Jul 31 2010
Frost and Sullivan’s new analysis on Civil Security Air Surveillance Programs reveals a revenue of $2.8 billion in the year 2009, and predicts a boost of $3.8 billion through 2016, by the market for air surveillance vehicles such as civil helicopters, airborne radars, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and multi mission aircraft
According to Balaji Srimoolanathan, Frost and Sullivan’s Program Manager, Europe’s civil security air surveillance market would be given a boost because of the increasing concurrence and team work between the air surveillance vehicle industry and the EU member states. An example of this would be the massive 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where a number of civil UAV’s would be deployed.
Sectors such as urban networks for law enforcement, emergency medical services, maritime surveillance, energy sector, and the earth observation, utilize civil security air surveillance, and due to an added team work between the industry members, the demand keeps increasing. But the major constraints for this growth are unwillingness to squander huge amounts of money; complexity of UAV's; the mounting costs and dubious airworthiness. Subsequent to air space integration, unification is anticipated in the UAV segment, because of the presence of 100+ market participants.
Srimoolanathan stated that, approval from the civilians was not forthcoming because of the problematic safety and fitness levels of these aircraft. To increase the public faith, manufacturers and civil aviation agencies are looking into aircraft safety and design aspects, by conducting many research programs He concludes, saying that market members’ focus should be on high-potential area markets such as the Nordic region and Western European countries, such as France, Greece, Germany, United Kingdom, Italy and Spain, and fine-tune and refashion themselves to novel business strategies like 'pay as you fly'.
Source: http://www.frost.com