Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) represents one of the largest and fastest growing military and aerospace markets. Fueled by 911 and the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, the military is pouring money into UAS R&D, systems, subsystems, components, and services.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 1.0        Introduction

2.0        Description of the market and trends

             2.1        Growth in flight hours

3.0        Market size and trends

4.0        Technology for future bandwidth growth

            4.1        Technology trends
            4.2        Glass fibers
                         4.2.1     Multimode and single mode coarse and dense WDM
            4.3        Plastic optical fibers
                         4.3.1     Step Index and Graded Index and WDM

            4.4        Standards Activity                        
                         4.4.1     ASTM
                         4.4.2     SAE
                         4.4.3     RTCA
                         4.4.4     ARINC

            4.5        ITAR Regulations

5.0        Key DOD organizations           
             5.1       DOD Headquarters
                         5.1.1     Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technologies, and Logistics
                         5.1.2     DARPA
             5.2       DOD Services
                         5.2.1     Air Force                          
                         5.2.2     Army                        
                         5.2.3     Navy
                         5.2.4     Marine Corps
                         5.2.5     SOCOM  
             5.3       Department of Homeland Security
                         5.3.1     Coast guard
                         5.3.2     Customs and border protection                           
            5.4        Intelligence Agencies            
            5.5        Major Systems Suppliers Company, Country, Contacts, UAS Systems and Acronyms)

                          5.5.1     Number of Systems by Company

                          5.5.2     Number of Companies and Suppliers by Country

                          5.5.3     Systems Suppliers Profile

6.0        References

7.0        Acronyms

We offer a series of reports covering this market for those companies which are not involved yet in these markets but are considering entering into the market as either a systems, subsystems, components, or service supplier. The reports are marketing guides with information on the markets and potential buyers.

The UAS series of reports consist of the following volumes:

Vol. 1 - The Fiber Optics Market for Military Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)

Vol. 2 - The Fiber Optics Market for Commercial Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)

Vol. 3 - The Market for Civil UAV Applications

Vol. 4 - Unmaned Systems  Integrated Roadmap 2011-2036

Vol. 5 - UAV Directory

The price of each report is $1995.00 or $5995.00 (US) for all five volumes.