Anti-Aircraft Warfare Market Report 2025

This Anti-Aircraft Warfare market report provides a comprehensive analysis of the market’s characteristics, size, and growth, including segmentation, regional and country-level breakdowns, competitive landscape, market shares, trends, and strategies. It also tracks historical and forecasted market growth across various geographies.

The anti-aircraft warfare market size has grown strongly in recent years. It will grow from $19.8 billion in 2024 to $21.16 billion in 2025 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.9%. The growth in the historic period can be attributed to the increasing development of Indigenous air defense systems, rise in government investment in aerospace and defense, growing and changing nature of military threats, rise in focus on integrated air defense systems, and focus on Indigenous development.

The anti-aircraft warfare market size is expected to see strong growth in the next few years. It will grow to $27.32 billion in 2029 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.6%. The growth in the forecast period can be attributed to the development of advanced surface-to-air missiles, improved missile guidance and tracking systems, the development of jamming and spoofing technologies, autonomous targeting and engagement systems, and national defense modernization initiatives. Major trends in the forecast period include technology advancements, integration of advanced sensors and artificial intelligence, development of hypersonic weapons and countermeasures, improved missile defense systems, and anti-satellite weapons.

The growth of the anti-aircraft warfare market is expected to be driven by the increasing threat posed by unmanned aerial systems (UAS). These systems, which operate without human pilots onboard and can be controlled remotely or autonomously, serve various purposes such as reconnaissance, surveillance, and combat missions. Advances in technology have made UAS more affordable, accessible, and effective in reconnaissance and attack capabilities, contributing to their rising threat. Anti-aircraft warfare systems play a crucial role in mitigating this threat by detecting, tracking, and neutralizing drones before they pose a danger to their targets. For example, as of April 2022, the UK reported 181,166 registered drone pilots and approximately 6,000 drone-related incidents reported to police, with a minority constituting offenses. A notable portion of these incidents involved drones operating near or within restricted airspace, underscoring the need for enhanced anti-aircraft defenses.

Key players in the anti-aircraft warfare market are actively developing advanced laser-guided systems to improve precision and efficacy. These systems utilize laser technology to guide missiles or projectiles accurately to their targets. Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL), for instance, launched the Sanharika in October 2022, a laser-guided short-range anti-aircraft weapon system mounted on armored vehicles. Equipped with laser beam riding missiles, this system ensures precise targeting of aerial threats, thereby enhancing military defensive capabilities across diverse operational environments.

In June 2024, DZYNE Technologies, a prominent US-based manufacturer in aviation and aerospace components, acquired High Point Aerotechnologies LLC to strengthen its capabilities in unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and autonomous flight technologies. This acquisition aims to integrate expertise from High Point Aerotechnologies, a manufacturer specializing in advanced aerospace components, to expand product offerings, improve operational efficiencies, and solidify DZYNE Technologies' position in the advanced aerospace sector.

Major companies operating in the anti-aircraft warfare market are Raytheon Technologies Corporation, The Boeing Company, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Hanwha Land Systems Co. Ltd., General Dynamics Corporation, Northrop Grumman Corporation, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, BAE Systems plc, Thales Group, Leonardo S.p.A, Rheinmetall AG, Saab AB, Indra Sistemas S.A, Kongsberg Gruppen ASA, Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd., Aselsan A.S., Airbus Defence and Space, Rosoboronexport State Corporation, Navantia SA, Defense Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Almaz-Antey Corp.

North America was the largest region in the anti-aircraft warfare market in 2024. The regions covered in the anti-aircraft warfare market report are Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa. The countries covered in the anti-aircraft warfare market report are Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Russia, South Korea, UK, USA, Canada, Italy, Spain.

Anti-aircraft warfare involves strategic defensive measures aimed at detecting, tracking, and neutralizing enemy aircraft to protect ground and naval targets from aerial attacks, thereby preventing enemy air superiority and safeguarding critical assets and personnel.

The primary technologies of anti-aircraft warfare include fire control systems, weapon systems, countermeasure systems, and command and control systems. A fire control system encompasses equipment and procedures designed for accurately aiming and controlling weapon firing, crucially addressing threats across various ranges and domains such as subsonic, supersonic, and hypersonic missiles in ground, air, marine, and space environments.

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The anti-aircraft warfare market consists of sales of surface-to-air missiles, anti-aircraft guns, electronic warfare systems, training, and simulation equipment. Values in this market are ‘factory gate’ values, that is the value of goods sold by the manufacturers or creators of the goods, whether to other entities (including downstream manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors and retailers) or directly to end customers. The value of goods in this market includes related services sold by the creators of the goods.

The market value is defined as the revenues that enterprises gain from the sale of goods and/or services within the specified market and geography through sales, grants, or donations in terms of the currency (in USD, unless otherwise specified).

The revenues for a specified geography are consumption values that are revenues generated by organizations in the specified geography within the market, irrespective of where they are produced. It does not include revenues from resales along the supply chain, either further along the supply chain or as part of other products.

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