Aerospace & Defense Market Research & Consulting

Aerospace and defense spending is decided by programmes, not by quarters. A fighter fleet upgrade runs for a decade, an engine overhaul contract follows the hours flown on a wing built twenty years ago, and a satellite constellation commits its ground network before the first launch. Douglas Insights covers 27 markets on this page with that timeline in mind, sizing each one from the fleets, programmes and flight hours underneath it rather than from vendor revenue alone.

The coverage spans six sub-industries: aircraft MRO and interiors, aircraft systems and components, airport and ground support equipment, defense and security systems, rotorcraft and advanced air mobility, and space and satellite systems. The largest markets here are Avionics at USD 52.5 billion in 2025 and Commercial Aircraft Engine MRO Services at USD 47.5 billion, where new engines are coming off wing earlier than their planners intended. Air and missile defence follows at USD 39.9 billion, a market where interceptors run out long before launchers do.

Growth sits elsewhere. Commercial Drone Delivery Services compounds at 29.2% a year, anti-drone systems at 22.4%, and military unmanned ground vehicles at 12.86%, as armies and regulators both work out what uncrewed systems are permitted to do. Every report on this page carries its build receipt, its regional split and its scenario bands.