Maritime Surveillance Market Report 2026

Maritime Surveillance Market Overview

• Maritime Surveillance market size has reached to $26 billion in 2025 • Expected to grow to $40.56 billion in 2030 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.3% • Growth Driver: The Impact Of Increasing Maritime Commerce On The Maritime Surveillance Market • Market Trend: Increasing Focus On Advanced Solutions To Provide Reliable Services To Their Customers • Asia-Pacific was the largest region and fastest growing region.

What Is Covered Under Maritime Surveillance Market?

Maritime surveillance is a procedure that includes both knowledge and awareness of all marine operations. It involves the methodical application of visual, auditory, digital, photographic, or other tools to observe regions, people, or objects in aerospace, cyberspace, the physical world, or other locations. The main components of maritime surveillance are sensors, radar, automatic identification system (AIS) receivers, software, and others. A sensor is an instrument that detects input of any kind from the physical world and reacts to it that is used to detect persons at least 2.8 miles away and other boats up to 10 miles away, with supplementary pointers that use lasers and laser rangefinders that are capable of marking and measuring the distance between objects. It is used for the naval, coast guard, and other applications by defense, customs, fisheries, intelligence, and other end-users.

What Is The Maritime Surveillance Market Growth Forecast?

The maritime surveillance market size is expected to see strong growth in the next few years. It will grow to $40.56 billion in 2030 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.3%. The growth in the forecast period can be attributed to geopolitical tensions, growth in autonomous maritime systems, demand for real time intelligence, investments in border security, modernization of defense infrastructure. Major trends in the forecast period include integrated sensor based surveillance, ais and radar data fusion, AI enabled maritime analytics, real time coastal monitoring, unmanned surveillance systems.

Global Maritime Surveillance Market Segmentation

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

What Is The Driver Of The Maritime Surveillance Market?

The increase in maritime commerce activity is expected to propel the growth of the maritime surveillance market in the coming future. Maritime commerce refers to the buying and selling of goods through the marine transport system. The increase in maritime commerce activity is expanding the maritime surveillance market, as it comprises all procedures required for identifying, tracking, and comprehending activities in the marine domain as well as in all other fields that have a bearing on 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 in 2023, a 2.4% increase from 2022. Therefore, the increase in maritime commerce and freight transport activity is driving the maritime surveillance industry.

Key Players In The Global Maritime Surveillance Market

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.

Global Maritime Surveillance Market Trends and Insights

Major companies operating in the maritime surveillance market are focusing on introducing advanced solutions, such as underwater surveillance systems (UNWAS), to drive revenues in the market. The underwater surveillance system (UNWAS) is a highly automated marine surveillance system that finds, locates, and categorizes all underwater dangers. For instance, in May 2023, Image Soft, a Finland-based underwater and maritime technology company, launched the third-generation underwater surveillance system (UNWAS). This system offers a complete underwater surveillance solution while enhancing global security and protecting critical infrastructure. Underwater pipeline and subsea cable protection is made possible by the third-generation UNWAS system, which is operational around the clock. All types of underwater dangers, such as divers, submarines, AUVs, ROVs, and underwater drones, may be found and classified by the system, even when they are near busy and noisy shipping lanes.

What Are Latest Mergers And Acquisitions In The Maritime Surveillance Market?

In October 2024, NewSpring Holdings, a US-based venture capital and private equity firm, acquired C Speed for an undisclosed amount. This acquisition strengthens NewSpring's capabilities in delivering critical defense and security solutions and reflects a growing trend of private equity investments in technology-driven services that support government operations. As national security demands evolve, such partnerships are essential for driving innovation and enhancing operational efficiencies within the defense sector. C Speed is a US-based company that specializes in the design, prototyping, and manufacturing of radar systems.

Regional Insights

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 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 Maritime Surveillance Market?

The maritime surveillance market includes revenues earned by entities by gathering, analyzing, consolidating, and sharing data, with the information captured using a wide range of sensors and sensor combinations working across multiple areas of the spectrum (electronic signals, pictures, interactions, acoustics and installed on multiple systems (satellites, ships, and airplanes,). The market value includes the value of related goods sold by the service provider or included within the service offering. The maritime surveillance market also includes sales of active sensors and platforms, communication links, and passive sensors and platforms. 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.

What Key Data and Analysis Are Included in the Maritime Surveillance Market Report 2026?

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