Defense tactical radio is majorly used in military and defense sector to communicate auditory tactical information, directions, and commands in encrypted language from person to person over the battlefield. Technological advancements have transformed defense tactical radio into more lightweight, smaller in size, and less expensive. Modern defense tactical radio features emergency tracking and superior sound quality.
Low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites are used for tactical data to be shared across multiple platforms. LEO satellites need sophisticated tracking antennas as well as a low size, weight and power profile to improve the latency as geo-stationary satellites. Mesh networks are also used to connect multiple systems. Mesh networks are made up of multiple points called ‘nodes’ that allows for quick and efficient data routing.
According to a report published by Allied Market Research, the global defense tactical radio market size is projected to reach $26.5 billion with a considerable CAGR from 2021 to 2030. Currently the North America is dominating the market with the highest market share. The Asia-Pacific region, at the same time, is expected to witness the fastest growth rate.
However, the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic led to have a negative impact on the growth of the global defense tactical radio market. Due to the implementation of global lockdown, huge workforce of organizations across the world adopted work from home culture, which in turn, reduced the demand for defense tactical radio to some extent. supply chain was disrupted, which is why, procuring raw materials on time was a major challenge for market players.
Nevertheless, certain factors such as wide array of application of tactical radio in various industries, increase in demand for tactical radio devices among emerging countries, and rise in government investments, surge in significance of efficient mission critical communication operations, and shortage of spectrum & limited channel capacities are driving the growth of the global defense tactical radio market in more than one way. The key market players, meanwhile, are strengthening their supply chain to benefit from post-pandemic opportunities.
Furthermore, several companies are adopting strategies like new product launch, collaborations, partnerships, and joint ventures in order to stay competitive in the market. For instance, Redwire in collaboration with MDA recently announced to each produce forty-two tactical communications antennas for U.S. military satellites in low Earth orbit which will be installed to support the military Link 16 tactical communications data network. With this drift on board, the global defense tactical radio market is going to assemble huge growth prospects in the upcoming years.
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