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Maritime Surveillance Market Size, Value And Growth Trajectory Through 2030
The maritime surveillance market has experienced robust growth in recent years. The market is forecast to increase from $26 billion in 2025 to $28.39 billion by 2026, registering a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.2%. Historically, this growth has been driven by factors such as maritime security concerns, expansion of naval fleets, increase in global trade routes, coastal monitoring initiatives, and the adoption of radar systems.
The maritime surveillance market size is projected to undergo significant expansion in the next few years. It is forecast to reach $40.56 billion in 2030, demonstrating a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.3%. The drivers for this growth in the forecast period include geopolitical tensions, the rise of autonomous maritime systems, the need for real time intelligence, investments in border security, and the modernization of defense infrastructure. Prominent trends for the forecast period consist of integrated sensor based surveillance, AIS and radar data fusion, AI enabled maritime analytics, real time coastal monitoring, and unmanned surveillance systems.
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Maritime Surveillance Market Development Factors: What’s Supporting Demand?
The growing activity in maritime commerce is projected to drive the expansion of the maritime surveillance market. Maritime commerce refers to the buying and selling of goods utilizing the marine transport system. The heightened maritime commerce activity is expanding the maritime surveillance market, as it covers all procedures necessary for identifying, tracking, and comprehending actions within the marine domain and all other areas affecting the maritime environment. For instance, in 2023, according to the EU Blue Economy Observatory (European Commission), a Belgium-based policy-analysis/observatory platform for the EU blue economy, approximately 13 billion tonnes of traded goods were transported by sea, representing a 2.4% increase from 2022. Therefore, the increase in maritime commerce and freight transport activity is driving the maritime surveillance market.
Maritime Surveillance Market Segment Outlook: Which Categories Are Growing Fastest?
The maritime surveillance market covered in this report is segmented –
1) By Component: Sensors, Radar, Automatic Identification System (AIS) Receiver, Software, Other Components
2) By Application: Naval, Coast Guard, Other Applications
3) By End-User: Defense, Customs, Fisheries, Intelligence, Other End-Users
Subsegments:
1) By Sensors: Optical Sensors, Infrared Sensors, Acoustic Sensors
2) By Radar: Ground-Based Radar, Airborne Radar, Shipborne Radar
3) By Automatic Identification System (AIS) Receiver: Class A AIS Receiver, Class B AIS Receiver
4) By Software: Surveillance Software, Analytics Software, Integration Software
5) By Other Components: Communication Systems, Data Processing Units, Power Supply Systems
Maritime Surveillance Market Transformation Trends: What Innovations Are Driving Change?
Major companies operating in the maritime surveillance market are focusing on introducing advanced solutions, such as underwater surveillance systems (UNWAS), to drive market revenues. The underwater surveillance system (UNWAS) functions as a highly automated marine surveillance tool, designed to discover, pinpoint, and categorize all underwater hazards. For instance, in May 2023, Image Soft, a Finland-based underwater and maritime technology firm, unveiled its third-generation underwater surveillance system (UNWAS). This system delivers a complete underwater monitoring solution, simultaneously enhancing global security and protecting essential infrastructure. The third-generation UNWAS system operates continuously, enabling the protection of underwater pipelines and subsea cables. It can detect and classify all forms of underwater dangers, including divers, submarines, AUVs, ROVs, and underwater drones, even when situated near active and noisy shipping routes.
Maritime Surveillance Market Leading Companies And Competitive Benchmarking
Major companies operating in the maritime surveillance market are Northrop Grumman Corporation; Raytheon Technologies Corporation; Thales Group; Lockheed Martin Corporation; Saab AB; Elbit Systems Ltd.; Kongsberg Gruppen ASA; Indra Sistemas S.A.; Furuno Electric Co. Ltd.; Bharat Electronics Limited; SRT Marine Systems plc; Terma A/S; Westminster Group plc; OSI Maritime Systems Ltd.; Safran SA; Sonardyne International Ltd.; Hensoldt AG; L3Harris Technologies Inc.; General Dynamics Corporation; BAE Systems plc; Leonardo SpA; FLIR Systems Inc.; Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd.; Teledyne Technologies Incorporated; CONTROP Precision Technologies Ltd.; Kelvin Hughes Limited; Harris Corporation; Pole Star Space Applications Ltd.; Viasat Inc.; Inmarsat plc; Orbcomm Inc.; Iridium Communications Inc.
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Maritime Surveillance Market Regional Analysis And Top Geography
Asia-Pacific was the largest region in the maritime surveillance market in 2025.Asia-Pacific is expected to be the fastest-growing region in the global maritime surveillance market report during the forecast period. The regions covered in the maritime surveillance market report are Asia-Pacific, South East Asia, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa.
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