militaries also revamping their tactics or strategies to counter these hybrid threats.”
As a part of this bundle, you will gain access to in-depth insights available in the following reports:
- Thematic Research: Augmented Reality in Defense
- Thematic Research: Soldier Modernization
- Thematic Research: Internet of Military Things
- Thematic Research: Electric Vehicles in Defense
- Thematic Research: Drones for Maritime Operation
- Thematic Research: Quantum Computing in Defense
- Thematic Research: AI in Defense
- Thematic Report: Hypersonic Technologies
- Thematic Research: Cybersecurity in Defense
Report 1: Thematic Research: Augmented Reality in Defense
According to GlobalData estimates, AR will generate revenues of $152 billion globally by 2030, and the defense sector is leading the charge. Augmented Reality (AR) is increasingly being integrated into battlefield applications for pilots and infantry for enhancing a soldier’s situational awareness and reaction time. AR training provides a wider range of simulated environments, circumstances, and variables while also being safer than learning battlefield skills on the battlefield. This reduces the risk of soldiers being injured and expensive military equipment being damaged by trainees. The US has issued most of the tenders in AR in the defense sector over the last three years. Moreover, the UK, Canada, Australia, and India provide tenders in fields like surveillance, operations, engineering, and training.
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Report 2: Thematic Research: Soldier Modernization
The digitization of the modern battlefield over the last two decades is set to further accelerate due to the rising threat of peer-to-peer conflict, coupled with widespread reductions in active service personnel. Therefore, the digitization of soldier systems is a primary concern for military strategists. The term ‘dismounted soldier systems’ encompasses a range of different capabilities and technologies, thus providing defense companies with a wide scope of products or services that could enhance the capabilities of the twenty-first-century soldier. As warfare becomes increasingly networked, new wearable devices, linked with radio systems and battle management systems with head-mounted C2 displays, are increasingly integrated into harnesses or other pieces of equipment. For instance, Crye Precision, a textiles and PPE designer and manufacturer with a long history of supplying equipment to numerous western military organizations, secured 238 separate contracts worth an estimated $97 million for the supply of PPE and clothing to US military and law-enforcement agencies between 2007 and 2016. Crye was recently selected to supply uniforms for the British Royal Navy’s Future Commando Force program.
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Report 3: Thematic Research – Internet of Military Things
The global IoT market is expected to grow to $807 billion by 2025 from $486 billion in 2020, at a CAGR of 11% over the forecast period, according to GlobalData forecasts. Modern warfare is increasingly information-based, and soldiers and decision-makers need a continual flow of up-to-date information to quickly make the best decisions possible. Internet of Military Things (IoMT) can speed up and increase the efficiency of the observe, orient, decide, act (OODA) loop. Real-time information sharing between military sectors is one of the most important aspects involved in managing wars. This is especially true when the information type is critical and when timely knowledge will resolve critical situations. IoMT networks can increase situational awareness, response time, and risk assessment. Connecting assets and making them work together acts as a force multiplier, helping forces maintain a strategic advantage in the age of data-driven conflict.
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Report 4: Thematic Research – Electric Vehicles in Defense
The demand for greener military practices is pushing Armed Forces to look for greener technologies – with electric vehicles (EVs) being a potential asset. The sustainable nature of EVs adds to other technological advantages such as reduced thermal and acoustic signatures, making their use even more of an attractive alternative to traditional fossil-fueled vehicles. The US and UK defense industries are the primary developers of EVs with a handful of key procurement and research and development programs are currently underway. Issues such as weight restrictions, charging options, and safety concerns are hampering the quick uptake of EVs into the arsenals of armed forces globally. Currently, the US Army is the primary military user of any EV, and even in these instances usage is restricted to small logistical vehicles used for transport in barracks. However, hydrogen fuel cells are a viable alternative if more research and development is undertaken.
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Report 5: Thematic Research – Drones for Maritime Operation
According to GlobalData the global military UAV market, valued at $8 billion in 2021, is projected to grow at a CAGR of 7.15% over the forecast period, to reach $15.9 billion by 2031. Most of today’s UAVs are designed for ISR, search and rescue and constabulary missions. Advanced navies seek to enhance their utilization of UAVs in logistic transport and other naval operations such as anti-submarine warfare (ASW), anti-surface warfare (ASUW), mine counter measure (MCM), and electronic warfare (EW). General Atomics is one of the largest UAV manufacturers, selling the Reaper and Predator UAV to the US and allies worldwide. To meet growing military demands for accurate ISR and strike capabilities, the company’s focus is on providing long-endurance, mission-capable UAVs equipped with integrated sensors and data link systems.
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Report 6: Thematic Research: Quantum Computing in Defense
Several defense companies are investing in quantum as they seek to reap future benefits. States are increasingly dedicating resources to leverage the advantages of quantum by using the technology to improve networking for dispersed forces, as well as increasing communication security. Quantum’s use in network-centric conflict has the potential to reduce operational pauses and increase the speed of command, as well as increasing shared situational awareness. IBM, Microsoft, D-Wave, Alibaba, Google, Honeywell, and, most recently, AWS now all offer quantum cloud services, as do start-ups such as IonQ and Rigetti. In terms of geopolitics, quantum computing is also turning into a major battlefront in the gathering technology war between China and the US. Governments are concerned about the potential to fall behind and be at a strategic disadvantage and have ramped up the logistics for its development of it.
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Report 7: Thematic Research – AI in Defense
Despite the R&D effort, the introduction of AI in the defense sector is still in its infancy. Therefore, when looking at potential winners in this theme, it is as important to gauge their ability to innovate over the long-term as it is to evaluate the current state of their AI offerings. Leading the way with the development of AI technologies are the US and China, who are also the two biggest military spenders. The former can count on its global technology giants, including Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Meta (Facebook), and IBM. Their strength is derived from a combination of factors, including access to huge datasets, essential for training AI systems, and significant amounts of computing power. For instance, Lockheed Martin is eagerly investing in autonomous and semi-autonomous AI supporter flying systems with Sikorsky’s MATRIX Technology program. Over the next few years, these US-headquartered companies will face increasing competition from China’s tech powerhouses, including Baidu and Alibaba.
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Report 8: Thematic Report: Hypersonic Technologies
Hypersonic technology has a long history, almost stretching back to the days of the Second World War. Recently, increasing multi-polarity (and certainly the war in Ukraine) have driven intense investment in hypersonic technology by countries such as Russia, China, and the US. Hypersonic refers to aerial projectiles (aircraft, missiles, rockets, and spacecraft) that can reach speeds through the atmosphere greater than Mach 5, which is near 4,000 miles per hour (6437Km/h). The Mach number indicates how many times the speed of sound an object is traveling. As objects travel faster, technical challenges such as atmospheric heating increase exponentially, a concern that has historically limited designers. Eventually, in the next decade, the missiles segment will be driven by multiple high-value procurement programs worldwide, including the AGM-181 LRSO, Next-Generation Interceptor (NGI), Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD), and Patriot Advanced Capability 3 (PAC-3) by the US, Kh-95 and Kh-47M2 Khinzhal by Russia, Dong Feng-21 by China, and AGM-88 HARM by Saudi Arabia, among other stakeholders.
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Report 9: Thematic Research: Cybersecurity in Defense
Cybersecurity is a key concern for businesses of all sizes. Smaller or niche companies along the supply chain that are connected to the largest defense contractors are often targeted. This is because threat actors identify them as more accessible gateways to obtaining defense information. In response to the growing threat to cybersecurity; companies, nations, and militaries are increasingly adopting a collaborative approach. This involves sharing information with their allies on threats and reporting attempted breaches to collectively improve their cybersecurity posture. The strongest growth in the global security market will be in software. Social media has also become an increasingly important factor to consider for militaries and their cybersecurity strategy. Social media often tracks users’ locations and profiles are frequently filled with material that can indicate a user’s position. In the ongoing invasion of Ukraine, social media has been a key theme to spread misinformation and is also being used to gain military intel on soldiers’ positions and assets.
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Key Players - Soldier Modernization - Thematic Research
Key Players - Internet of Military Things - Thematic Research
Key Players - Electric Vehicles in Defense - Thematic Research
Key Players - Drones for Maritime Operation - Thematic Research
Key Players - Quantum Computing in Defense - Thematic Research
Key Players - AI in Defense - Thematic Research
Key Players - Hypersonic Technologies - Thematic Research
Key Players - Cybersecurity in Defense - Thematic Research
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Frequently asked questions
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Thematic Research: Augmented Reality in Defense
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Name a few countries that provide tenders in AR-integrated fields like surveillance, operations, engineering, and training?
Other than the US, countries like the UK, Canada, Australia, and India provide tenders in AR-integrated fields like surveillance, operations, engineering, and training.
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Thematic Research: Soldier Modernization
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What are the reasons behind the acceleration of digitization on the modern battlefield?
The digitization of the modern battlefield is set to accelerate due to the rising threat of peer-to-peer conflict, coupled with widespread reductions in active service personnel.
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Thematic Research - Internet of Military Things
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What are the significances of IoMT networks?
Internet of Military Things (IoMT) can speed up and increase the efficiency of the observe, orient, decide, act (OODA) loop, increasing situational awareness, response time, and risk assessment.
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Thematic Research - Electric Vehicles in Defense
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What are the issues that have restricted the use of EV vehicles in the defense sector?
A handful of issues such as weight restrictions, charging options, and safety concerns are hampering the quick uptake of EVs into the arsenals of armed forces globally and have restricted their use to small logistical vehicles used for transport in barracks.
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Thematic Research - Drones for Maritime Operation
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What was the global military UAV market size in 2021?
According to GlobalData the global military UAV market size was $8 billion in 2021.
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Thematic Research: Quantum Computing in Defense
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Why governments are increasingly dedicating resources to revamping quantum for the defense sector?
States are increasingly dedicating resources to leverage the advantages of quantum to improve networking for dispersed forces, as well as increasing communication security.
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Thematic Research AI in Defense
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What facets of tech giants will help them to train AI systems in the defense sector?
Tech giants like IBM, Meta, Google, Apple, and others have access to huge datasets and significant amounts of computing power, essential for training AI systems.
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Thematic Report: Hypersonic Technologies
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Which aerial projectiles (aircraft, missiles, rockets, and spacecraft) are denoted as hypersonic?
The term “hypersonic” refers to aerial projectiles (aircraft, missiles, rockets, and spacecraft) that can reach speeds through the atmosphere greater than Mach 5, which is near 4,000 miles per hour (6437Km/h).
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Thematic Research: Cybersecurity in Defense
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How social media has become an increasingly important factor to consider for militaries and their cybersecurity strategies?
Social media often tracks users’ locations and can indicate a user’s position and has been a key theme used by the military to gain intel on soldiers’ positions and assets in the ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
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