Aerospace Defence and Security

The latest US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) aerospace forecast predicts that there will be between 2.75 and 4.47 million drones operating in the US by 2021. The same forecast expects between 238,000 and 1.6 million commercial drones operating in the US by 2021. This means that there could be over 6 million small unmanned aerial systems (SUA...

Key Study Takeaways • The Science budget funds: Planetary Science, Astrophysics of Earth-like planets, James Webb Space Telescope for launch in 2018, and Heliophysics to study the Sun, Earth Science to improve modeling of Earth as a system. The budget terminates 5 Earth Science missions: Pre-aerosol, Clouds, and Ocean Ecosystem (PACE), Orbiting C...

28 Dec 2015  |  North America

Analysis of the Global Commercial UAS Market

Overhyped Market to See Significant Growth Despite Regulatory and Technology Hurdles

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Globally, the commercial unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) ecosystem is growing rapidly, and a euphoric attitude that UAS utilization can make almost any aerial data collection faster, cheaper, and more efficient pervades the industry. This study takes a realistic approach to forecasting the global commercial UAS industry, accounting for current regu...

This research service examines the global and regional spending trends in the airport notifications market. The airport notification systems market is growing; however, because it is predominantly dependent on new airport construction or terminal expansions, growth is sluggish. The modernization and diversity of notification systems is creating mor...

Frost & Sullivan published a Market Engineering analysis on the civil helicopters market in October 2014. This research service provides an update on the market forecasts, especially in light of the changes that have occurred in market projections since the prices of oil and gas have fallen, which has altered demand for heavy and twin medium helico...

The study covers 3 different segmentscommercial, business, and general aviationacross the industry either as a primary application or as a secondary application. It provides the basic definitions, key drivers and restraints, and the challenges faced by the fuel cells market. The study also includes various prototypes as case studies, detailing c...

In the typical aircraft environmental control systems (ECS), the bleed air is cooled by air from the aircraft slipstream and then enters a compressor, which boosts the turbine inlet pressure to increase the temperature drop. Air leaving the compressor is cooled to eliminate the excess moisture before entering the turbine. Cold air from the turbine ...

14 Jul 2015  |  North America

Global Airport Passenger Screening Market

An Evolving Market Prepares to Take a Leap Forward into the Future

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The events of 9-11 forever changed how the world views airport security and today serves as the rationale for higher security at airports all over the world. Better technologies and more stringent traveler guidelines were developed because passenger screening serves as a last line of defense. Demand for speedier, more-efficient screening has result...

The reports of the death of global distribution systems (GDS) have been greatly exaggerated. Several industry analysts believed that GDS would not last long and that airlines would eventually shy away from them. However, the expansion of technologies and the realization of how valuable consumer data can be have given new life to GDS. The enclosed i...