Visiongain has published a new report entitled Military Radar System Market Report 2025-2035 (Including Impact of U.S. Trade Tariffs): Forecasts by Mobility (Fixed Radar Systems, Mobile Radar Systems), by Technology (Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA), Passive Electronically Scanned Array (PESA), Conventional/ Mechanically Scanned), by Platform (Ground-Based Systems, Naval-Based Systems, Airborne Systems, Space-Based Systems), by Frequency Band (S-Band, X-Band, L-Band, C-Band, Ku/K/Ka-Band), by Radar Type (3D Air Surveillance Radar, Long-Range Early Warning Radar, Fire Control Radar, Ground Penetrating Radar, Imaging Radar (SAR), Other) AND Regional and Leading National Market Analysis PLUS Analysis of Leading Companies.

The global military radar system market is estimated at US$12,793.9 million in 2025 and is projected to grow at a CAGR of 4.6% during the forecast period 2025-2035.

Impact of US Trade Tariffs on the Global Military Radar System Market   

The imposition of U.S. tariffs on defence and dual-use technologies, including radar components, has far-reaching implications for the global military radar system market. Since the U.S. is both a leading producer and exporter of advanced radar technologies, trade restrictions and tariff adjustments can reshape global supply chains, procurement decisions, and R&D investments. These tariffs particularly affect allied countries reliant on U.S. radar systems, while simultaneously opening opportunities for European and Asia-Pacific manufacturers to expand their market share. The overall impact depends on the duration of tariffs and the ability of global players to adapt through diversification, domestic production, or strategic alliances.

Tariff Impact: V-shaped Recovery 

In a V-shaped recovery scenario, tariffs initially disrupt global radar supply chains and lead to higher procurement costs for allies of the U.S. However, the disruption is short-lived, as defence budgets remain resilient, and governments prioritize security modernization. Countries accelerate procurement despite higher costs, and suppliers quickly adapt by expanding domestic capacity or forming new partnerships. For example, European firms like HENSOLDT and Thales could rapidly scale production, filling short-term gaps. Within a few years, the market rebounds strongly, with growth momentum restored by pent-up demand and sustained military modernization programs.

The Drone War Comes Home: Counter-UAS as a Radar Growth Engine

Battlefield lessons from Ukraine, coupled with recent drone incursions into NATO airspace, have transformed small-target detection into a mainstream requirement. Analysts note that proliferating low-cost drones and FPVs have reshaped air defence economics; defending cities, bases and logistics nodes now requires dense layers of short-range sensors that can see low, small and slow threats amidst heavy electronic warfare. NATO’s first large-scale engagement of hostile drones over Poland in September 2025 exposed how expensive interceptors and jets are mismatched against cheap, autonomous UAS, making wide-area, high-update-rate radar coverage indispensable. 

Vendors are responding with high-mobility 3D AESA and gap-filler radars tuned for counter-UAS. HENSOLDT’s TRML-4D and SPEXER orders for Ukraine—over €340 million announced in July 2025—illustrate urgent demand and fast-fielding models. As HENSOLDT put it, the package “strengthens Ukraine’s air defence,” a theme echoed across Europe’s reconstitution of layered sensors. The same procurement logic now appears in Latin America and within U.S. Air Forces in Europe, where Saab’s Giraffe 4A bookings highlight how software-upgradable AESA radars are becoming the default for base air defence and drone detection missions.

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What are the Current Market Drivers?

GaN AESA and Digital Open Architectures

The migration to gallium nitride (GaN) transmit-receive modules has evolved from a spec sheet upgrade to a concrete range, sensitivity and efficiency advantage—one of the clearest technical drivers of replacement demand. Raytheon’s AN/TPY-2 with a full GaN array, delivered to the U.S. Missile Defense Agency in May 2025, was highlighted as supporting hypersonic defense missions; the company wrote that GaN “has increased range and expanded surveillance capacity.” Beyond sheer power density, the software-defined nature of modern AESA is shortening capability refresh cycles and de-risking mid-life upgrades. 

In parallel, the U.S. Army’s CMOSS/CMFF push and The Open Group’s SOSA standard are institutionalizing modular, open sensor architectures. The Army describes CMFF chassis as eliminating “the need to install and upgrade individual” boxes by hosting multiple functions on common cards, reducing SWaP and life-cycle cost while speeding tech insertion. Multi-INT demonstrations under SOSA and related MOSA standards show practical pathways to fuse radar with EW, EO/IR and comms on shared backplanes, key reason procurement agencies now specify open interfaces to future-proof buys. 

Maritime Surveillance and Fleet Air-Defense Modernization

Blue-water and littoral navies are recapitalizing sensors to cope with saturation attacks, anti-ship missiles, and complex clutter in congested seas. The U.S. Navy’s SPY-6 plan—dozens of shipsets across destroyers, carriers and amphibious ships—anchors the maritime radar upcycle, while Leonardo DRS continues serial production of SPQ-9B for close-in ship defence. Radars with digital beamforming, multiple simultaneous beams and high dynamic range are becoming standard to handle sea-skimmers and complex ECM. 

Even beyond the U.S., European and Indo-Pacific navies are upgrading surface radars as parts of wider AAW/IAMD refits. Press releases repeatedly stress software-defined growth paths—“enables software-based updates,” Saab said when announcing Giraffe 4A orders—with buyers explicitly seeking roadmap headroom for future missile cueing, C-UAS and cooperative engagement. Maritime radar programs thus serve as anchor customers for GaN manufacturing scale, benefitting land and air segments through shared TRM supply chains and common signal processing stacks.

Where are the Market Opportunities?

Counter-UAS Radar Layers for Cities, Bases and Critical Infrastructure

The most immediate whitespace is scalable C-UAS radar stacks, from mobile gap-fillers to fixed arrays tied into short-range effectors. NATO’s recent shoot-downs over Poland and the daily drone-swarm realities over Ukraine make it plain that legacy GBAD optimized for fast-jets and cruise missiles cannot cover the vast volume of low-altitude airspace now exploited by cheap UAS. Affordable, software-definable 3D radars with high update rates, good clutter rejection and robust classification (with AI-assisted tracks) are seeing accelerated requirements and rapid buys.

Company actions foreshadow broader procurement. HENSOLDT’s July 2025 award to supply TRML-4D and SPEXER packages to Ukraine, plus earlier deliveries in 2024, show that customers will prioritize proven sensors they can field now. Saab’s Giraffe 4A orders—both for Sweden and a Latin American country in 2025, and for USAFE through BAE Systems—demonstrate cross-regional appetite for mobile, software-upgradable radars that can step from base defense to wider area coverage as doctrine evolves. 

Allied IAMD Recapitalization and Naval Sensor Refresh

A second opportunity lies in supplying the sensor backbone for allied IAMD modernization, especially where fleets are recapitalizing. RTX’s multi-year SPY-6 production and integration contracts and continuing Aegis-related awards illustrate substantial recurring revenue in the maritime segment. On land, Europe’s choices—from Denmark’s selection of SAMP/T to Germany’s IRIS-T-centric investments—open room for complementary surveillance radars, fire-control sensors and networked “any-sensor/any-shooter” solutions that interoperate across national lines.

Think beyond hardware. A 2025 European analysis stressed that the central challenge is integrating disparate national systems into truly multi-layered defence. That requirement creates opportunities in middleware, open-architecture adapters, time-sync and track-quality management software, cyber accreditation and cross-domain solutions—offerings that sensor primes and specialist software firms alike can monetize as enduring services.

Competitive Landscape

The major players operating in the military radar system market are Aselsan A.S, BAE Systems, Bharat Electronics Limited, Elbit Systems Ltd, General Dynamics Corporation, Hensoldt AG, Indra Sistemas, S.A, Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. (IAI), L3Harris Technologies, Inc, Leonardo S.p.A., Lockheed Martin Corporation, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Raytheon Technologies (RTX), Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG, Saab AB, and Thales SA. These major players operating in this market have adopted various strategies comprising M&A, collaborations, investment in R&D, regional business expansion, partnerships, and new product launch.

Recent Developments

• 10 Sept 2025, Indra and Tata Advanced Systems commission first Lanza Naval 3D Air Surveillance Radar system for Indian Navy .First Lanza-N 3D-ASR naval radar commissioned aboard an Indian Navy warship. Integrated with ship systems after sea trials. More units to be installed on frigates, destroyers, and carriers. A radar assembly & testing facility set up at Tata Advanced Systems in Karnataka for faster deliveries.
• 09-Sep-25, Thales and HII successfully integrated the Thales SAMDIS 600 sonar with HII’s REMUS 620 Medium Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV). Field trials at HII’s Pocasset facility demonstrated enhanced autonomous mine detection, classification, and imaging for naval forces, boosting undersea security, mine countermeasures, and subsea infrastructure monitoring.
• 05-Sep-25, The TRS-4D LR long-range radar was installed at Parow as a test, reference, and training facility supporting F124 Sachsen-class sensor obsolescence projects. The land-based installation enables user and technician training plus testing of future radar developments. HENSOLDT describes the sensor as one of the most powerful procured in Germany, usable at sea and on land. The facility supports sustainment and capability growth for naval long-range surveillance.
• 07-Aug-25, BAE Systems has made a strategic investment in Oxford Dynamics, a UK deep-tech start-up specialising in AI and robotics. The partnership will combine BAE’s defence and security expertise with Oxford Dynamics’ AI-driven data capabilities to strengthen capabilities across air, land, sea, space, and cyber domains.
• 11-Aug-25, Rohde & Schwarz Australia contracted STS Defence to provide configurable communications masts for the Royal Australian Navy’s Hunter Class frigates. The systems, integrated with NAVICS MLS, will ensure secure communications across multiple frequency bands.

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