Strategic Intelligence - Directed Energy Weapons
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Strategic Intelligence - Directed Energy Weapons
Summary
Directed Energy Weapons is part of GlobalData's Strategic Intelligence series of reports on directed energy and its impacts across different industries. Directed energy technology will prove decisive on the modern battlefield, and can have severe strategic consequences for an adversary. To overcome developmental hurdles, companies, nations, and militaries are increasingly adopting a collaborative approach. This approach involves public and private investment in the sector and constant field evaluation of new systems.
This report explores emergent trends within the DEW market, examining use cases and the implementation of emerging technologies such as laser weapon systems and high power microwave weapons, and what challenges must be considered in pursuing effective strategies for brand building in this market.
Following years of continuous research and development, the transition of directed energy weapons (DEW) from the sphere of experimental technologies to actual battlefield deployment continues as the technology progresses to maturity.
The potential benefits of DEW in terms of significant operational cost-saving, a modest logistical burden, and high accuracy have long been extolled by technical specialists around the globe, it is only in recent years that militaries including those of China, Israel, Russia, the UK, and the US have finally been capable of fielding those technologies through integration with existing platforms or capabilities, with a key challenge faced being mounting DEW systems onto mobile platforms whilst both maintaining accuracy and negating environmental conditions.
As concerns over the capabilities of peer-level adversaries continue to mount, the pressure to achieve and retain technological overmatch continues to drive investment in this sector from an increasingly diverse range of military organizations.
Key Highlights
Summary
Directed Energy Weapons is part of GlobalData's Strategic Intelligence series of reports on directed energy and its impacts across different industries. Directed energy technology will prove decisive on the modern battlefield, and can have severe strategic consequences for an adversary. To overcome developmental hurdles, companies, nations, and militaries are increasingly adopting a collaborative approach. This approach involves public and private investment in the sector and constant field evaluation of new systems.
This report explores emergent trends within the DEW market, examining use cases and the implementation of emerging technologies such as laser weapon systems and high power microwave weapons, and what challenges must be considered in pursuing effective strategies for brand building in this market.
Following years of continuous research and development, the transition of directed energy weapons (DEW) from the sphere of experimental technologies to actual battlefield deployment continues as the technology progresses to maturity.
The potential benefits of DEW in terms of significant operational cost-saving, a modest logistical burden, and high accuracy have long been extolled by technical specialists around the globe, it is only in recent years that militaries including those of China, Israel, Russia, the UK, and the US have finally been capable of fielding those technologies through integration with existing platforms or capabilities, with a key challenge faced being mounting DEW systems onto mobile platforms whilst both maintaining accuracy and negating environmental conditions.
As concerns over the capabilities of peer-level adversaries continue to mount, the pressure to achieve and retain technological overmatch continues to drive investment in this sector from an increasingly diverse range of military organizations.
Key Highlights
- Studies of emerging technological trends and their broader impact on the defense market.
- Analysis of the various directed energy weapon solutions, programs and projects currently under development, as well as the impact of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence on the future outlook of the directed energy weapons in defense theme.
- The key defense challenges that forces and defense sector suppliers face are covered.
- The investment opportunities for armed forces, suppliers, and institutional investors, across the whole directed energy weapon value chain are covered.
- Highlights from the range different directed energy weapon related research and development programs currently being undertaken by various military organizations and defense companies.
- Determine potential investment companies based on trend analysis and market projections.
- Gaining an understanding of the market challenges and opportunities surrounding the directed energy weapons in defense theme.
- Understanding how spending on directed energy weapons and related segments will fit into the overall market and which spending areas are being prioritized.
Table of Contents
- Executive Summary
- Players
- Technology Briefing
- Types of directed energy weapons
- Laser weapons systems (LWS)
- High power microwave weapons (HPMW)
- High-power sonic weapons (HPSW)
- Particle beam weapons (PBW)
- Directed energy weapons in combat
- Combat applications of directed energy weapons
- Land domain
- Air domain
- Maritime domain
- Space domain
- Trends
- Technology trends
- Macroeconomic trends
- Regulatory trends
- Hiring trends
- Patent trends
- Industry Analysis
- Market size and growth forecasts
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Use cases
- China
- The European Union
- India
- Israel
- Türkiye
- Russia
- South Korea
- Japan
- The United Kingdom
- The United States
- Timeline
- Value Chain
- Laser weapons systems
- High powered microwave weapons
- High powered sonic weapons
- Particle beam weapons
- Systems integrators
- Leading companies
- Disruptor companies
- Sector Scorecards
- Aerospace, defense & security sector scorecard
- Who’s who
- Thematic screen
- Valuation screen
- Risk screen
- Glossary
- Further Reading
- GlobalData reports
- Our Thematic Research Methodology
- About GlobalData
- Contact Us
- List of Tables
- Table 1: Technology trends
- Table 2: Macroeconomic trends
- Table 3: Regulatory trends
- Table 4: Mergers and acquisitions
- Table 5: Leading companies
- Table 6: Disruptor companies
- Table 7: Glossary
- Table 8: GlobalData reports
- List of Figures
- Figure 1: Who are the leading players in the directed energy weapons theme, and where do they sit in the value chain?
- Figure 2: Directed energy weapons – technology flowchart
- Figure 3: Graphic from US DoD HPM DEW Effects Panel
- Figure 4: Directed energy weapons hiring trends by company, 2024-25
- Figure 5: Directed energy weapons hiring trends by occupation, 2024–25
- Figure 6: Directed energy weapons patent publication trends 2005-2025
- Figure 7: Directed energy weapons - top patent assignees 2000–25
- Figure 8: DEW program contract values 2018-2025 ($M)
- Figure 9: The directed energy weapons story
- Figure 10: The directed energy weapons value chain
- Figure 11: Laser weapons systems (LWS) value chain
- Figure 12: High powered microwave weapons value chain
- Figure 13: High powered sonic weapons, particle beam weapons, and systems integrators value chain
- Figure 14: Who does what in the aerospace, defense & security space?
- Figure 15: Thematic screen
- Figure 16: Valuation screen
- Figure 17: Risk screen
- Figure 18: Our five-step approach for generating a sector scorecard
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