Global Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) Market

Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) Market Insights

Signals intelligence (SIGINT) refers to information gathering by interception of signals, be it electronic signals or communication signals of a given target. Signals intelligence (SIGINT) is one of the critical systems in the defense sector and the military falls under the category of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR). The system is a subset of intelligence collection management that offers intelligence on threat capabilities, intentions, dispositions, and composition. As per the GME report on signals intelligence (SIGINT), the market is estimated to attain a peak at a moderate rate between 2020 and 2026. Growing terrorism, rising development in the defense budget of developing countries around the globe, and replacement of the old defense system are the prime factors accelerating the growth of the signals intelligence (SIGINT) market. The growing adoption of signals intelligence (SIGINT) systems around different industries including the public domain is creating lucrative opportunities for the system. However, the high instalment cost would restrain the market growth.

Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) Market: By Type

Communication and electronics are the two types of signals intelligence systems. The communication segment registered the largest market of the signals intelligence market in the current scenario. It is a sub-division of SIGINT that offer militaries solution with real-time decision making. The segment gathers information data involving voice information or messages from the opponent's communication system. The market is proliferating as the COMINT(Communication Intelligence) segment helps in detection, interception, direction finding, and analyzing the transmission of enemies.

Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) Market: By Solution

Airborne, ground, naval, space, and cyber are the categorization of the signals intelligence system based on the solution. Cyber threat intelligence is the information exploited by the defense sector which is used to comprehend the potential risk from the opponent. Intelligence provides a means to analyze, collect, and sort all of the cyber-attack data concerned with the procedure of attack and information on the attacker.

Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) Market: By Region

Asia-Pacific is estimated to register the highest CAGR due to increasing threats from borders of the neighbouring countries and growing security reasons. Advancement in technology and rapidly growing economic countries have helped in increasing investment in the SIGINT market of the region. Improving defense capabilities and increased focus of domestic and international suppliers on this market in the APAC region is creating opportunities for the product to grow in the forecast period.  Also, rising insurgencies, political disputes, and terror attacks are boosting the demand for the SIGINT system in the market.

Market Share and Competitor Analysis

The key players operating in the market include: Thales, Leonardo, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, BAE Systems, Raytheon, Elbit Systems, Saab, HENSOLDT, Indra, Mercury Systems, Rolta India, General Dynamics, Rolta India, Systematic, L3Harris, Cobham, and Israel Aerospace Industries among others.

Please note: This is not an exhaustive list of companies profiled in the report.

In September 2020, BAE Systems launched a new unmanned undersea vehicle, Riptide UUV-12.

In March 2020, Raytheon decided to modernize the Brazillian Air force’s surveillance radars covering the Amazon. The company came up with an upgraded version of seven legacy radars to the next-generation Monopulse Secondary Surveillance Radar system, named Condor Mk3. This upgrade version has improved efficiency and reducing electrical consumption.