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Norway Defense Market Data 2026-2035

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  • October 2026
  • Region: Norway
  • GlobalData
  • ID: 6290421

Norway Defense Market Data 2026-2035

Summary

Stay ahead in the aerospace and defense market with an interactive, Excel-based country intelligence workbook from the analyst. This ready-to-use workbook features intuitive pivots and dashboards that allow users to analyze defense spending, procurement programs, platform inventories, and market trends across key segments within Norway. Easily slice and filter data, explore historical patterns and long-term forecasts, benchmark suppliers, and support strategic planning with transparent, analyst-curated insights through 2035.

Norway Defense Market Data report provides:

Defense Budget Allocations: The interactive excel sheet allows the user to analyze total defense expenditure with flexible filters across major budget heads, including Acquisitions, RDT&E, Infrastructure, Personnel, Operations and Maintenance (O&M), and Other expenditures. Users can further enhance analysis by viewing contextual indicators such as exchange rates, real and nominal GDP, population, defense spending as a percentage of GDP, and defense budget per capita.

Defense Program Forecasts: The interactive Excel sheet allows the user to explore forecast spending across defense sectors and sub-sectors, with the ability to drill down to individual programs and suppliers. Interactive filters enable users to assess funding priorities, program pipelines, and supplier exposure within the country’s defense ecosystem.

Fleet Size: The interactive excel sheet allows the user to evaluate current and future equipment inventories by filtering data on equipment variants, acquisition timelines, current unit counts, annual fleet maintenance costs, manufacturers, and countries of origin. The workbook also provides forward-looking indicators such as projected retirement years, replacement probabilities, and service life extension likelihoods, offering clear visibility into modernization and replacement opportunities.

Two interactive visualization sheets with charts and graphs provide expert insights, enabling users to explore quantitative trends within the selected aerospace and defense market. The visualization sheets are supported by detailed underlying datasets covering Defense Budget Allocations, Fleet Size and Platform Analysis, and Defense Program Forecasts

Norway's defense budget is forecast increase over the next five years, climbing to a high of $31.1 billion by 2031. The budget is forecast to climb to accommodate future acquisitions as well as ongoing spending commitments. CAGR over the forecast period is expected to be 9.6% - in comparison to historical growth of 22.8%.

Norway's military modernization is the central driver of defense expenditure, and the country is committed to replacing aging soviet technology with Western equipment. Norway has initiated a comprehensive defense modernization program and is in the process of overhauling its defense posture across land, air and sea. As a result Norwegian defense acquisition expenditure is anticipated to grow from $4.7 billion in 2027 to reach $5.9 billion by 2031, reflecting a CAGR of 5.9%

Key Highlights

  • Drivers: Norway's military modernization is the central driver of defense expenditure, and the country is committed to replacing aging weapon system technologies with more modern Western equipment.
  • Top 3 Sectors: Naval Vessels and Surface Combatants, Submarines and Missiles and Missile Defense Systems
  • Top Country of Origin of Existing Fleet: Sweden, Italy, Germany, Finland and United States

Scope

This Excel deliverable gives important, expert insight you won’t find in any other source. The interactive model illustrates qualitative and quantitative trends within the specified market. Various sections covered in the workbook are as follows:
  • Interactive Visualizations: Two interactive dashboard sheets featuring charts and graphs that enable rapid analysis of qualitative and quantitative trends across the selected aerospace and defense market.
  • Defense Budget Allocations: Detailed coverage of total defense expenditure with breakdowns across acquisitions, RDT&E, infrastructure, personnel, operations and maintenance (O&M), and other spending categories, supported by key macroeconomic and contextual indicators.
  • Defense Program Forecasts: Forecast analysis of defense spending by sector, sub-sector, program, and supplier, enabling evaluation of procurement priorities, funding pipelines, and competitive positioning within the country.
  • Fleet Size and Platform Inventory: Comprehensive assessment of military equipment inventories, including platform variants, acquisition timelines, current unit counts, manufacturers, country of origin, maintenance costs, and projected retirement, replacement, and service life extension indicators.
  • Sources: Data compiled from a wide range of authoritative public and proprietary sources, including government budgets, defense ministries, armed forces disclosures, international organizations, industry reports, and the analyst’s internal databases.

Reasons to Buy

  • Identify high-growth investment and procurement opportunities by analyzing historical data and long-term trends in the Norway defense market across budget categories, sectors, and platforms through 2035.
  • Track and benchmark defense budget allocations across acquisitions, RDT&E, personnel, infrastructure, and O&M, supported by macroeconomic indicators such as GDP, population, and defense spending as a percentage of GDP.
  • Assess program-level funding priorities and pipelines by drilling down into defense programs by sector, sub-sector, and supplier, enabling evaluation of funding stability, growth potential, and competitive exposure.
  • Evaluate fleet modernization and replacement opportunities using detailed platform-level data covering current inventories, acquisition timelines, maintenance costs, projected retirements, and replacement and service life extension probabilities.
  • Strengthen competitive and supplier intelligence through comparative analysis of manufacturers, country of origin, and supplier participation across key defense programs and platforms.
  • Save time and improve decision-making efficiency with a ready-to-use, interactive Excel workbook featuring intuitive pivots and dashboards that allow rapid filtering, customization, and scenario exploration without the need for additional modeling.

Table of Contents

  • Home Page
  • About the Analyst
  • Methodology
  • Data Vizualization (Defense Budget Sector, Fleet Size)
  • Fleet Size
  • Forecast (Defense Budget Allocations, Defense Program Forecasts)
  • Sources
  • Analyst Comments
  • Glossary
  • Contact Us

Companies Mentioned (Partial List)

A selection of companies mentioned in this report includes, but is not limited to:

  • The Boeing Co
  • Undisclosed-Not Awarded
  • Saab AB
  • Safety & Security Service A/S
  • Raytheon Missiles & Defense
  • Nammo AS
  • Vista Outdoor Operations LLC
  • Hanwha Aerospace Co Ltd
  • Hanwha Defense
  • Undisclosed-Awarded
  • KNDS NV and Thales SA
  • Equipnor AS
  • BAE Systems Plc
  • Indra Sistemas SA
  • Elbit Systems Ltd
  • EuroTrophy GmbH
  • Northrop Grumman Corp
  • Lockheed Martin Corp
  • BAE Systems Inc
  • Leonardo SpA
  • IrvinGQ
  • Systems Engineering & Assessment Ltd and Chess Dynamics Ltd
  • Babcock International
  • Elbit Systems UK and QinetiQ Group Plc
  • Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co KG
  • Hensoldt Optronics GmbH
  • Safran Reosc
  • Space Norway AS
  • Rheinmetall AG
  • PCO SA
  • RTX Corp
  • Raytheon Intelligence & Space
  • B.E. Meyers & Co. Inc.
  • Hensoldt AG
  • Honeywell Aerospace
  • Kearfott
  • Northrop Grumman LITEF GmbH
  • KTA Naval Systems AS
  • iXBlue SAS
  • Honeywell International Inc
  • Collins Aerospace
  • RTX Corp and Kongsberg Gruppen ASA
  • Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS
  • RTX Corp and Lockheed Martin Corp
  • MESKO SA
  • Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS and Diehl Defence GmbH & Co KG
  • Kongsberg Gruppen ASA
  • Diehl Defence GmbH & Co KG and Sistemas de Misiles de España
  • Elbit Systems of America
  • DRS Technologies
  • STADT NAVAL AS
  • Siemens AG
  • MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH
  • Kewatec Aluboat
  • Vard Langsten Shipyard
  • ReconCraft LLC
  • Navantia SA
  • Naviris and Hydrus Engineering S.A.
  • Telephonics Corp
  • Weibel Scientific AS
  • DST Co. Ltd
  • Thales SA
  • Thales Nederland B.V.
  • Sikorsky Aircraft Corp
  • Space Flight Laboratory
  • Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS
  • Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI) and NanoAvionics
  • CAE Inc and The Boeing Co
  • CAE USA Inc.
  • Inzpire Limited
  • Thysenkrupp AG
  • ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems
  • BAE Systems Plc
  • L3Harris Technologies Inc
  • Lockheed Martin Corp
  • and Northrop Grumman Corp
  • L3Harris Technologies Inc and Collins Aerospace
  • TrellisWare Technologies Inc
  • ViaSat Inc
  • Rheinmetall AG and KNDS Deutschland
  • Radmor SA
  • Prox Dynamics AS
  • Rheinmetall Canada Inc
  • KNDS Deutschland GmbH & Co KG
  • FFG Flensburger Fahrzeugbau Gesellschaft mbH
  • BAE Systems Hagglunds AB
  • Ritek AS
  • General Dynamics European Land Systems-Bridge Systems
  • Patria Oyj
  • Maritime Robotics and Eelume
  • Eelume AS
  • EODH SA
  • Samyang Comtech Co Ltd
  • Bisalloy Steel Group Ltd
  • Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp
  • GE Aerospace
  • Rolls-Royce North America Inc
  • Pratt & Whitney Co