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Counter-Drone Industry Statistics

Counter drone markets are scaling fast, with the global counter drone sector projected to jump from $1.9 billion in 2023 to $6.6 billion by 2030 as counter UAS spending climbs in parallel to $8.4 billion by 2030. Read how the US alone logged 10,246 detected and tracked UAS incidents, while procurement and performance benchmarks from detection ranges to neutralization timelines reveal why keeping sensors calibrated and networks interoperable can make or break counter drone effectiveness.
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Counter-Drone Industry Statistics
Samuel NorbergWritten by Samuel Norberg·Edited by Astrid Bergmann·Fact-checked by Olivia Thornton
Published ·Updated
How this report is researched
01Editorial Scope

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02Source Research

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01 Industry overview

The counter drone industry at a glance

The global counter-drone market was estimated at $7.41 billion in 2025 and is expanding rapidly as defense, homeland-security, and critical-infrastructure buyers adopt layered detection and defeat systems.

$7.41B[66]
Global market size, 2025
26.5%[66]
Forecast CAGR, 2025–2031
A$216.5M[16]
DroneShield revenue, FY2025
$1.5B[24]
D-Fend acquisition price, 2026
Market size
MarketsandMarkets estimated the global counter-drone market at $7.41 billion in 2025. A separate Grand View Research estimate cited in a 2026 SEC filing placed the market at $2.4 billion in 2024, illustrating the wide variation caused by differing market definitions.[66][41]
Forecast & CAGR
MarketsandMarkets forecasts a 26.5% CAGR for the global counter-drone market through 2031. Another cited forecast projects growth from $2.4 billion in 2024 to $10.6 billion in 2030 at a 27.2% CAGR.[66][41]
Segmentation
The market is commonly segmented by component, technology, mitigation method, range, system type, and end use. Counter-drone swarm systems provide a narrower benchmark: detection systems generated $258 million in 2025 and represented 34.0% of that segment.[66][67]
Key players & concentration
The industry remains fragmented across defense primes, specialist counter-UAS firms, sensor companies, and software integrators. A 2025 competitive assessment analyzed more than 200 competitors across four regions and identified the United States, United Kingdom, and Israel as having the highest competitive intensity.[68]
Pricing
U.S. Army budget data lists expeditionary counter-UAS systems at approximately $3.30 million per unit in 2024 and $3.41 million in 2025. Separately, the Army awarded RTX $75 million for 600 Coyote 2C interceptors in 2024, equivalent to an implied average procurement price of about $125,000 per interceptor.[69][45]
Trends, drivers & challenges
Demand is being driven by battlefield drone proliferation, homeland-security requirements, and protection of airports, critical infrastructure, prisons, and mass gatherings. Key challenges include the need for layered systems, rapidly changing drone signatures, false alarms, radio-spectrum coordination, and the high cost of some kinetic and directed-energy solutions.[45][70][71]
Consumer behavior & competition
The primary buyers are governments, armed forces, law-enforcement agencies, correctional authorities, airports, and critical-infrastructure operators rather than household consumers. DroneShield reported A$216.5 million of FY2025 revenue, up 276% from FY2024, indicating strong procurement growth for specialist suppliers.[16][70]
M&A
Consolidation accelerated in 2026: Motorola Solutions announced a definitive agreement to acquire D-Fend Solutions for $1.5 billion. Ondas completed its acquisition of DZYNE Technologies for $204.1 million in cash plus equity consideration, adding counter-UAS and autonomous-effects capabilities.[24][41]
Regulation
The July 2026 SAFER SKIES interim final rule authorized trained and certified state, local, tribal, and territorial agencies to conduct specified counter-UAS operations, subject to approved technologies, coordination, reporting, and privacy requirements. The FCC also clarified in 2026 that federal testing and use of counter-UAS technologies involving intentional radio-frequency interference are not barred by Section 333 when conducted within the stated federal framework.[58][72]
Latest news
On July 30, 2026, JIATF-401 awarded CACI a counter-UAS indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a $500 million ceiling for homeland-defense capabilities. On November 10, 2026, Axios reported that ACS was launching a dedicated laser division amid rising counter-drone demand.[45][73]

02 Ranking

Top 10 Companies in the Counter Drone Industry

The leading companies in the counter drone industry, ranked on market impact, performance, momentum, innovation and brand popularity.

Updated November 11, 2026 · Next review December 11, 2026

Verdict

Anduril Industries leads Gitnux's 2026 counter drone ranking with an Overall score of 9.4, with Anvil, Roadrunner, and Sentry marketed as integrated counter-UAS products. Rheinmetall is the highest-ranked counter-UAS effector provider at 9.2, driven by revenue growth of 29% alongside a 17% operating margin signal.

Ranked by Overall score · How we score ↓

Editor's top 3 picks

Where to start, by need.

  1. #1 Overall · Leader in autonomous counter-UAS systems

    Anduril Industries

    US

    Ranked #1 · 9.4 · Autonomous counter-UAS systems

    Why we picked it: It markets integrated counter-UAS product families for autonomous counter-UAS and command systems.

    See in ranking ↓Visit anduril.com ↗

  2. Leader in air-defense effectors

    Rheinmetall

    DE

    Ranked #2 · 9.2 · Air-defense effectors

    Why we picked it: It sells air-defense and counter-UAS effectors, with signals of 29% revenue growth and 17% operating margin.

    See in ranking ↓Visit rheinmetall.com ↗

  3. Leader in airspace security platforms

    Axon Enterprise

    US

    Ranked #3 · 9.0 · Airspace security platforms

    Why we picked it: It added Dedrone counter-drone and airspace-awareness technology to its airspace-security offering.

    See in ranking ↓Visit axon.com ↗

Pick 1 is the #1 company overall. Picks 2 and 3 are the highest-ranked companies in the top 5 that add a new segment.

Full ranking

Sort by
Top 10 companies in the counter drone industry, 2026 – Gitnux ranking
#CompanyOverall ↓Company snapshot
1

Anduril Industries

Autonomous counter-UAS systems · US

9.4
2

Rheinmetall

Air-defense effectors · DE

9.2
3

Axon Enterprise

Airspace security platforms · US

9.0
4

Saab

Electronic warfare counter-UAS · SE

8.9
5

DroneShield

Dedicated counter-UAS hardware and software · AU

8.8
6

Rafael Advanced Defense Systems

Integrated air defense and counter-UAS · IL

8.7
7

Epirus

High-power microwave counter-UAS · US

8.6
8

AeroVironment

Counter-UAS, directed energy and autonomous systems · US

8.5
9

Fortem Technologies

Radar-guided drone interception systems · US

8.0
10

QinetiQ

Counter-drone detection and defeat systems · GB

7.2

How we score

  • Impact (30%): scale and weight in the market (revenue, market share, employees, market position).
  • Performance (20%): recent revenue growth and operating margin; an analyst assessment where a company does not publish them.
  • Momentum (20%): growth trajectory and future potential.
  • Innovation (15%): R&D intensity and how technologically advanced the company is.

Popularity (brand search demand, 15%) counts toward Overall but is not published as a column. Overall leaves out what is not known.

Scale Scores are shown on a 7–10 scale with one decimal; bars start at 7.0.

Cadence Recalculated when new figures are published; next review December 11, 2026.

Independence. Rankings are editorially independent. Scores, ranks, picks and the verdict follow the method above; no company can pay to change them.

Cite this ranking

APA

Samuel Norberg. (2026, February 13). Top 10 companies in the counter drone industry. In Counter-Drone Industry Statistics. Gitnux. https://gitnux.org/counter-drone-industry-statistics/#top-companies

report visual · Projection

Awarded value of tracked counter-UAS contracts with a published value (United States, Europe, United Kingdom and Canada)

Awarded value of tracked counter-UAS contracts with a published value grew from €112.0M in 2021 to €175.0M in 2025.

112M EUR
Start
+11.8%
CAGR · 4y
175M EUR
Projected
20212025
source-verifieddrone-consult.com2025

04 Statistics

Technology & Innovation

Venture and R&D activity is accelerating for counter-drone technologies, with $324.9 million invested through Q2 2025 and anti-drone patent filings rising across jurisdictions.

Automation in the counter drone industry

  • $324.9 million was invested in counter-drone technologies through Q2 2025, up from $59.8 million in 2024 and $21.2 million in 2023.[1]
  • $570.3 million was raised for autonomous manufacturing in defense technology in 2024, supporting automation of counter-drone and wider defense supply chains.[1]
  • $591.5 million was raised for autonomous manufacturing through Q2 2025, indicating continued investment in automated defense production relevant to counter-drone systems.[1]

Digital Transformation in the aerospace and defense sector (sector benchmark)

  • 83% of global aerospace and defense organizations agree that digital continuity is a key enabler of strategic business transformation, according to a 2025 survey.[2]
  • 60–70% of European aerospace and defense executives expect digital transformation to have a high or very high impact by 2028, while only 20–30% report advanced digital maturity today.[3]
  • 82% of global aerospace and defense organizations say digital-continuity investments help maintain a competitive edge, according to a 2025 survey.[2]
  • 22% of global aerospace and defense companies reported having clean, structured data in a central repository ready for analysis in McKinsey’s digital-maturity study.[4]
  • 30% of global aerospace and defense organizations had already reduced time to market through digital continuity, with an average 13% reduction, in 2025.[2]

Technology Adoption in the aerospace and defense sector (sector benchmark)

  • 27% of aerospace and defense manufacturers reported adopting AI-powered industrial IoT in 2024.[5]
  • 61% of aerospace and defense manufacturers reported adopting AI automation, the highest share among sectors surveyed in 2024.[5]
  • 41% of aerospace and defense manufacturers reported adopting predictive AI in 2024.[5]
  • 30% of U.S. defense companies reported incorporating no AI into their defense products or services in the 2026 survey.[6]
  • 31% of aerospace and defense manufacturers reported adopting generative AI in 2024.[5]

Cloud Computing in the aerospace and defense sector (sector benchmark)

  • 20% of European defense-industry executives used cloud computing extensively across more than half of processes and activities in 2025.[2]
  • 38% of aerospace and defense companies had mature cloud practices and tools in place in Accenture’s survey.[7]
  • 44% of aerospace and defense companies had completed regulatory-compliance planning for cloud adoption, while 52% remained in the planning stage.[7]
  • 52% of European defense-industry executives ranked cloud computing among their top three technologies for augmenting production ramp-up in 2025.[2]
  • 60% of aerospace and defense companies expected better security from cloud adoption in Accenture’s survey.[7]

Big Data in the aerospace and defense sector (sector benchmark)

  • 29% of European defense-industry executives used data and analytics extensively across more than half of processes and activities in 2025.[2]
  • 15% of aerospace and defense companies used digital and analytics for procurement at scale in McKinsey’s study.[8]
  • 28% of aerospace and defense companies reported having a data-use vision or strategy aligned with business objectives in McKinsey’s study.[4]
  • 29% of aerospace and defense leaders said their enterprise data was standardized, governed and accessible in the 2026 digital-thread study.[9]
  • 62% of European defense-industry executives ranked data and analytics among their top three technologies for augmenting production ramp-up in 2025.[2]

IoT in the aerospace and defense sector (sector benchmark)

  • 55% of industrial organizations used both satellite and terrestrial connectivity for IoT deployments in 2025.[10]
  • 17% of European defense-industry executives ranked IoT or industrial IoT among their top three technologies for augmenting production ramp-up in 2025.[2]
  • 14% of European defense-industry executives used IoT or industrial IoT extensively across more than half of processes and activities in 2025.[2]
  • 78% of industrial-organization respondents said their IoT progress increased over the previous 12 months in 2025.[10]

Innovation in the counter drone industry

  • 22 anti-drone patent applications were filed in the United States in the year to March 2025.[11]
  • $59.8 million was invested in counter-drone technologies in 2024, nearly tripling the 2023 total.[1]
  • 39 laser-related anti-drone inventions were recorded in 2025, reflecting increased development of directed-energy countermeasures.[11]

05 Statistics

Data & Analytics

Operators and integrators lean on field data and software analytics; examples include 24/7 autonomous monitoring and 3D target attributes tracked in Sentrycs deployments.

Business intelligence in the counter drone industry

  • 25 countries represented Sentrycs’ operational counter-drone deployment footprint when Ondas announced its acquisition in 2025.[12]
  • 16 cities will host FIFA World Cup matches where Sentrycs counter-drone intelligence is planned for airspace-security operations in 2026.[13]
  • 10+ years of field deployment data contribute to DroneShield’s counter-drone business-intelligence advantage globally.[14]
  • 30+ non-U.S. governments were listed among Dedrone’s counter-drone customers in its FAA partnership disclosure.[15]
  • 70+ countries supplied DroneShield’s global counter-drone deployment and customer intelligence footprint in FY2026.[16]

Data analytics in the counter drone industry

  • $22 million of DroneShield’s secured FY2026 revenue was attributed to software-as-a-service contracts at the time of its FY2025 report.[17]
  • 1,000+ sensors had been sold by Dedrone by June 2021, supporting its counter-drone data-collection network.[15]
  • 24/7 autonomous monitoring and alerting are provided by Sentrycs’ Cyber-over-RF counter-drone platform.[13]
  • 3D target attributes—height, speed and coordinates—are tracked by Sentrycs’ counter-drone platform alongside controller location.[13]
  • The Horizon Engine was introduced by Sentrycs as an AI-driven counter-drone detection and mitigation layer in 2025.[12]
  • Nearly 250 drone types were detected, identified and located by Dedrone’s machine-learning-enabled counter-drone platform in 2021.[15]

Data Quality in the aerospace and defense sector (sector benchmark)

  • 32% of manufacturing leaders globally identified data-quality issues as a barrier to digital-twin adoption in 2025; aerospace respondents were included in the sector analysis.[18]
  • 29% of aerospace and defense leaders said their enterprise data was standardized, governed and accessible in 2026, indicating that 71% lacked this level of data readiness.[19]
  • 68% of aerospace respondents rated data and technology adoption as a priority in 2025, compared with 61% across the overall manufacturing sample.[18]
  • 61% of manufacturing leaders globally said poor data quality limits their ability to adopt and optimize emerging technologies in 2025; aerospace respondents were included in the sector analysis.[18]

Data Governance in the aerospace and defense sector (sector benchmark)

  • 42% of defense-organization respondents identified data governance and policies for sharing with external partners as a barrier to AI implementation in 2021.[20]
  • 48% of security and defense firms said they tagged and classified more than three-quarters of their unstructured data in 2024.[21]
  • 38% of defense contractors pursuing CMMC 2.0 Level 2 had comprehensive governance control and tracking systems in 2025, while 62% lacked them.[21]
  • 55% of security and defense firms used advanced security capabilities, including governance tracking and control, for internal sensitive-content communications in 2024.[21]

KPIs in the counter drone industry

  • Track ambiguity is used as a counter-drone tracking KPI, with 1 identified as the best value in drone-surveillance radar research.[22]
  • Response time is a defined performance metric in the standardized evaluation framework for counter-drone systems published in 2025.[23]
  • Detection accuracy is a defined performance metric in the standardized evaluation framework for counter-drone systems published in 2025.[23]
  • False-alarm rate is a defined performance metric in the standardized evaluation framework for counter-drone systems published in 2025.[23]
  • Tracking stability is a defined performance metric in the standardized evaluation framework for counter-drone systems published in 2025.[23]
  • Accuracy, true positives, false positives and F1 score are classification KPIs used in counter-drone radar research.[22]

06 Statistics

Strategy & Growth

Deal flow and committed revenue signals point to scaling procurement; Motorola Solutions agreed to acquire D-Fend Solutions for $1.5 billion in June 2026.

Growth in the counter drone industry

  • D-Fend Solutions expected full-year 2026 revenue of $185 million when Motorola Solutions announced its acquisition.[24]
  • DroneShield’s revenue increased from A$161 million in 2024 to A$216.5 million in FY2025.[14]
  • DroneShield added A$68 million to FY2026 committed revenue between January 1 and May 26, 2026.[14]
  • D-Fend Solutions reported annual revenue growth of more than 50% over the three years preceding Motorola Solutions’ 2026 acquisition announcement.[24]
  • DroneShield’s FY2026 committed revenue reached A$161 million, up 61% from the prior comparable period in 2026.[14]
  • Fortem closed a $50 million Series B financing led by Lockheed Martin in September 2026 to support counter-drone growth.[25]

Mergers and acquisitions in the counter drone industry

  • Motorola Solutions agreed to acquire D-Fend Solutions for $1.5 billion in June 2026.[24]
  • Axon completed its acquisition of Dedrone on October 2, 2024, integrating airspace-security technology into its public-safety platform.[26]
  • Axon acquired the remaining 79.8% interest in Dedrone for approximately $391.1 million in October 2024.[27]
  • Dedrone’s expected 2026 revenue was $185 million at the time of Motorola Solutions’ announced acquisition.[24]

Strategic partnerships in the counter drone industry

  • Safeware and Accelerated Tactical formed a strategic partnership in 2026 combining mobile-platform engineering with national sales and government-procurement capabilities.[28]
  • Fortem and MBDA’s technical collaboration began in 2024 by integrating DroneHunter into MBDA’s Sky Warden counter-UAS architecture.[25]
  • Fortem Technologies and MBDA expanded their strategic counter-drone partnership in October 2026 to serve defense and government customers across Europe and worldwide.[25]
  • Dedrone and Mobile Camera Security collaborated to manufacture a locally produced counter-drone trailer for Australia, New Zealand and Indo-Pacific markets in 2026.[26]

07 Statistics

People & Workforce

Workforce posture remains heavily in-person for U.S. DoD civilian roles, with 81.32% of recorded work hours in person in 2024.

Remote Work in the aerospace and defense sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across U.S. Department of Defense civilian employees, 6% of recorded work hours were situational telework in calendar year 2024.[29]
  • Across U.S. Department of Defense civilian positions, approximately 65% to 68% were eligible for telework or remote work during the period reviewed through February 2025.[29]
  • Across U.S. Department of Defense civilian employees, 1.43% of recorded work hours were remote in calendar year 2024.[29]
  • Across U.S. Department of Defense civilian employees, 11.25% of recorded work hours were routine telework in calendar year 2024.[29]

Hybrid Work in the aerospace and defense sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across U.S. workers, 39% worked from home at least some of the time during the week before the Federal Reserve’s 2025 survey.[30]
  • Among U.S. remote-capable employees, 33% preferred exclusively remote work in November 2025.[31]
  • Across U.S. Department of Defense civilian employees, 81.32% of recorded work hours were in-person in calendar year 2024, indicating limited hybrid-work utilization overall.[29]
  • Among U.S. remote-capable employees, 61% preferred hybrid work in November 2025.[31]

Employee Engagement in the aerospace and defense sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across 25 aerospace and defense organizations, 44% reported better employee engagement scores in 2024 than during the prior year.[32]
  • Across 25 aerospace and defense organizations, 32% reported no change in employee engagement scores in 2024.[32]
  • Across 25 aerospace and defense organizations, 16% did not measure employee engagement in 2024.[32]
  • Among NASA civil servants, the 2024 Employee Engagement Index was 84.4% positive across the U.S. space agency workforce.[33]
  • Across 25 aerospace and defense organizations, 8% reported worse employee engagement scores in 2024 than during the prior year.[32]

Change Management in the aerospace and defense sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across aerospace companies surveyed in Germany, 93% said executives must be open to change and act as change role models in 2019.[34]
  • Across aviation and aerospace companies, more than 90% failed to achieve all transformation goals in the 2025 Change Management Compass study.[35]
  • Across aerospace companies surveyed in Germany, 73% said employees must be open to change and support it in 2019.[34]
  • Across aerospace companies surveyed globally, 43% missed their user-acceptance or change-management transformation target in 2023.[36]
  • Across aerospace companies surveyed globally, 57% cited demanding or overly ambitious timescales as a transformation challenge in 2023.[36]

08 Statistics

Customer & Sales

Repeat buying and government contracting recur in the dataset; DroneShield cited $13.5 million repeat U.S. government orders in 2024.

Customer retention in the counter drone industry

  • $13.5 million was the value of a repeat U.S. government order for DroneShield counter-drone systems in 2024.[37]
  • $5.7 million was the value of a repeat order from a U.S. government customer for DroneShield counter-UxS systems in 2024.[38]
  • $6 million in new counter-drone system orders came from Sentrycs’ current Middle East customers in 2026.[39]
  • Follow-on orders were received in the second quarter of 2026 for Ondas ISR and emergency-response counter-UAS deployments.[12]
  • $3.1 million was the value of another repeat order from a U.S. government customer received by DroneShield in September 2024.[37]

Customer acquisition in the counter drone industry

  • $4.7 million was the value of DroneShield’s 2024 order from a new non-government Swiss international customer.[40]
  • 40 OmniDock systems had been sold by Counterdrone since mid-2023, generating more than $559,000 in revenue by 2024.[41]
  • $2.5 million was the value of VSBLTY’s initial 2026 deployment for a defense, counter-drone and critical-infrastructure customer.[42]
  • 2 new law-enforcement organizations signed agreements with Sentrycs in 2024, including one in North America.[42]
  • $90 million in proposals were submitted by Ondas to U.S. defense customers for long-endurance ISR-T in 2026.[12]

Customer loyalty in the counter drone industry

  • 38 contracts worth more than $9.6 million were awarded by one DroneShield reseller before a later customer order, according to 2025 commentary on the company’s repeat business.[39]
  • More than 50% of Counterdrone customers made repeat purchases by April 2025, indicating repeat buying across public safety, surveying, security, agriculture and mining.[41]

Lead generation in the counter drone industry

  • 70-plus countries were covered by DroneShield’s distribution partners in 2024, providing an international channel for counter-drone sales leads.[40]
  • 4 continents were covered by Sentrycs’ counter-drone public-safety deployments when it announced new customer agreements in 2024.[42]
  • 5 procurement streams were covered by AirMatrix’s qualification in Canada’s Defence Drone Initiative Marketplace in 2026.[42]

09 Statistics

Marketing & Brand

B2B marketing plans show a growing use of creator programs, with 55% of B2B marketing leaders using influencers in 2025.

Influencer Marketing in the aerospace and defense sector (sector benchmark)

  • 29% of B2B marketing leaders across six countries planned to adopt influencer marketing within the following year in 2025.[43]
  • 76% of B2B marketing leaders across six countries believed creator collaborations build brand authenticity in 2025.[43]
  • 55% of B2B marketing leaders across the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Brazil, India and Australia were using influencers in 2025.[43]
  • 49% of B2B marketing leaders across six countries cited industry relevance as a criterion for selecting creators in 2025.[43]
  • 58% of B2B marketing leaders across six countries cited authenticity and credibility as criteria for selecting creators in 2025.[43]

10 Statistics

Operations & Execution

Deployment and authorization timelines remain a key operational constraint, with less than 30 days required for U.S. Army authorization and funding actions in 2024.

Process optimization in the counter drone industry

  • 48 hours elapsed between a Merops demonstration and a roughly $6 million equipment bailment agreement covering three counter-drone capabilities in Europe.[44]
  • Less than 30 days were required to complete the U.S. Army’s authorization and funding actions for RTX’s 600-interceptor counter-UAS production contract in 2024.[45]
  • 50 Merops counter-drone systems were procured for experimentation and operational use on NATO’s eastern flank in late 2025.[44]

Operational efficiency in the counter drone industry

  • More than 50% of Counterdrone customers were reported to make repeat purchases, indicating recurring use of its docking systems.[41]
  • 20 service members per day were cited by Joint Interagency Task Force 401 as an example of the staffing burden that can make a sophisticated counter-UAS system impractical to sustain.[45]
  • 1,000 docking stations per year was Counterdrone’s five-year shipment target for its autonomous drone infrastructure business.[41]
  • 100 docking stations were planned for shipment by Counterdrone by the second quarter of 2025 to support scalable autonomous drone operations.[41]

Quality management in the counter drone industry

  • 99.3 points out of 100 was the score reported for a Ukrainian counter-drone-related system in a U.S. Army competition in 2026.[46]
  • 2 U.S. and Australian BVLOS certifications had been obtained by Counterdrone for its OmniDock autonomous drone docking system by 2025.[41]

Supply chain in the counter drone industry

  • 28% of Counterdrone’s minimum-target crowdfunding proceeds were allocated to materials and manufacturing inventory for OmniDock stations.[41]
  • 96% of MSI Defense Solutions’ electronic counter-UAS launcher work was planned for performance in Mooresville, North Carolina, in the 2024 contract notice.[47]
  • 2.4 billion Australian dollars was DroneShield’s targeted annual manufacturing capacity by fiscal year 2026, up from approximately A$500 million previously cited.[40]
  • 3% of MSI Defense Solutions’ electronic counter-UAS launcher work was planned for undisclosed locations outside the continental United States in 2024.[47]
  • 33% of Counterdrone’s maximum crowdfunding proceeds were allocated to inventory and OmniDock manufacturing materials.[41]

Outsourcing / Offshoring in the aerospace and defense sector (sector benchmark)

  • Nearly 60% of US aerospace and defense companies were considering localization strategies, while 15% had developed or navigated reshoring or onshoring strategies, in 2025.[32]
  • 21.35% of aerospace survey respondents reported manufacturing less than 25% of components in-house, indicating highly outsourced production, in 2023.[48]
  • 53% of aerospace and defense executives expected to reshore or nearshore their suppliers, on average, within the following three years, in 2022.[49]
  • 23.35% of aerospace survey respondents reported manufacturing 51–75% of components in-house, in 2023.[48]
  • 46% of aerospace companies reported that most supply-chain expenditures were concentrated within their own region, including neighboring countries, in 2024.[50]

11 Statistics

Finance & Pricing

Budget and pricing references span unit and lifecycle costs, including expeditionary counter-UAS systems at about $3.30 million per unit in 2024 and $3.41 million in 2025.

Pricing strategy in the counter drone industry

  • $500,000 per year was the example sustainment cost cited for a sophisticated counter-UAS system in a JIATF-401 discussion of lifecycle affordability.[45]
  • $15 million was the example acquisition cost cited by JIATF-401 for an advanced counter-UAS system before annual sustainment costs were considered.[45]
  • $0.52 was Counterdrone’s common-stock offer price in its 2024 Regulation Crowdfunding filing.[41]
  • $3.55 million was the reported value of a 2026 U.S. Transportation Security Administration counter-UAS enterprise-program-management and technical-support award.[51]

Cost reduction in the counter drone industry

  • 5.5% was the StartEngine platform fee disclosed in Counterdrone’s minimum-target crowdfunding use-of-proceeds plan.[41]
  • 30% of Counterdrone’s maximum crowdfunding proceeds was allocated to working capital and another 30% to marketing.[41]
  • $20 billion was the maximum potential value of a 10-year U.S. Army enterprise contract whose range pricing and volume discounts were described as producing savings for counter-UAS interoperability services.[45]
  • 6.5% of Counterdrone’s minimum-target crowdfunding proceeds was allocated to inventory, working capital, and marketing in the company’s disclosed plan.[41]

Profitability in the counter drone industry

  • 63% was Counterdrone’s gross margin in fiscal year 2023, compared with 0% in fiscal year 2022 before product sales began.[41]
  • 40%–45% was Counterdrone’s projected profit margin after transitioning from hardware sales to a leasing model.[41]
  • $500,000 was Counterdrone’s stated earnings target for the end of 2025 alongside its $1.5 million sales goal.[41]
  • $79,719 was Counterdrone’s reported net loss for fiscal year 2023.[41]

Financial planning in the counter drone industry

  • $165,000 was Counterdrone’s cash balance in its business checking account as of January 22, 2025.[41]
  • $500 million was the base ceiling of each of several 2026 JIATF-401 counter-UAS IDIQ awards, including awards to ACS, DFT, DroneShield, Napatree Technology, RADA Technologies, and SRC.[45]
  • $500 million was the ceiling of the 2026 Domestic Shield counter-drone IDIQ contract awarded to CACI International.[45]
  • 24 months was Counterdrone’s projected operating runway if it raised the maximum offering amount.[41]
  • $1.5 million was Counterdrone’s planned annual revenue from shipping 100 docking stations by the second quarter of 2025.[41]

12 Statistics

Product & Service

Software-enabled offerings and manufacturing capacity figures coexist, including DroneShield’s $70 million per year FY2026 R&D investment and 2026/2027 update release years.

Product development in the counter drone industry

  • $400 million-plus is DroneShield’s annual manufacturing and research-and-development capacity after opening its Sydney headquarters in Australia in 2024.[52]
  • $70 million per year is DroneShield’s FY2026 research-and-development investment in counter-drone technologies globally.[14]
  • 40 additional engineering and operations employees were planned by DroneShield to support counter-drone development after its 2024 Sydney expansion.[52]
  • $11.7 million was the value of DroneShield’s follow-on two-year Australian Defence Force electronic-warfare research contract awarded in 2025.[53]
  • 350+ engineers support DroneShield’s counter-drone product development globally in FY2026.[16]

Product lifecycle in the counter drone industry

  • 17 U.S. federal entities were among Dedrone’s counter-drone installations reported in 2025.[15]
  • 64 entertainment venues were among Dedrone’s counter-drone installations reported in 2025.[15]
  • 53 airports were among Dedrone’s counter-drone installations reported in 2025.[15]
  • 2026 and 2027 are the scheduled release years for DroneShield’s next-generation counter-drone hardware and software updates globally.[53]
  • 4,100 software-enabled devices formed DroneShield’s installed base cited in a 2025 civil counter-UAS market analysis.[54]

After-sales in the counter drone industry

  • 70+ countries are covered by DroneShield’s representation and distributor network for counter-drone customers in FY2026.[14]
  • 25 sales personnel in seven countries support DroneShield’s counter-drone customers in its core markets in FY2026.[14]

Value proposition in the counter drone industry

  • $35 billion is DroneShield’s estimated military-and-government counter-drone total addressable market in October 2025.[14]
  • 16 host cities across the United States, Canada and Mexico are covered by Sentrycs counter-drone protection plans for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.[13]
  • 6 Group-of-Seven governments were counted among Dedrone’s counter-drone customers in 2025.[15]
  • $63 billion is DroneShield’s combined counter-drone total addressable market estimate cited for 2025.[17]
  • 25+ countries had operational Sentrycs counter-drone deployments when Ondas announced its acquisition in 2025.[12]

13 Statistics

Sustainability & Ethics

Sustainability disclosures include quantified energy and emissions reporting, such as 1.85 kilotonnes of CO2e total annual carbon emissions reported by Aerodyne for 2023.

Sustainability in the counter drone industry

  • 761 terajoules of electricity were used for heating, cooling, lighting, compressors, manufacturing and other operations by IAI in 2024, Israel.[55]
  • 0.81 gigajoules of electricity were consumed per square metre of built area by IAI in 2024, according to its sustainability report.[55]
  • 1.85 kilotonnes of CO2e was Aerodyne’s total annual carbon emission across Scopes 1, 2 and 3 in 2023, Malaysia and international operations.[56]
  • 1.32 megawatt-years of annual energy savings were achieved through Aerodyne’s LED-bulb implementation during 2023–2024.[56]
  • 0.84 gigajoules of industrial fuel were consumed per square metre of built area by IAI in 2024, according to its sustainability report.[55]

ESG in the counter drone industry

  • 3 environmental ESG indicator categories are identified by DroneShield: environmental management, products and services, and eco-efficiency, in its 2024 ESG statement.[16]
  • 6 ESG indicator categories are listed in total in DroneShield’s 2024 ESG statement for its counter-drone business.[16]
  • 3 social-and-governance ESG indicator categories are identified by DroneShield: staff and suppliers, society, and corporate governance and business ethics, in 2024.[16]

Carbon footprint in the counter drone industry

  • 1.85 kilotonnes of CO2e was Aerodyne’s total annual carbon footprint across Scopes 1, 2 and 3 in 2023.[56]
  • 99.9% of comparable ocean-data-collection emissions were avoided by Saildrone’s uncrewed surface vehicles in 2022, including maritime-defense missions.[57]
  • 143% of Saildrone’s own total emissions were reported as avoided emissions in 2022 when Scope 3 downstream emissions were included.[57]

15 Statistics

Globalization & Expansion

Cross-border deployments are a recurring pattern, with DroneShield’s FY2025 revenue showing 74% from the United States.

Globalization in the counter drone industry

  • 74% of DroneShield’s FY2025 revenue came from the United States, demonstrating the company’s strong international exposure from its Australian base in 2025.[14]
  • Dedrone sold into 33 countries and had customers in four G7 nations in 2021.[27]
  • 45% of DroneShield’s FY2025 revenue came from Europe and the United Kingdom, while Asia-Pacific contributed 14%.[14]
  • Leonardo’s Falcon Shield counter-drone system was in service with the United Kingdom and under contract with Italy before its 2024 Canadian award.[64]
  • D-Fend Solutions had thousands of counter-drone deployments across more than 30 countries in 2026.[24]

Cultural adaptation in the counter drone industry

  • Dedrone and Mobile Camera Security developed and manufactured a locally produced counter-drone trailer specifically for Australia, New Zealand and Indo-Pacific markets in 2026.[26]
  • Leonardo’s Falcon Shield had previously protected high-profile events including the 2021 G7 summit and the 2022 Commonwealth Games in the United Kingdom.[64]
  • Leonardo’s Canadian Falcon Shield package included a 10-year sustainment arrangement, adapting delivery to long-term Canadian Armed Forces support requirements in 2024.[64]
  • The Australian-built DedroneRapidResponse trailer can be deployed in under 20 minutes, adapting the system for regional mobile-security requirements in 2026.[26]

Supplier management in the counter drone industry

  • Fortem was the only small business among seven companies selected for Track 1 of the 2026 DHS counter-drone IDIQ contract.[25]
  • Fortem Technologies’ 2026 DHS counter-drone team combined its systems with EO/IR, RF, passive-radar and C4 capabilities supplied by subcontractors.[25]
  • Fortem’s 2026 DHS contract carried an estimated starting ceiling of $1.011 billion for hardware, software and ancillary counter-drone services.[25]
  • Lockheed Martin and Microsoft were named subcontractors to Fortem Technologies on its 2026 DHS counter-drone contract.[25]
  • DroneShield reported A$209.5 million in cash and term deposits with no debt at the end of FY2025, supporting internal supply and production capacity.[14]

Stakeholder management in the counter drone industry

  • D-Fend Solutions served government, public-safety and enterprise organizations through thousands of deployments across more than 30 countries in 2026.[24]
  • Dallas allocated $10.3824 million in FY2026 for counter-unmanned-aircraft systems, including mobile detection and mitigation equipment for major events and critical infrastructure.[65]
  • The Dallas cooperative-purchasing arrangement for Axon counter-drone technology had a total stated value of $277.860091 million in 2026.[65]
  • Dedrone’s 2021 customer base included nine U.S. federal agencies, more than 65 critical-infrastructure sites, 20 airports and 50 correctional facilities.[27]
  • Fortem’s 2026 DHS contract allowed every DHS component, including Customs and Border Protection, Secret Service, Federal Protective Service and Coast Guard, to issue task orders directly.[25]

Distribution channels in the counter drone industry

  • D-Fend’s counter-drone systems were sold through government, public-safety and enterprise customer channels in more than 30 countries by 2026.[24]
  • Fortem’s 2026 five-year DHS IDIQ contract gave every DHS component a direct task-order route for its counter-drone products and services.[25]
  • Dallas used a Sourcewell cooperative purchasing agreement to acquire Axon Dedrone counter-drone technology in 2026.[65]
  • Safeware’s 2026 strategic partnership added its national sales network and government-procurement expertise to Accelerated Tactical’s mobile counter-UAS platforms.[28]

Key questions about the counter drone industry

How large is the global counter-drone market in 2025?
The global counter-drone market was estimated at $7.41 billion in 2025, expanding as layered detection and defeat systems are adopted.
What is the forecast growth rate for the counter-drone market through 2031?
MarketsandMarkets forecasts a 26.5% CAGR for the global counter-drone market through 2031.
Which companies lead the counter drone industry?
Anduril Industries leads Gitnux's 2026 counter drone ranking with an Overall score of 9.4, with Anvil, Roadrunner, and Sentry marketed as integrated counter-UAS products. Rheinmetall is the highest-ranked counter-UAS effector provider at 9.2, driven by revenue growth of 29% alongside a 17% operating margin signal.
What technology shifts show up in counter-drone deployments?
Layered architectures are standard, with increases in detection and classification via AI and continued moves toward autonomous monitoring and alerting. Investment totals include $324.9 million through Q2 2025 for counter-drone technologies.
How fragmented is the market and where is competitive intensity highest?
The industry remains fragmented across defense primes, specialist counter-UAS firms, sensor companies, and software integrators. A 2025 competitive assessment cited the United States, United Kingdom, and Israel as having the highest competitive intensity.
What regulation changes affect counter-UAS operations in the United States in 2026?
The July 2026 SAFER SKIES interim final rule authorized trained and certified state, local, tribal, and territorial agencies for specified counter-UAS operations with coordination, reporting, and privacy requirements.
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