The Airborne ISR Market Overview 2025 report reveals that the market size has grown significantly over the past few years, with projections indicating further expansion.
The market size of the airborne ISR has seen strong growth in the recent past. The market size is set to increase from $29.72 billion in 2024 to $31.78 billion in 2025, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.9%.
The Airborne ISR Global Market is expected to reach a market size of $41.62 billion in 2029, with a forecasted compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.0%.
Download Your Free Sample of the 2025 Airborne ISR Market Report and Uncover Key Trends Now!The key drivers in the airborne isr market are:
• Increasing demand for persistent surveillance
• Economic growth promoting the need for environmental monitoring
• Surge in military modernization initiatives
• Trend towards miniaturization and micro UAVs, autonomous and AI-enabled systems, hyperspectral and multispectral imaging, space-based ISR, and data fusion and integration.
The airborne isr market covered in this report is segmented –
1) By Solution: Systems, Software, Services
2) By Platform: Military Aircraft, Military Helicopters, Unmanned Systems
3) By Application: Search and Rescue Operations, Border and Maritime Patrol, Target Acquisition and Tracking, Critical Infrastructure Protection, Tactical Support, Others
4) By End User: Defense, Homeland Security
The key trends in the airborne isr market are:
• Miniaturization and development of micro UAVs are key upcoming trends in the market.
• Autonomy and AI-enabled systems are significantly shaping the future of the airborne ISR market.
• The utilization of hyperspectral and multispectral imaging is emerging as a major trend.
• There is an increasing trend towards space-based ISR, data fusion and integration.
Major companies in the airborne isr market are:
• Raytheon Technologies Corporation
• Lockheed Martin Corporation
• BAE Systems plc
• Northrop Grumman Corporation
• L3Harris Technologies Inc.
• General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc.
• The Boeing Company
• Elbit Systems Ltd.
• Textron Inc.
• Thales Group
• Leonardo S.p.A.
• Safran Group
• Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc.
• Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd.
• Leidos Holdings Inc.
• FLIR Systems Inc.
• Airbus SE
• General Dynamics Corporation
• Rheinmetall AG
• Mercury Systems Inc.
• AeroVironment Inc.
• PAL Aerospace Ltd.
• Israel Military Industries Ltd.
• Sierra Nevada Corporation
• Insitu Inc.
• Esterline Technologies Corporation
• Curtiss-Wright Corporation
• RADA Electronic Industries Ltd.
• Top Aces Inc.
• CACI International Inc.
North America was the largest region in the airborne ISR market in 2024