Maritime Surveillance Market Report 2026

The maritime surveillance market size has grown strongly in recent years. It will grow from $26 billion in 2025 to $28.39 billion in 2026 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.2%. The growth in the historic period can be attributed to maritime security concerns, expansion of naval fleets, increase in global trade routes, coastal monitoring initiatives, adoption of radar systems.

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.

The rise in maritime commerce activity is anticipated to drive the expansion of the maritime surveillance market in the near future. Maritime commerce involves the buying and selling of goods via marine transport systems. This growth in maritime commerce is boosting the maritime surveillance market, which encompasses all processes necessary for detecting, monitoring, and understanding activities within the marine domain and other sectors influencing the maritime environment. For example, in 2023, the EU Blue Economy Observatory (European Commission), a Belgium-based policy-analysis platform for the EU blue economy, reported that approximately 13 billion tonnes of goods were transported by sea, marking a 2.4% increase from 2022. Consequently, the growth in maritime commerce and freight transport activity is fueling the maritime surveillance market.

Major companies engaged in the maritime surveillance market are directing their efforts towards introducing advanced solutions, including underwater surveillance systems (UNWAS), to drive market revenues. An underwater surveillance system (UNWAS) is a highly automated marine surveillance system designed to detect, locate, and categorize all underwater dangers. In May 2023, Image Soft, a Finland-based underwater and maritime technology company, launched the third generation of its UNWAS system. This system provides a comprehensive underwater surveillance solution, enhancing global security and protecting critical infrastructure. The third-generation UNWAS system ensures around-the-clock protection for underwater pipelines and subsea cables, capable of detecting and classifying various underwater dangers, even in busy and noisy shipping lanes.

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

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.

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. The countries covered in the maritime surveillance market report are Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Taiwan, Russia, South Korea, UK, USA, Canada, Italy, Spain.

Tariffs have impacted the maritime surveillance market by increasing costs of imported sensors, radar systems, communication equipment, and advanced electronics. These effects are most prominent in defense, coast guard, and intelligence applications across Asia-Pacific, Europe, and the Middle East. Elevated costs have slowed procurement cycles and increased project budgets for large scale surveillance deployments. However, tariffs are also encouraging domestic defense manufacturing, technology localization, and long term resilience in national maritime security supply chains.

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Maritime surveillance is a comprehensive process that involves maintaining knowledge and awareness of all marine operations. It encompasses the systematic application of various tools, such as visual, auditory, digital, photographic, and others, to observe regions, people, or objects in aerospace, cyberspace, the physical world, or other locations.

The main components of maritime surveillance include sensors, radar, Automatic Identification System (AIS) receivers, software, and other technologies. Sensors, in this context, refer to instruments that detect inputs from the physical world and respond accordingly. They are used to detect individuals at distances of at least 2.8 miles and other boats up to 10 miles away. Supplementary indicators, including lasers and laser rangefinders, are capable of marking and measuring the distance between objects. Maritime surveillance finds applications in naval, coast guard, and various other sectors, serving defense, customs, fisheries, intelligence, and other end-users.

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.

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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