Coherent Radar Market Report 2026

Coherent Radar Market Overview

• Coherent Radar market size has reached to $8.92 billion in 2025 • Expected to grow to $13.76 billion in 2030 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9% • Growth Driver: Surge In Air Traffic Boosts Demand For Advanced Coherent Radar Systems • Market Trend: Pulsed Coherent Radar (PCR) Chip For Enhanced Distance Measurement And SPI Communication • North America was the largest region in 2025.

What Is Covered Under Coherent Radar Market?

Coherent radar refers a type of radar system that uses coherent electromagnetic waves to detect and locate objects. A coherent radar system emits a continuous wave that maintains a constant frequency and phase relationship, which allows it to measure the phase shift of the reflected signal accurately. The main types of coherent radars are surveillance and airborne warning radar, tracking and fire control radar, multi-function radar, aircraft traffic control radar, and weather radar. Surveillance radar refers to a type of coherent radar in which long-range detection and tracking of objects in the air, on land, or at sea are done. It provides situational awareness by detecting aircraft, ships, vehicles, and other objects. Airborne warning radar is a specific type of surveillance radar installed on aircraft to detect and track airborne threats, such as enemy aircraft or missiles. The various types of technologies include software-defined radar, conventional radar, and quantum radar. They are used for several applications, such as commercial and civil, defense, and security, and are used by various end users, including the navy, army, air force, and space.

What Is The Coherent Radar Market Growth Forecast?

The coherent radar market size is expected to see strong growth in the next few years. It will grow to $13.76 billion in 2030 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.0%. The growth in the forecast period can be attributed to growing integration of AI and advanced analytics to improve coherent radar detection capabilities, increasing deployment of compact coherent radars in unmanned aerial vehicles, expansion of climate and environmental monitoring initiatives requiring high-resolution radar data, rising demand for multifunction coherent radar platforms across defense modernization programs, continued innovation in solid-state radar technologies enabling enhanced performance and reduced lifecycle costs. Major trends in the forecast period include growing adoption of software-defined radar systems, integration of multi-function radar for air defense, increasing demand for real-time air traffic control radar, expansion of maritime surveillance and coastal monitoring, development of dual-polarization weather radar for accurate forecasting.

Global Coherent Radar Market Segmentation

1) By Type: Surveillance And Airborne Warning Radar, Tracking And Fire Control Radar, Multi-Function Radar, Aircraft Traffic Control Radar, Weather Radar 2) By Technology: Software-Defined Radar, Conventional Radar, Quantum Radar 3) By Application: Commercial and Civil, Defense And Security 4) By End User: Navy, Army, Air Force, Space Subsegments: 1) By Surveillance And Airborne Warning Radar: Ground-Based Surveillance Radar, Airborne Early Warning Radar 2) By Tracking And Fire Control Radar: Target Tracking Radar, Fire Control Radar Systems 3) By Multi-Function Radar: Air Defense Multi-Function Radar, Naval Multi-Function Radar 4) By Aircraft Traffic Control Radar: Primary Surveillance Radar (PSR), Secondary Surveillance Radar (SSR) 5) By Weather Radar: Doppler Radar, Dual-Polarization Radar

What Is Driver Of The Coherent Radar Market?

Increase in terrorist activities is expected to propel the growth of the coherent market going forward. Terrorist activities refer to acts of violence, intimidation, or coercion carried out by individuals, groups, or organizations with the primary goal of instilling fear, spreading panic, and achieving ideological, political, religious, or social objectives. Coherent radar systems provide effective surveillance capabilities, enabling authorities to monitor large areas, including borders, coastlines, and critical infrastructure. For instance, in 2023, according to the United States Department of State, a US-based federal agency, in the 12 months ending September 2023, UK law enforcement made 170 arrests related to suspected terrorist activity, an 11% decrease from the 190 arrests recorded in the previous year. Of those arrested, 53 individuals were prosecuted for terrorism-related offenses, and 48 were ultimately convicted. Therefore, the increase in terrorist activities is driving the growth of the coherent market.

Key Players In The Global Coherent Radar Market

Major companies operating in the coherent radar market are Hensoldt Holding Germany GmbH, Raytheon Technologies Corp., BAE Systems plc, Leonardo S.p.A., Thales Group, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Honeywell International Inc., Bharat Electronics Limited, L&T Defense solutions, GEM Electronics Inc., IAI Group, Saab AB, L3 Harris Technologies Inc., Northrop Grumman Corporation, Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd., ASELSAN A.S., Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Harris Corporation, Rheinmetall AG, Terma A/S, ELTA Systems Ltd., SRC Inc., RADA Electronic Industries Ltd., Telephonics Corporation, Exelis Inc., Cobham plc, Rockwell Collins Inc., Selex ES S.p.A., Echodyne Corporation, Cambridge Pixel Ltd., Blighter Surveillance Systems Ltd., Kelvin Hughes Limited, Reutech Radar Systems (Pty) Ltd., DeTect Inc., ELBIT Systems Ltd.

Global Coherent Radar Market Trends and Insights

Major companies operating in the coherent radar market are focused on developing A121 sensor-based radar solutions for applications such as people presence detection, motion detection, and level measurement in various environments. The A121 sensor is a 60 GHz radar system that utilizes pulsed coherent radar (PCR) technology, known for its high precision, ultra-low power consumption, and compact size. For instance, in March 2023, Acconeer AB, a Sweden-based innovator of small size, low cost, and low power consumption mmWave radar sensors, launched the XM125 Entry+ Module, the first radar module featuring the A121 sensor. This module is designed for low system costs and easy integration into mass-produced solutions, supported by the XE125 evaluation kit for rapid product development.

Regional Insights

North America was the largest region in the coherent radar market in 2025. The regions covered in this market report are Asia-Pacific, South East Asia, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa. The countries covered in this market report are Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Taiwan, Russia, South Korea, UK, USA, Canada, Italy, Spain

What Defines the Coherent Radar Market?

The coherent radar market consists of sales of airborne radars, marine radars, ground-based radars, and weather radars. Values in this market are ‘factory gate’ values, that is, the value of goods sold by the manufacturers or creators of the goods, whether to other entities (including downstream manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, and retailers) or directly to end customers. The value of goods in this market includes related services sold by the creators of the goods.

How is Market Value Defined and Measured?

The market value is defined as the revenues that enterprises gain from the sale of goods and/or services within the specified market and geography through sales, grants, or donations in terms of the currency (in USD unless otherwise specified). The revenues for a specified geography are consumption values that are revenues generated by organizations in the specified geography within the market, irrespective of where they are produced. It does not include revenues from resales along the supply chain, either further along the supply chain or as part of other products.

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