© Copyright 2003 Frost & Sullivan. All Rights Reserved. United States Unmanned Aerial Systems Market Aerospace and Defense “The U.S. unmanned aerial systems market has considerable momentum due to operational successes and increasing mission roles.”

© Copyright 2003 Frost & Sullivan. All Rights Reserved. Industry Trends The U.S. military continues to drive development and procurement of systems both domestically and internationally Wartime efforts and defense budget increases have fueled platform and equipment development, however current funding levels are putting pressures across the DoD budget Several UAS commitments remain in question particularly with the Navy Tactical and small UAVs may provide additional mission support across the services and in the commercial sector UA systems may provide lower cost solutions Technology capabilities drive competition and innovation UA systems may be unaffordable in the commercial sector

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© Copyright 2003 Frost & Sullivan. All Rights Reserved. What’s Included Intelligence, Reconnaissance and Surveillance (ISR) capabilities Weaponized UA systems, such as J-UCAS Operational and R&D platforms Commercial sector overview

© Copyright 2003 Frost & Sullivan. All Rights Reserved.  AAI Corporation  Aerosonde  AeroVironment, Inc.  Aurora Flight Sciences  BAE Systems  Bell Helicopter  Boeing Company  Cyber Defense Systems, Inc.  Cubic Corporation  DRS Technologies Inc.  General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. Key Market Participants  General Dynamics  Harris Corporation  Honeywell  L-3 Communication Systems  Lockheed Martin Corporation  Mission Technologies  Northrop Grumman Corporation  Orbital Sciences Corporation  Piasecki Aircraft Corp.  Raytheon Company  Rockwell Collins  SAIC  Teledyne Brown Engineering Inc.  Unmanned Vehicle Systems

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