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Connectorized Microwave Modules (Military) - Forecasts and Markets 2021-2029

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  • 108 Pages
  • July 2022
  • Region: Global
  • Engalco
  • ID: 5636065

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The main objectives of this four-section two-appendix  report are to identify business opportunities in the technology sector of connectorized military microwave modules. A major driving factor leading to this report has been the consequence of the Russian invasion of the Ukraine. Packed with detail this report is an essential tool covering 17 classes of products ranging from broadband amplifiers, through high-power amplifiers, transceivers and DRFMs. In total the markets for all 17 classes of products (combined) are worth $billions annually and growing continually from 2021 (base year) to 2029. A total eighty-two OEMs are identified and several of these are profiled. A substantial majority are headquartered in the USA. In this report the “Demand Side” is given particular prominence and appropriate ‘Tier1’ and ‘Tier2’ companies are profiled, including several specific EW and radar systems. Some relevant details are provided concerning NATO and Israel. The methodology used to generate this report is mainly ‘bottom-up’ for the data and was generally similar to that employed for other reports by the publisher.

Table of Contents

Executive Summary
ES.1 Introductory comments
ES.2 Demand Side
ES.2.1 Overall (global) aspects
ES.2.2 NATO - and Israel
ES.2.3 Tier1 Corporations
ES.2.4 Some Tier2 Companies
ES.3 Supply Side
ES.3.1 The product categories
ES.3.2 Numbers of OEMs
ES.3.3 Employment distribution
ES.3.4 Free-World countries
ES.4 Market forecasts
ES.3.2.1 General and overall
ES.3.2.2 Markets into EW and Radar systems

Section 1 The Demand Side
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Some Global Aspects
1.3 Updates on (Mainly) Selected NATO Countries
1.4 Examples of Some Selected EW and Radar Systems
1.4.1 EW Systems
1.4.2 Radar Systems Relevant to This Report
1.4.3 Tier1 Players Supplying EW and Radar Systems
1.4.3.1 Airbus
1.4.3.2 BAE Systems
1.4.3.3 Boeing
1.4.3.4 Elbit Systems
1.4.3.5 Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI)
1.4.3.6 L3Harris
1.4.3.7 Leonardo
1.4.3.8 Lockheed-Martin
1.4.3.9 Northrop-Grumman
1.4.3.10 Rafael Advanced Defense Systems (“Rafael”)
1.4.3.11 Raytheon Technologies
1.4.3.12 Thales Group
1.4.4 Selected Tier2/Tier3 Companies
1.4.4.1 Analog Devices
1.4.4.2 CPII
1.4.4.3 Crane Aerospace & Electronics
1.4.4.4 Kratos Defense
1.4.4.5 Mercury Systems
1.4.4.6 Smiths Group
1.4.4.7 Teledyne Technologies

Section 2 The Supply Side: Overall Aspects
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Principal Groups of Products
2.3 Brief Details of the Various Product Types
2.3.1 Broadband Amplifiers
2.3.2 Limiting Amplifiers
2.3.3 LNAs
2.3.4 Low Phase Noise Amplifiers (LPNs)
2.3.5 Medium Power Amplifiers (MPAs)
2.3.6 High Power Amplifiers (HPAs)
2.3.7 Logarithmic Amplifiers - Introduction
2.3.7.1 SDLVAs
2.3.7.2 CW immune (CWi) DLVAs
2.3.8 Microwave Oscillators
2.3.8.1 Dielectric Resonators (DROs)
2.3.8.2 Voltage-Controlled Oscillators (VCOs)
2.3.8.3 Phase-Locked Oscillators (PLOs)
2.3.8.4 “Other” Types of Microwave Oscillator
2.3.9 Frequency Converters (FCs)
2.3.10 Frequency Synthesizers (FSs)
2.3.10.1 The “Fractional-N Synthesizer”
2.3.10.2 Direct Digital Synthesis (DDS) Frequency Synthesizers
2.3.11 Transceivers
2.3.12 Digital Radio Frequency Memories (DRFMs)
2.4 Summary of Typical Supply Chains
2.5 Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML)

Section 3 Supply Side Industry Structure
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Detailed Considerations of the Supply-Side of the Industry
3.3 Analysis by Product Classification Category
3.4 OEMs Offering Microwave Products
3.5 Companies Segmented by Employee Numbers
3.6 Leading OEMs by Product Category.
3.6.1 Broadband Amplifiers (BBAs)
3.6.2 Limiting Amplifiers (LimAs)
3.6.3 Low-Noise Amplifiers (LNAs)
3.6.4 Low Phase-Noise Amplifiers (LPNs)
3.6.5 Medium-Power Amplifiers (MPAs)
3.6.6 High-Power Amplifiers (HPAs)
3.6.7 Logarithmic Amplifiers (DLVAs)
3.6.8 Frequency Converters (FCs)
3.6.9 Frequency Synthesizers (FSs)
3.6.10 Transceivers
3.6.11 DROs
3.6.12 PLOs
3.6.13 VCOs
3.6.14 “Other” Oscillators
3.7 DRFM manufacturers

Section 4 Market Data Including Annual Forecasts (TAMs) for Each Product Category: 2021 to 2029
4.1 Introduction
4.2 End-User Segments
4.3 Frequency Bands
4.4 Electronic Function Integration
4.5 Definitions and Organization of the Data and Forecasts
4.5.1 Methodology
4.6 Critiques relating to all the data
4.7 Factors which could upset the TAM data significantly
4.8 Overall global TAMs
4.9 Broadband Microwave Amplifiers
4.10 Microwave Limiting Amplifiers
4.11 Microwave Low-Noise Amplifiers (LNAs)
4.12 Low-Phase Noise Amplifiers
4.13 Microwave Medium-Power Amplifiers (MPAs)
4.14 Microwave ‘High’-Power Amplifiers (HPAs)
4.15 Logarithmic Amplifiers
4.15.1 Microwave CWi DLVAs
4.15.2 ‘Other’ Microwave DLVAs
4.15.3 Microwave SDLVAs
4.16 Microwave Oscillators
4.16.1 Microwave Dielectric Resonator Oscillators (DROs)
4.16.2 Microwave non-Gunn VCOs
4.16.3 ‘Other’ Microwave non-Gunn Oscillators
4.16.4 Phase-Locked Oscillators: PLOs
4.17 Integrated Microwave Assemblies (IMAs)
4.17.1 Microwave Frequency Converters
4.17.2 Microwave Frequency Synthesizers
4.17.3 Microwave Transceivers
4.17.4 DRFMs
4.18 Subtotal TAMs for EW and Radar Systems

APPENDIX A OEMs Manufacturing Active Connectorized Microwave ModulesAPPENDIX B Glossary of Abbreviations
List of Figures
Figure ES.1 Numbers of OEMs Offering Linear Amplifiers
Figure ES.2 Numbers of OEMs Offering Three Distinct Classes of IMAs
Figure ES.3 Numbers of OEMs by Range of Employees
Figure ES.4 Numbers of OEMs Headquartered in Free-World Countries
Figure ES.5 Overall Grand Total TAMs for all Types of Products ($BN)
Figure ES.6 Overall Global TAMs for all Products into EW Systems ($BN)
Figure ES.7 Overall Global TAMs for all Products into Radar Systems ($BN)
Figure ES.8 TAMs for High Power Amplifiers into Radar Systems ($M)
Figure ES.9 TAMs for DRFMs into EW Systems ($M)
Figure 1.1 Block Diagram of a Typical Radar System (non-AESA)
Figure 1.2 Kratos Microwave Electronics Division (KMED) and Subdivisions
Figure 1.3 Smiths Group Structure
Figure 1.4 Teledyne Defense Electronics
Figure 2.1 Product Definitions Concept
Figure 2.2 Block Diagram Showing the Major Sub-Elements of a DRFM
Figure 2.3 Typical Overall Supply Chain Applicable to Microwave Modules
Figure 2.4 Basic Industry Supply Chain from Materials & Basic Components through to Final Assembly
Figure 3.1 Numbers of OEMs Headquartered in Free-World Countries
Figure 3.2 Numbers of OEMs Offering Linear Amplifiers
Figure 3.3 Numbers of OEMs Offering Three Distinct Classes of IMAs
Figure 3.4 Numbers of OEMs Offering Various Types of Microwave Oscillators
Figure 3.5 Numbers of OEMs by Range of Employees
Figure 4.1 Total Market, Captive Market and TAM
Figure 4.2 Overall Grand Total TAMs for all Types of Products ($BN)
Figure 4.3 TAMs for Broadband Amplifiers into EW Systems ($M)
Figure 4.4 TAMs for Broadband Amplifiers into Radar Systems ($M)
Figure 4.6 TAMs for Limiting Amplifiers into Radar Systems ($M)
Figure 4.7 TAMs for LNAs into EW Systems ($M)
Figure 4.8 TAMs for LNAs into Radar Systems ($M)
Figure 4.9 TAMs for LPN Amplifiers into EW Systems ($M)
Figure 4.10 TAMs for LPN Amplifiers into Radar Systems ($M)
Figure 4.11 TAMs for Medium Power Amplifiers into EW Systems ($M)
Figure 4.12 TAMs for Medium Power Amplifiers into Radar Systems ($M)
Figure 4.13 TAMs for High Power Amplifiers into EW Systems ($M)
Figure 4.14 TAMs for High Power Amplifiers into Radar Systems ($M)
Figure 4.15 TAMs for CWi DLVAs into EW Systems ($M)
Figure 4.16 TAMs for CWi DLVAs into Radar Systems ($M)
Figure 4.17 TAMs for "Other" DLVAs into EW Systems ($M)
Figure 4.18 TAMs for "Other" DLVAs into Radar Systems ($M)
Figure 4.19 TAMs for SDLVAs into EW Systems ($M)
Figure 4.20 TAMs for SDLVAs into Radar Systems ($M)
Figure 4.21 TAMs for DROs into EW Systems ($M)
Figure 4.22 TAMs for DROs into Radar Systems ($M)
Figure 4.23 TAMs for VCOs into EW Systems ($M)
Figure 4.24 TAMs for VCOs into Radar Systems ($M)
Figure 4.25 TAMs for "Other" Oscillators into EW Systems ($M)
Figure 4.26 TAMs for "Other" Oscillators into Radar Systems ($M)
Figure 4.27 TAMs for PLOs into EW Systems ($M)
Figure 4.28 TAMs for PLOs into Radar Systems ($M)
Figure 4.29 TAMs for Microwave Frequency Converters into EW Systems ($M)
Figure 4.30 TAMs for Microwave Frequency Converters into Radar Systems ($M)
Figure 4.31 TAMs for Microwave Frequency Synthesizers into EW Systems ($M)
Figure 4.32 TAMs for Microwave Frequency Synthesizers into Radar Systems ($M)
Figure 4.33 TAMs for Microwave Transceivers into EW Systems ($M)
Figure 4.34 TAMs for Microwave Transceivers into Radar Systems ($M)
Figure 4.35 TAMs for DRFMs into EW Systems ($M)
Figure 4.36 TAMs for DRFMs into Radar Systems ($M)
Figure 4.37 Overall Global TAMs for all Products into EW Systems ($BN)
Figure 4.38 Overall Global TAMs for all Products into Radar Systems ($BN)

List of Tables
Table ES.1 A Selection of Tier1 Corporations
Table ES.2 A Selection of Tier2 Companies
Table 1.1 Defense Data Concerning Selected Countries (NATO plus Israel)
Table 1.2 A Selection of Tier1 Corporations
Table 1.3 A Selection of Tier2 Companies
Table 3.1 Abbreviations for the Product Category Names
Table 3.2 OEMs and their Identified Microwave Amplifier Categories
Table 3.3 OEMs and their Identified Microwave IMAs and Oscillator Product Categories
Table 4.1 Changes to the “Surprise-Free” TAM Data Anticipated if a Major Disaster occurred after Summer-2022

Executive Summary

ES.1 Introductory comments

  • Connectorized microwave modules going into:
  • EW and non-AESA military radar systems.
  • The time scale for the data in this report is 2021 to 2029 and we always focus on total addressable markets (TAMs = total markets minus captive markets). 
  • Four driving factors identified.
  • Demand side
  • Overall (global) aspects
  • Major military equipment identified. 
  • Electronic warfare (EW) and radar systems identified
  • Estimate global (free-world) defense spend for 2029
  • Estimate global (free-world) electronic systems
  • defense spend for 2029
  • EW to have fastest market growth

General observations regarding military electronics:

  • Steadily increasing use of digital signal processing;
  • Increasingly "software-defined";
  • Steady trend toward ever-closer RF/digital convergence;
  • Correspondingly increasing application of (AI/ML);
  • Trend toward increasingly cognitive radar systems;
  • Trend toward decreasing power consumption (all systems);
  • Implementation of GaN technology
  • NATO (and Israel) - substantial coverage & critique

Tier 1 corporations:

from Airbus to Thales Group

Tier 2 companies:

from Analog Devices to Teledyne Technologies

Supply Side:

The product categories (supply side) addressed in this report are:

  • Broadband amplifiers (BBAs);
  • Limiting amplifiers;
  • Low-noise amplifiers (LNAs);
  • Low-phase-noise amplifiers;
  • Medium-power amplifiers (MPAs);
  • High power amplifiers (HPAs);
  • CW-immune DLVAs (DLVA = detector log video amplifier);
  • Successive-detection log video amplifier;
  • “Other” DLVAs;
  • Dielectric resonator oscillators;
  • Phase-locked oscillators;
  • Voltage-controlled oscillators;
  • “Other” oscillators (Gunn, SAW, etc.);
  • Frequency converters;
  • Frequency synthesizers;
  • Transceivers;
  • Digital Radio Frequency Memories (DRFMs).

For much of the main analysis the above 17 product categories fall naturally into four principal groups designated A, B, C and D in this report.

The numbers and distribution of the OEMs is presented and commented on.

Employment distribution is covered and the results are presented in the form of a histogram.

Most OEMs USA headquartered. In particular, we cite:

  • Analog Devices
  • MACOM
  • Mercury Systems
  • Qorvo,
  • Teledyne Technologies

Companies Mentioned

  • Airbus
  • Analog Devices
  • BAE Systems
  • Boeing
  • CPII
  • Crane Aerospace & Electronics
  • Elbit Systems
  • Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI)
  • Kratos Defense
  • L3Harris
  • Leonardo
  • Lockheed-Martin
  • Mercury Systems
  • Northrop-Grumman
  • Rafael Advanced Defense Systems (“Rafael”)
  • Raytheon Technologies
  • Smiths Group
  • Teledyne Technologies
  • Thales Group