The vulnerability of government facilities to domestic terrorist and espionage attacks, the rise in close encounters between manned and unmanned aircraft and the increase in popularity of using drones to smuggle contraband into secure premises will likely accelerate this market’s growth over the next few years.

Laser scanners are categorized based on working principles. The most common laser scanners available today are based on the time of flight principle.

The space situational awareness market primarily includes the demand analysis for SSA sensors, software products, and services. Currently, national security-oriented organizations are the largest end-users of SSA related products and services and are expected to dominate the market throughout the forecast period.

Sonar systems are generally deployed from a boat and consist of a towfish, tow cable, sonar software, interface processing unit and a computer.

In the United Kingdom, Scandinavia, Germany and the Netherlands, the highest levels of maturity and integration were observed. Southern and Eastern European nations are not as mature or incorporated as Spain, Italy and the Czech Republic.