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Table of Contents
Executive Summary
1.1 Scope of the Report
1.2 Unmanned Systems Composite Materials Market Research Methodology
1.2.1 Primary Data Sources
1.2.2 Secondary Data Sources
2.1 Market Drivers
2.1.1 Need for Weight Reduction of Unmanned Systems
2.1.2 High-Performance Structural Materials
2.2 Market Challenges
2.2.1 Damage Tolerance and Delamination Issues
2.2.2 High Cost of Raw Materials and Manufacturing Methods
2.2.3 Lack of Material Standardization and Recyclability Issues
2.3 Market Opportunities
2.3.1 Increase in Demand for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
2.3.2 Increasing Investment by Composite Materials Suppliers
3.1 Competitive Landscape
3.2 Key Strategies and Developments
3.2.1 Partnerships, Agreements and Contracts
3.2.2 Product Launches
3.2.3 Mergers and Acquisitions
3.2.4 Other Developments
3.3 Market Key Strategies And Developments
4.1 Composite Materials for Unmanned Systems
4.2 Product Offerings by Key Manufacturers
4.3 Manufacturing Process of Composite Unmanned Systems Structures
4.4 Design Process of Composites
4.5 Key Market Players of Composite Unmanned System
4.6 Value Chain Analysis
5.1 Segmentation of Unmanned Systems’ Composite Materials Market by Type
5.2 Market Overview
5.3 Carbon Fiber Market Size for Unmanned Systems 2015-2021
5.4 Glass Fiber Market Size for Unmanned Systems 2015-2021
5.5 Aramid Fiber Market Size for Unmanned Systems 2015-2021
6.1 Segmentation of Composite Materials Market for Unmanned Systems by Platform
6.2 Market Overview
6.3 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Market Size 2015-2021
6.4 Unmanned Ground Vehicle Market Size 2015-2021
6.5 Unmanned Underwater Vehicle Market Size 2015-2021
7.1 Segmentation of Unmanned Systems Composite Materials Market by Geography
7.2 Market Overview
7.3 The North American Composite Material Market for Unmanned Systems 2015-2021
7.3.1 U.S. Composite Materials Market Size 2015-2021
7.3.2 Canada Composite Material Market Size 2015-2021
7.4 The European Composite Material Market Size 2015-2021
7.4.1 Russia Composite Material Market Size 2015-2021
7.4.2 U.K. Composite Material Market Size 2015-2021
7.4.3 Germany Composite Materials Market Size 2015-2021
7.4.4 France Composite Material Market Size 2015-2021
7.5 Asia Pacific Composite Materials Market Size 2015-2021
7.5.1 China Composite Materials Market Size 2015-2021
7.5.2 Japan Composite Material Market Size 2015-2021
7.5.3 India’s Composite Material Market Size 2015-2021
7.6 Composite Material Market Size in Rest of the World 2015-2021
8.1 Hexcel Corporation
8.1.1 Company Overview
8.1.2 Financials
8.1.2.1 Overall Financials
8.1.2.2 Segment Revenue Mix
8.1.2.3 Geographic Revenue Mix
8.1.3 SWOT Analysis
8.2 TenCate
8.2.1 Company Overview
8.2.2 Financials
8.2.2.1 Overall Financials
8.2.2.2 Segment Revenue Mix
8.2.2.3 Segment Revenue Mix by End-Market
8.2.2.4 Geographic Revenue Mix
8.2.3 SWOT Analysis
8.3 Quickstep Technologies
8.3.1 Company Overview
8.3.2 Financials
8.3.2.1 Overall Financials
8.3.2.2 Segment Revenue Mix
8.3.2.3 Geographic Revenue Mix
8.3.3 SWOT Analysis
8.4 Teijin Limited
8.4.1 Company Overview
8.4.2 Financials
8.4.2.1 Overall Financials
8.4.2.2 Segment Revenue Mix
8.4.2.3 Geographic Revenue Mix
8.4.3 SWOT Analysis
8.5 Cytec Industries Limited
8.5.1 Company Overview
8.5.2 Financials
8.5.2.1 Overall Financials
8.5.2.2 Segment Revenue Mix
8.5.2.3 Geographic Revenue Mix
8.5.3 SWOT Analysis
8.6 Kratos Defense and Security Solutions
8.6.1 Company Overview
8.6.2 Financials
8.6.2.1 Overall Financials
8.6.2.2 Segment Revenue Mix
8.6.2.3 Geographic Revenue Mix
8.6.3 SWOT Analysis
8.7 Toray Industries Inc.
8.7.1 Company Overview
8.7.2 Financials
8.7.2.1 Overall Financials
8.7.2.2 Segment Revenue Mix
8.7.2.3 Geographic Revenue Mix
8.7.3 SWOT Analysis
8.8 SGL Group
8.8.1 Company Overview
8.8.2 Financials
8.8.2.1 Overall Financials
8.8.2.2 Segment Revenue Mix
8.8.2.3 SGL Group Business Segment Analysis 2015
8.8.2.4 Geographic Revenue Mix
8.8.2.5 SGL Group Segmentation by End-Market
8.9 Morgan Advanced Materials
8.9.1 Company Overview
8.9.2 Financials
8.9.2.1 Overall Financials
8.9.2.2 Segment Revenue Mix
8.9.2.3 Geographic Revenue Mix
8.10 Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation
8.10.1 Company Overview
8.10.2 Financials
8.10.2.1 Overall Financials
8.10.2.2 Segment Revenue Mix
8.10.3 SWOT Analysis
Table 1 Comparison of Glass, Aramid and Carbon Fiber
Table 2 U.S. DoD Spending on Unmanned Systems ($ Million)
Table 2.1 Performance Characteristics of Several Materials
Table 3.1 Key Contracts, Agreements and Partnerships
Table 3.2 Key Product Launches
Table 3.3 Mergers, Acquisitions, and Joint Venture
Table 3.4 Other Developments
Table 4.1 Characteristics on Key Composite Materials
Table 4.2 Key Composite Materials used in Various Applications
Table 4.3 Product Offerings by Key Manufacturer
Table 4.4 Composite UAVs Mapping with Manufacturers
Table 5.1 Unmanned Systems Composite Material Market Size, by Material Type 2015-2021
Table 6.1 Unmanned Systems Composite Materials Market Size, by Platform 2015-2021 ($ Million)
Table 6.2 U.S. DoD Spending on Unmanned Systems ($ Million)
Table 7.1 Unmanned Systems Composite Materials Market Size, by Geography 2015-2021($ Million)
Table 7.2 Unmanned Systems Composite Material Market Size in Rest of the World, 2015-2021($ Million)
Table 8.1 Quickstep Technologies – Geographic Revenue Mix, 2015 ($ Million)
Table 8.2 Teijin R&D Sites
Table 8.3 Aerospace Materials Product Line with Principal Applications
Figure 1 Significance of Composite Materials
Figure 2 Classification of Composite Materials
Figure 3 Composite Material Market for Unmanned Systems 2016-2021($ Million)
Figure 4 Unmanned Systems Composite Material Market by Platform, 2015 and 2021 (%)
Figure 5 Unmanned Systems Composite Material Market by Material Type, 2015 and 2021($ Million)
Figure 6 Unmanned Systems Composite Material Market by Geography, 2015 and 2021 (%)
Figure 7 Unmanned Systems Composite Materials Market by Geography, 2015 and 2021($ Million)
Figure 8 Unmanned Systems Composite Materials Market by Country, 2015 ($ Million)
Figure 1.1 Unmanned Systems Composite Materials Market Scope
Figure 1.2 Market Research Flow
Figure 1.3 Top-down Approach
Figure 1.4 Secondary Research Sources
Figure 2.1 Market Dynamics Snapshot
Figure 2.2 Market Drivers-Impact Analysis
Figure 2.3 Cost Comparison of Several Materials
Figure 2.4 Market Challenges-Impact Analysis
Figure 2.5 Market Dynamics Snapshot
Figure 2.6 Composite Materials in UAV Models
Figure 2.7 Advantages of Specialty Synthetic Fiber
Figure 3.1 Some of the Organic & Inorganic Growth Strategies Adopted by the Key Players
Figure 3.2 Percentage Share of Strategies Adopted by the Market Players 2010-2016
Figure 4.1 Manufacturing Process of Composite Components for Unmanned Systems
Figure 4.2 Traditional Composite Design
Figure 4.3 Value Chain Analysis
Figure 5.1 Classification of Composite Material Market for Unmanned Systems by Materials Type
Figure 5.2 Unmanned Systems Composite Materials Market Share (%) 2015 and 2021
Figure 5.3 Carbon Fiber Market Size, 2015 and 2021 ($ Million)
Figure 5.4 Carbon Fiber Market Size, 2015 and 2021 ($ Million)
Figure 5.5 Carbon Fiber Capacities by Manufacturer, 2012 (Tonnes)
Figure 5.6 Glass Fiber Market Size, 2015 and 2021 ($ Million)
Figure 5.7 Aramid Fiber Market Size, 2015 and 2021 ($ Million)
Figure 6.1 Classification of Composite Materials for Unmanned Systems by Platform
Figure 6.2 Unmanned Systems Composite Materials Market Share by Platform ($ Million),2015 and 2021
Figure 6.3 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Market Size, 2015 and 2021 ($ Million)
Figure 6.4 Unmanned Ground Vehicle Market Size, 2015 and 2021 ($ Million)
Figure 6.5 List of Manufacturers in Unmanned Ground Vehicle Market
Figure 6.6 Unmanned Underwater Vehicle Market Size, 2015 and 2021 ($ Million)
Figure 7.1 Classification of Composite Materials Market for Unmanned Systems by Geography
Figure 7.2 Geographic Distribution of Composite Material Market for Unmanned Systems,2015 and 2021
Figure 7.3 North America Composite Material Market Size, 2015-2021 ($ Million)
Figure 7.4 U.S. Composite Materials Market Size, 2015-2021 ($ Million)
Figure 7.5 Canada Composite Material Market Size, 2015-2021 ($ Million)
Figure 7.6 European Composite Material Market Size, 2015-2021 ($ Million)
Figure 7.7 Russia Composite Material Market Size, 2015-2021 ($ Million)
Figure 7.8 U.K. Composite Material Market Size, 2015-2021 ($ Million)
Figure 7.9 Germany Composite Material Market Size 2015 and 2021 ($ Million)
Figure 7.10 France Composite Material Market Size 2015-2021 ($ Million)
Figure 7.11 APAC Composite Materials Market Size, 2015-2021 ($ Million)
Figure 7.12 China Composite Materials Market Size, 2015-2021 ($ Million)
Figure 7.13 Japan Composite Material Market Size, 2015-2021 ($ Million)
Figure 7.14 India’s Composite Material Market Size, 2015-2021 ($ Million)
Figure 7.15 Rest of the World Composite Material Market Size 2015-2021 ($ Million)
Figure 8.1 Hexcel Corporation – Overall Financials, 2013-2015 ($ Million)
Figure 8.2 Hexcel Corporation – Business Segment Revenue Mix, 2013-2015 ($ Million)
Figure 8.3 Hexcel Corporation – Geographic Revenue Mix, 2013-2015 ($ Million)
Figure 8.4 TenCate – Overall Financials, 2013-2015 ($ Million)
Figure 8.5 TenCate – Business Segment Revenue Mix, 2013-15 ($ Million)
Figure 8.6 TenCate – End-user Segment, 2014-15 ($ Million)
Figure 8.7 TenCate– Geographical Mix, 2014 & 2015
Figure 8.8 Quickstep Technologies – Overall Financials, 2013-2015 ($ Million)
Figure 8.9 Quickstep Technologies – Business Segment Revenue Mix, 2013-15 ($ Million)
Figure 8.10 Quickstep Technologies – Geographic Revenue Mix, 2015 (%)
Figure 8.11 Teijin Limited – Overall Financials, 2014-2016 ($ Million)
Figure 8.12 Teijin Limited – Business Segment Revenue Mix, 2015-16 ($ Million)
Figure 8.13 Teijin Limited – Geographic Revenue Mix, 2016
Figure 8.14 Cytec Industries – Overall Financials, 2012-2014 ($ Million)
Figure 8.15 Cytec Industries – Business Segment Revenue Mix, 2012-14 ($ Million)
Figure 8.16 Cytec Industries – Geographic Revenue Mix, 2014
Figure 8.17 Kratos Defense and Security Solutions – Overall Financials, 2013-2015 ($ Million)
Figure 8.18 Kratos Defense and Security Solutions – Business Segment Revenue Mix,2013-15($ Million)
Figure 8.19 Kratos Defence and Security Solutions – Geographic Revenue Mix, 2015
Figure 8.20 Toray Industries – Overall Financials, 2014-2016 ($ Million)
Figure 8.21 Toray Business Segments Mapped with their Growth Strategies
Figure 8.22 Toray Industries – Business Segment Revenue Mix, 2014-16 ($ Million)
Figure 8.23 Toray Industries – Geographic Revenue Mix, 2014 and 2016
Figure 8.24 SGL Group– Overall Financials, 2013-2015 ($ Million)
Figure 8.25 Worldwide Production Sites, 2015
Figure 8.26 SGL Group – Business Segment Revenue Mix, 2013-15 ($ Million)
Figure 8.27 Business Segment Analysis, 2015
Figure 8.28 Business Segment Analysis, 2015
Figure 8.29 SGL Group – Geographic Mix, 2014 and 2015
Figure 8.30 SGL Group – Segmentation by End-Market, 2015
Figure 8.31 Morgan Advanced Materials – Overall Financials, 2013-2015 ($ Million)
Figure 8.32 Morgan Advanced Materials – Business Segment, 2014-15 ($ Million)
Figure 8.33 Morgan Advanced Materials – Geographic Analysis, 2015
Figure 8.34 Core Strengths of Morgan Advanced Materials
Figure 8.35 Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings – Overall Financials, 2013-2015 ($ Million)
Figure 8.36 Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings – Business Segment, 2013-15 ($ Million)
Topics Covered in the Report
- This report identifies the global composite material market for unmanned systems under different segments such as platform, material type, and geography
- The study includes the market analysis and forecast of global composite materials market for unmanned systems from 2016 to 2021 in terms of value. The report also highlights the year-on-year growth of the market
- It examines the prime supply and demand side factors affecting the growth of the market along with the current and future trends prevalent in the composite material market
- It also presents a detailed examination of composite materials market along the lines of market drivers, restraints, growth opportunities, and challenges
- The report also highlights the value chain of the industry with a major focus on technology roadmap
- A detailed competitive analysis has been included in this report which focuses on the key market developments & strategies followed by the key players in the market. This section comprises of a thorough Research and Development (R&D) analysis of the leading players
- Composite materials market analysis and forecast with respect to various platforms such as unmanned aerial vehicle, unmanned ground vehicle, unmanned underwater vehicle among others, garners major emphasis in the report
- Composite material market for unmanned systems has been analyzed for all geographies including North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Rest of the World with further analysis in respect to other major countries
- Several ongoing programs for advancement of composite materials are included in this report
- The key market players are analyzed and profiled in detail in the report. This section covers the business financials, company snapshots, key products & services, major developments, future programs (if any), and finally, the individual SWOT analysis.
Report Description
The composite material market for unmanned systems is experiencing an advanced rate of growth over the past few years due to the increasing need for lightweight structures in unmanned systems. This high scale of growth of the composite industry is subsequently influencing the market, wherein a new range of programs are being carried out to develop a unique blend of composite materials for unmanned systems. The increased performance of composite materials in terms of strength, lightweight and durability are some of the major reasons driving the composite materials market forward. The different types of composite materials include: carbon fiber reinforced polymer, glass fiber and aramid fiber. By analysis, composite material market for unmanned systems generated $1.24 billion in 2015, in terms of revenue.
Market Overview
Composite materials are essentially a combination of two or more distinct materials that are combined together to fashion a superior category material. With various innovations in the field of composite technology, the power of these materials have significantly increased and is actively replacing metal alloys such as aluminum, titanium etc. The advancement in the materials and production technologies have enabled the implementation of improved design with reduced size, weight, cost and aerodynamic drag of unmanned systems. In unmanned systems, these composites are preferred increasingly so as to reduce the weight of the aircraft and increase the payload content. Carbon fiber reinforced polymer is one of the popularly known substance used in unmanned systems.
Annual reports, SEC Filings, and Press Releases of Key Players in the Market; Journals; White Papers; Paid Databases; Primary Interviews; and BIS Research Analysis
The overall demand for composite materials is gaining popularity in the aerospace and defense industry owing to the growing need for the lightweight components for the procurement of unmanned systems. Moreover, the increased reliability, durability, high strength to weight ratio of composite materials have attracted players to procure unmanned systems using composites. The market players are also investing heavily on Research and Development (R&D) and expanding their facility to meet the growing demand for composites in the market.
The composite material market for unmanned systems reported a revenue of $1.24 billion in 2015 with carbon fiber segment accommodating for the highest revenue by 2021.
FIGURE 2 COMPOSITE MATERIAL MARKET ANALYSIS, 2016-2021 ($ MILLION)
Annual reports, SEC Filings, and Press Releases of Key Players in the Market; Journals; White Papers; Paid databases; Primary Interview; and BIS Research Analysis
Glass fiber reinforced polymer will encompass for the largest market revenue share in 2015, with carbon fiber segment expected to grow at a faster rate during the forecast period. With the evolution in new technologies, advanced materials have been procured so as to reduce the fuel consumption using lightweight components. The carbon-fiber materials are also used in marine applications for the manufacturing of unmanned underwater vehicles and ships. Bluefin Robotics and Konsberg Maritime are two major companies involved in the development of lightweight and man-portable Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs).
North America is expected to dominate the market in the forecast period (2016-2021), followed by Europe, Asia Pacific, and Rest of the World (RoW). The U.S., being the largest market, consists of many players who are investing substantially and conducting research and development activities in the market. Similarly Russia, the U.K., France, and Germany are some of the prominent countries in Europe that have created a roadmap for the manufacturing of composite materials. The Russian government has planned to develop $1.9 billion worth of composite materials by 2020 and export 10% of them. The Asia Pacific region is expected to witness further developments in composite materials with China dominating the market in this region.
Some of the key manufacturers in the composite material market for unmanned system include: Hexcel Corporation, TenCate, Morgan Advanced Materials, SGL Group, Cytec Industries, Toray Industries, Gurit Holding, Teijin Limited, Composite Engineering Inc., Solid Concepts, Quickstep Technologies, Mitsubishi Rayon Carbon Fiber and Composites.