Defence spending worldwide has steadily increased over the last decade, with expenditures in 2004 alone exceeding $1 trillion. The military communications market in particular has seen tremendous growth, as militaries look to effect greater battlefield interoperability by networking their forces through advanced communications systems. The implementation of Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) technology is set to play a key role in the expected continued growth within this market. This latest visiongain report will help you to confidently decide the right strategy for your company in this dynamic market.

Defence contracts increasingly are being awarded to firms in the commercial sector, particularly those specializing in the production of communications technology. Competition in this market has begun to intensify, with industry leaders like Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Raytheon vying for multi-million and -billion dollar contracts for the leading military communications projects including JTRS, BOWMAN and TSAT. But what opportunities are available for companies looking to enter the military communications market? Purchase this timely report to find out.

What will you learn by reading this report?

What factors are attributable to the dynamic growth in military communications technology? What are the key drivers of military communications technology development? How has the implementation of Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) technology affected the market? What are the major trends in the military communications and COTS market? Who are the main companies involved in developing communications technology? Where are the greatest opportunities for investment to be found in this market? Why you should buy this report:

Manufacturers: This report will allow you to learn from the successes of current military communications and COTS products, and identify the future plans and strategies of your competitors in this lucrative market.

Enterprises: This report provides a comprehensive look at current and projected military communications technology requirements. It analyses the viability, benefits and profitability of COTS integration in military communications systems.

Consultants and financial analysts: This report critically assesses COTS performance in military communications systems and what impact it will have on the key defence industry manufacturers and on the market as a whole.

Chapter 1: Military communications: mission critical

• 1.1 Opportunities in the communications industry
• 1.2 Defence industry trends
  • 1.2.1 Future evolution
• 1.3 Focus of the report
  • 1.3.1 Objectives of the report

Chapter 2: World defence market

• Chart 1: Top 15 Defence Spending 2004
• Chart 2: Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) Top Five Defence Spenders 2004
• Chart 3: Top Five PPP Defence Spending as % of PPP GDP 2004
• Chart 4: Top Five Defence Spenders 2004
• Chart 5: PPP Top Five Defence Spenders 2004
• Chart 6: Top Five Defence Spending as % of GDP 2004
• 2.1 Defence budget forecasts
• 2.2 Past and future motivation for military communications

Chapter 3: The role of COTS

• 3.1 COTS successes and failures
  • 3.1.1 Working with defence ministries
  • 3.1.2 Technological challenges
  • 3.1.3 Security challenges

Chapter 4: The U.S. market

• Chart 7: U.S. Defence Spending 2002-2009
• 4.1 Organisation of the Department of Defence
  • 4.1.1 Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
    • 4.1.1.1 Control-Based Mobile Ad-Hoc Networking (CBMANET)
    • 4.1.1.2 Connectionless Networks (CN)
    • 4.1.1.3 Disruption Tolerant Networks (DTN)
    • 4.1.1.4 Future Combat Systems Communications (FCS-C)
    • 4.1.1.5 Mobile Network (MIMO)
    • 4.1.1.6 Networking in Extreme Environments (NETEX)
    • 4.1.1.7 Optical & Radio Frequency (RF) Combined Link Experiment (ORCLE)
    • 4.1.1.8 The Next Generation Program (XG)
    • 4.1.1.9 Ultra-broadband Optical Arbitrary Waveform Generation
    • 4.1.1.10 Power Aware Computing and Communication (PAC/C)
    • 4.1.1.11 Analogue Optical Signal Processing (AOSP)
    • 4.1.1.12 3-D Micro Electromagnetic Radio Frequency Systems (3-D MERFS)
    • 4.1.1.13 Technology for Frequency Agile Digitally Synthesized Transmitters(TFAST)
    • 4.1.1.14 Ultra-Wideband Mutifunction Photonic Transmit/Receive Module(ULTRA-T/R)
    • 4.1.1.15 Compact Lasers for Coherent Communications, Imaging and Targeting(CCIT)
    • 4.1.1.16 Ultra Wideband Array Antennas (UWBAA)
• 4.2 Defence Contract Management Agency (DCMA)
• 4.3 Defence Information Systems Agency (DISA)
• 4.4 U.S. Army Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems (PEOEIS)
• 4.5 Project Manager Tactical Radio Communications Systems (PM TRCS)
• 4.6 MILSATCOM Joint Program Office (MJPO)
  • 4.6.1 MILSATCOM Joint Terminal Engineering Office (JTEO)
  • 4.6.2 MILSATCOM Systems Sustainment Office (MSSO)
  • 4.6.3 Air Force MILSATCOM Terminal Programs Office (MTPO)
• 4.7 Legacy, present and future market for military communications
• 4.8 Legacy, present and future use of COTS communications components
• 4.9 Current military communications projects
  • 4.9.1 Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) System
  • 4.9.2 The Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS)
  • 4.9.3 Total Army Communications - Southwest Asia, Central Asia and Africa(TAC-SWACAA)
  • 4.9.4 Transformation Communications Satellite (TSAT) system
  • 4.9.5 Wideband Gapfiller Satellites (WGS)
• 4.10 Key suppliers
  • 4.10.1 Boeing
  • 4.10.2 General Dynamics C4 Systems (GDC4)
  • 4.10.1 Harris Corp.
  • 4.10.4 ITT Industries
  • 4.10.5 Lockheed Martin
  • 4.10.6 Northrop Grumman
  • 4.10.7 Raytheon
  • 4.10.8 Rockwell Collins
• 4.11 Conclusion

Chapter 5: The U.K. market

• Chart 8: U.K. Defence Spending 2002-2009
• 5.1 Organisation of the Ministry of Defence (MOD)
  • 5.1.1 The Defence Procurement Agency (DPA)
  • 5.1.2 Air Command & Control Systems (ACCS) Integrated Project Team (IPT)
  • 5.1.3 Bowman & Tactical Communications & Information Systems (BATCIS) IPT
  • 5.1.4 Command Support Information Systems (CSIS) IPT
  • 5.1.5 Identification and Communication Equipment (ICE)
  • 5.1.6 Satellite Communications (Satcom) IPT
  • 5.1.7 Strategic Terrestrial Radio Systems (STRS) IPT
  • 5.1.8 Theatre and Formation Communication Systems (TFCS) IPT
• 5.2 Defence Communication Services Agency
• 5.3 Legacy, present and future market for military communications
• 5.4 Legacy, present and future use of COTS communications components
• 5.5 Current military communications projects
  • 5.5.1 Falcon
  • 5.5.2 Skynet 5
• 5.6 Key suppliers
  • 5.6.1 BAE Systems
  • 5.6.2 Cogent Defence & Security Networks
  • 5.6.3 EADS Astrium
  • 5.6.4 General Dynamics Decision Systems
  • 5.6.5 Harris Systems
  • 5.6.6 QinetiQ
  • 5.6.7 Paradigm Secure Communications
  • 5.6.8 Stratos
• 5.7 Conclusion

Chapter 6: The French market

• Chart 9: French Defence Spending 2002-2009
• 6.1 Organisation of the Ministry of Defence (MoD)
  • 6.1.1 The DGA
• 6.2 Legacy, present and future market for military communications
• 6.3 Legacy, present and future use of COTS communications components
• 6.4 Current military communications projects and products
  • 6.4.1 Syracuse III
  • 6.4.2 Athena
• 6.5 Key suppliers
  • 6.5.1 Alcatel Alenia Space
  • 6.5.2 CS (Communications & Systèmes)
  • 6.5.3 BERNIER
  • 6.5.4 ELG
  • 6.5.5 Luneberg Antennas
  • 6.5.6 Thales
• 6.6 Conclusion

Chapter 7: The German market

• Chart 10: German Defence Spending 2002-2009
• 7.1 Organisation of the Federal Ministry of Defence (FMoD)
  • 7.1.1 The Federal Office of Defence Technology & Procurement (BWB)
  • 7.1.2 The Federal Office for Information Management and IT of the German Federal Armed Forces (IT AmtBw)
• 7.2 Legacy, present and future market for military communications
  • 7.2.1 The Federation of German Industries (BDI)
• 7.3 Legacy, present and future use of COTS communications components
• 7.4 Current military communications projects
  • 7.4.1 Project Hercules
• 7.5 Key suppliers
  • 7.5.1 Siemens
  • 7.5.2 CSC Ploenzke
  • 7.5.3 EADS (Defence & Security Systems Division)
  • 7.5.4 ELCON Systemtechnik
  • 7.5.5 IBM
  • 7.5.6 Mobilcom
  • 7.5.7 Saft
  • 7.5.8 T-Systems
• 7.6 Conclusion

Chapter 8: The Italian market

• Chart 11: Italian Defence Spending 2002-2009
• 8.1 Organisation of the Defence Ministry
  • 8.1.1 TELEDIFE (Director's Office of the Telecommunications of Computer & Science and Advanced Technologies)
• 8.2 Legacy, present and future market for military communications
• 8.3 Legacy, present and future use of COTS communications components
• 8.4 Current military communications projects and products
  • 8.4.1 Sicral
• 8.5 Key suppliers
  • 8.5.1 Alenia Marconi Systems (AMS)
  • 8.5.2 Alcatel Alenia Space
  • 8.5.3 Datamat
  • 8.5.4 Selenia Communications
  • 8.5.5 Telespazio
• 8.5 Conclusion

Chapter 9: The Russian Federation market

• Chart 12: Russian Federation Defence Spending 2004
• 9.1 Organisation of the Ministry of National Defence
  • 9.1.1 Rosoboronexport
• 9.2 Current military communications projects and products
  • 9.2.1 Armament Program 2002-2009
  • 9.2.2 SPM-Atlas (M-539) Cell Phone
• 9.3 Key suppliers
  • 9.3.1 JSC (Joint-Stock Company) Relero
  • 9.3.2 Dalnyaya Radiosvyaz Holding Company
  • 9.3.3 Satellite, Radio-Relay and Tropospheric Communication (STARS) Consortium
• 9.4 Conclusion

Chapter 10: The market of the People's Republic of China:

• Chart 13: China Defence Spending 2004
• Chart 14: China PPP Defence Spending 2002-2009
• 10.1 Organisation of the Ministry of National Defence
  • 10.1.1 Central Military Commission
  • 10.1.2 Commission on Science, Technology and National Defence Industry(COSTIND)
  • 10.1.3 General Armaments Department (GAD)
• 10.2 Legacy, present and future market for military communications
• 10.3 Legacy, present and future use of COTS communications components
• 10.4 Military communications projects
• 10.5 Key suppliers
  • 10.5.1 Ministry of Information Industry (MII)
  • 10.5.2 China Electronics Technology Group Corp. (CETC)
  • 10.5.3 China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC)
  • 10.5.4 China Satellite Communications Corporation (ChinaSatcom)
  • 10.5.5 Huanyu Mobile Technology Co.
  • 10.5.6 Huawei Technologies
  • 10.5.7 ZTE Corporation
• 10.6 Conclusion

Chapter 11: The Australian market

• Chart 15: Australia Defence Spending 2002-2009
• 11.1 The Department of Defence
  • 11.1.1 The Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO)
  • 11.1.2 The Defence Science & Technology Organisation (DSTO)
• 11.2 Current military communications projects and products
  • 11.2.1 High Frequency Modernisation Project
  • 11.2.2 Battle Space Communications Land
  • 11.2.3 Maritime Communications & Information Management Architecture Modernisation
• 11.3 Key suppliers
  • 11.3.1 ADI
  • 11.3.2 Boeing Australia
  • 11.3.3 Saab Systems
  • 11.3.4 Tenix Defence
• 11.4 Conclusion

Chapter 12: The Canadian market

• Chart 16: Canada Defence Spending 2002-2009
• 12.1 The Department of National Defence (DND)
  • 12.1.1 Defence R&D Canada (DRDC)
  • 12.1.2 Open Source SCA for Software Defined Radio (SDR)
  • 12.1.3 Assistant Defence Minister (Materiel) (ADM (Mat))
• 12.2 Key suppliers
  • 12.2.1 General Dynamics Canada (GD Canada)
  • 12.2.2 Lockheed Martin Canada
• 12.3 Conclusion

Chapter 13: The Indian market

• Chart 17: India Defence Spending 2002-2009
• 13.1 The Ministry of Defence
  • 13.1.1 Department of Defence Production
  • 13.1.2 Procurement
• 13.2 Key suppliers
  • 13.2.1 Bharat Electronics
  • 13.2.2 Tata Group
• 13.3 Conclusion

Chapter 14: The Japanese market

• Chart 18: Japan Defence Spending 2002-2009
• 14.1 Procurement and R&D
• 14.2 Future use of COTS components
  • 14.2.1 Technical Research and Development Institute (TRDI)
  • 14.2.2 Research Centre Two
• 14.3 Current military communications projects
  • 14.3.1 The Regimental Command & Control System (ReCS)
  • 14.3.2 Integrated Radio
• 14.4 Key Supplier
  • 14.4.1 Fujitsu
• 14.5 Conclusion

Chapter 15: Conclusion

• Alcatel Alenia Space
• ADI
• Alenia Marconi Systems
• Aerospace and Defence Industries Association of Europe
• BAE Systems
• Bernier
• Bharat Electronics
• Boeing
• Boeing Australia
• Boeing Australia Holdings
• China Aerospace and Science and Technology Corporation
• China Electronics Technology Group Corp.
• China Great Wall Industry Corporation
• China Satellite Communications Corporation
• Cogent Defence & Security Networks
• CS (Communications & Systemes)
• CSC Ploenzke
• Dalnyaya Radiosvyaz Holding Company
• Datamat
• EADS (Defence & Security Systems Division)
• EADS Astrium
• ELCON Systemtechnik
• ELG
• Fujitsu
• General Dynamics C4 Systems
• General Dynamics Canada (GD Canada)
• General Dynamics Decision Systems
• General Electric
• Harris Corp.
• Harris Systems
• Huanyu Mobile Technology Co.
• Huawei Technologies
• IBM
• ITT Industries
• JSC (Joint-Stock Company) Relero
• Lockheed Martin
• Lockheed Martin Canada
• Luneberg Antennas
• Mobilcom
• Northrop Grumman
• Paradigm Secure Communications
• QinetiQ
• Raytheon
• Rosoboronexport
• Rockwell Collins
• Saab Systems
• Saft
• Satellite, Radio-Relay and Tropospheric Communication (STARS) Consortium
• Selenia Communications
• Siemens
• Stratos
• T-Systems
• Tata Group
• Telespazio
• Tenix Defence
• Thales
• ZTE Corporation