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What Best Practices Should Your Team Adopt to Leverage Evolving Airport Security Solutions?
Best Practices That Can Help Leverage Evolving Airport Security Solutions
  • How is the lifting of international travel restrictions reshaping growth opportunities in airport security?
  • How are biometrics transforming airport security operations, ensuring safety and smooth operations?
  • How can your team integrate IoT and predictive analytics to enhance passenger flow and maximize growth?
Unmanned Solutions for the Emergency Services Sector: What Are the Innovative Growth Hubs That You Can Capitalize On?
Innovative Growth Hubs in Unmanned Solutions for Emergency Services
  • What is the growth potential of unmanned systems in ensuring rapid response in emergency services?
  • Is your technology roadmap aligned with AI and sensor fusion to drive transformative potential in rescue?
  • How can simulations and field trials improve autonomous coordination and decisions in high-risk scenarios?
What Opportunities Showcase Vast Growth Potential in the Counter Unmanned Aerial System Space?
Opportunities Showcasing Growth Potential in Counter-unmanned Aerial Systems
  • How is the rising drone threat driving growth opportunities in counter-unmanned aerial systems (C-UAS)?
  • How are disruptive technologies and geopolitical tensions transforming the C-UAS landscape?
  • What best practices can help you leverage autonomous C-UAS solutions against complex security challenges?

Top Strategic Imperatives for Growth

Are you ready to embrace the transformation and thrive in the aerospace and defense landscape?

Airborne Ammunition: Powering Defense Transformation Through Growth and Innovation

Airborne Ammunition Driving Defense Transformation

  • Adapting to geopolitical instability and leveraging the need for advanced airborne munitions.
  • Harnessing industry convergence and the reliance on manned and unmanned aerial platforms.
  • Exploring hypersonic weapons, electromagnetic warfare, and ammunition design.

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Airborne Ammunition

Frost Radar and Growth Perspectives

Frost Radar™: Counter-UAS Solutions, 2025

Counter-unmanned Aerial Systems

How can non-kinetic defeat mechanisms be employed for real-time neutralization of multimodal drone threats?

Frost Radar™: UAS Communication Disruptors, 2025

UAS Communication Disruptors

What strategies is your team implementing to drive growth amid evolving drone communication threats?

Harnessing the Power of Light and Energy: Emerging Growth Opportunities in Directed Energy Weapons (DEWs)

Directed Energy Weapons (DEWs)

What growth opportunities arise from the flexibility and cost-effectiveness of DEW systems in military applications?

Combat Cloud for Defense Applications: Which Opportunities Showcase Vast Growth Potential?

Combat Cloud for Defense Applications

What best practices can your team adopt to modernize defense through cloud architectures and gain an edge?

What Key Factors Are Driving Transformational Growth in the US/NATO/Israel Airborne Ammunition Industry?

US/NATO/Israel Airborne Ammunition

How can you leverage key partnerships to advance precision-guided missile systems and achieve immense growth?

United States Customs and Border Protection: How Can You Capitalize on New Growth Drivers?

US Customs and Border Protection

How are digitalization and global socio-political unrest reshaping the US customs and border protection space?

What Strategies Can Help You Harness Border Security Solutions and Achieve a Competitive Edge?

Border Security Solutions

What growth gaps can organizations address to thrive in the rapidly evolving border security ecosystem?

Which Transformative Megatrends and Regulations Are Impacting the Growth of the Global Defense Industry?

Defense Regulation and Megatrends

How are megatrends like technological changes and geopolitical shifts transforming the global defense landscape?

Growth Webinar Key Takeaways

Growth Opportunities in Global Drone Warfare

In this growth webinar hosted by Frost & Sullivan, titled “Growth Opportunities in Global Drone Warfare: How Are Advancements in Aerial Combat Transforming Battlefields?”, global experts discussed the transformation drones are bringing to combat, logistics, deterrence, and defense planning.

Joining the conversation were:

  • Wayne Shaw – Director and Practice Area Leader, Aerospace & Defense, Frost & Sullivan
  • Shreya Khakurel – Senior Consultant, Aerospace & Defense, Frost & Sullivan
  • Mike Blades – Head of Business Development, Alcor Tech; Retired United States Air Force (USAF) Pilot

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Transformational Journey Exclusives

What are the major growth opportunities transforming the aerospace and defense industries?
Europe’s Defense Transformation: Growth Opportunities in Training, Simulation, and Missile Defense Systems
Transformation of Training, Simulation, and Missile Defense in Europe

Which emerging technologies and business models are driving opportunities in training, simulations, and missile defense systems, reshaping aerospace and defense?

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Top Growth Opportunities Redefining the Future of Aerospace and Defense
Top Growth Opportunities Redefining the Future of Aerospace and Defense

Explore growth prospects that impact military intelligence, border security, defense, satellite-based IoT & interoperability, airport security, and the Asia-Pacific space ecosystem.

Discover Growth Hubs!

Transforming U.S. Missile Defense & Intelligence Systems: Key Shifts in Technology and Strategy
U.S. Missile Defense & Intelligence Systems: Key Shifts in Technology

What strategies is your team employing to drive transformation in missile defense systems amidst the rising complexity of hypersonic and ballistic missile threats?

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Harnessing the Growth Potential of Aerospace & Airport Infrastructure and Operations
Harnessing the Growth Potential of Aerospace & Airport Infrastructure

In what ways does your team plan to leverage AI and biometric identification advancements to streamline passenger flow and enhance airport security measures?

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Frost Perspectives

The Rise of Directed Energy Weapons: Growth Opportunities in Laser and Microwave Defense

From drone swarms and hypersonic missiles to low-altitude rocket attacks, modern threats are evolving faster than conventional interceptor systems can respond. The answer lies in directed energy weapons (DEWs) that neutralize targets at the speed of light with unmatched precision and cost-efficiency.

The Rise of Directed Energy Weapons: Growth Opportunities in Laser and Microwave Defense

Transforming Defense for a New Era: NATO’s Vision for a Stronger, Smarter Europe

As geopolitical tensions intensify and security priorities evolve, Europe’s defense landscape is entering a pivotal era. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is undergoing its most significant transformation in decades, driven by rising defense budgets, accelerated modernization, and growing industrial collaboration aimed at strengthening European and transatlantic security.

Transforming Defense for a New Era: NATO’s Vision for a Stronger, Smarter Europe

Europe’s Defense Transformation: Growth Opportunities in Training, Simulation, and Missile Defense Systems

The European defense landscape is undergoing its most significant shift in decades. Geopolitical tensions, rapid technological advances, and the drive for strategic autonomy are transforming how NATO and European Union (EU) nations prepare, protect, and project power. This transformation is creating major growth opportunities in Training and Simulation (T&S) and Missile Defense, supporting resilience, sovereignty, and sustainability.

Europe’s Defense Transformation: Growth Opportunities in Training, Simulation, and Missile Defense Systems

Press Releases and Events

  • NATO Defense
  • Federal AI
  • Engineering Speaker Series
  • inter airport Europe

Avi Kalo, Growth Expert, Aerospace & Defense Growth Opportunity Analytics, Frost & Sullivan, and Wayne Shaw, Growth Expert, Aerospace & Defense Growth Opportunity Analytics, Frost & Sullivan, moderated a growth webinar on increased NATO defense spending.

Discover how NATO’s record defense budgets are driving innovation, localization, and tech acceleration across Europe’s defense industry. From counter-drone systems to cross-border R&D, explore the strategies reshaping defense growth.

Click here to explore more about the same and view the webinar.

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Wayne Shaw, Growth Expert, Aerospace & Defense Growth Opportunity Analytics, Frost & Sullivan, attended the Amazon Web Services (AWS) “Federal AI at Scale” conference in Crystal City, VA.

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If you’re exploring AI-driven growth at scale in Aerospace & Defense or the public sector, connect with our growth experts to discuss implications and next steps.

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Wayne Shaw, Growth Expert, Aerospace & Defense Growth Opportunity Analytics, Frost & Sullivan, joined St. Mary's University's Engineering Speaker Series for a Seminar and shared his expertise and shed light on his remarkable journey in the U.S. Air Force, where he served with distinction as a navigator and electronic warfare officer.

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Shantanu Gangakhedar, Growth Expert, Aerospace & Defense Growth Opportunity Analytics, Frost & Sullivan, attended inter airport Europe in Munich, Germany, where he was a part of the Advisory Board for the conference.

Our aerospace and defense (A&D) advisory team showcases vast industry expertise and presents actionable opportunities across segments like low-voltage batteries for military vehicles and real-time spectrum analysis (RTSA) for electronic warfare (EW) manufacturing.

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Aerospace and Defense: Trending Articles

Check out the latest updates and articles from the growth experts of Frost & Sullivan's Aerospace and Defense Growth Opportunity Analytics team:

  • Pravin Pradeep was featured in an article that discussed how Airbus, Leonardo, and Thales signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to create a leading European player in space. Click here to read more.
  • Wayne Shaw was featured in an article about the Air Force's B-1B Lancer, where he explains why the B-1B is nearing retirement even as it remains active - from a recent Bomber Task Force Europe deployment to Norway to a 34-hour CONUS-to-CONUS strike in 2024. Click here to read more.
  • Wayne Shaw was also featured in an article about the F/A-XX Fighter, where he spoke about the capacity within the U.S. defense industry to design and build an F-47 for USAF requirements and an F/A-XX for USN requirements. Click here to read more.