Global Underwater Acoustic Communication Industry Growth and Trends Forecast to 2031

Summary

Underwater acoustic communication is a technique of sending and receiving messages below water.

According to APO Research, The global Underwater Acoustic Communication market was estimated at US$ million in 2025 and is projected to reach a revised size of US$ million by 2031, witnessing a CAGR of xx% during the forecast period 2026-2031.

North American market for Underwater Acoustic Communication is estimated to increase from $ million in 2025 to reach $ million by 2031, at a CAGR of % during the forecast period of 2026 through 2031.

Asia-Pacific market for Underwater Acoustic Communication is estimated to increase from $ million in 2025 to reach $ million by 2031, at a CAGR of % during the forecast period of 2026 through 2031.

Europe market for Underwater Acoustic Communication is estimated to increase from $ million in 2025 to reach $ million by 2031, at a CAGR of % during the forecast period of 2026 through 2031.

The major global companies of Underwater Acoustic Communication include Wilcoxon, Teledyne Marine, Thales Group, Ultra Electronics, Sonardyne, Mistral, Aquatec Group, Tritech and L3Harris, etc. In 2024, the world's top three vendors accounted for approximately % of the revenue.

Report Scope

This report aims to provide a comprehensive presentation of the global market for Underwater Acoustic Communication, with both quantitative and qualitative analysis, to help readers develop business/growth strategies, assess the market competitive situation, analyze their position in the current marketplace, and make informed business decisions regarding Underwater Acoustic Communication.

The Underwater Acoustic Communication market size, estimations, and forecasts are provided in terms of revenue ($ millions), considering 2024 as the base year, with history and forecast data for the period from 2020 to 2031. This report segments the global Underwater Acoustic Communication market comprehensively. Regional market sizes, concerning products by Type, by Application, and by players, are also provided. For a more in-depth understanding of the market, the report provides profiles of the competitive landscape, key competitors, and their respective market ranks. The report also discusses technological trends and new product developments.

Key Companies & Market Share Insights

In this section, the readers will gain an understanding of the key players competing. This report has studied the key growth strategies, such as innovative trends and developments, intensification of product portfolio, mergers and acquisitions, collaborations, new product innovation, and geographical expansion, undertaken by these participants to maintain their presence. Apart from business strategies, the study includes current developments and key financials. The readers will also get access to the data related to global revenue, gross margin by manufacturers for the period 2020-2025. This all-inclusive report will certainly serve the clients to stay updated and make effective decisions in their businesses.

Underwater Acoustic Communication Segment by Company

Wilcoxon
Teledyne Marine
Thales Group
Ultra Electronics
Sonardyne
Mistral
Aquatec Group
Tritech
L3Harris

Underwater Acoustic Communication Segment by Type

Modem
Hydrophones
Other

Underwater Acoustic Communication Segment by Application

Military Surveillance
Underwater Monitoring
Underwater Biological Studies
Other

Underwater Acoustic Communication Segment by Region

North America
United States
Canada
Mexico
Europe
Germany
France
U.K.
Italy
Russia
Spain
Netherlands
Switzerland
Sweden
Poland
Asia-Pacific
China
Japan
South Korea
India
Australia
Taiwan
Southeast Asia
South America
Brazil
Argentina
Chile
Middle East & Africa
Egypt
South Africa
Israel
Türkiye
GCC Countries

Key Drivers & Barriers

High-impact rendering factors and drivers have been studied in this report to aid the readers to understand the general development. Moreover, the report includes restraints and challenges that may act as stumbling blocks on the way of the players. This will assist the users to be attentive and make informed decisions related to business. Specialists have also laid their focus on the upcoming business prospects.

Reasons to Buy This Report

1. This report will help the readers to understand the competition within the industries and strategies for the competitive environment to enhance the potential profit. The report also focuses on the competitive landscape of the global Underwater Acoustic Communication market, and introduces in detail the market share, industry ranking, competitor ecosystem, market performance, new product development, operation situation, expansion, and acquisition. etc. of the main players, which helps the readers to identify the main competitors and deeply understand the competition pattern of the market.
2. This report will help stakeholders to understand the global industry status and trends of Underwater Acoustic Communication and provides them with information on key market drivers, restraints, challenges, and opportunities.
3. This report will help stakeholders to understand competitors better and gain more insights to strengthen their position in their businesses. The competitive landscape section includes the market share and rank (in value), competitor ecosystem, new product development, expansion, and acquisition.
4. This report stays updated with novel technology integration, features, and the latest developments in the market
5. This report helps stakeholders to gain insights into which regions to target globally
6. This report helps stakeholders to gain insights into the end-user perception concerning the adoption of Underwater Acoustic Communication.
7. This report helps stakeholders to identify some of the key players in the market and understand their valuable contribution.

Chapter Outline

Chapter 1: Introduces the report scope of the report, executive summary of global and regional market size and CAGR for the history and forecast period (2020-2025, 2026-2031). It offers a high-level view of the current state of the market and its likely evolution in the short to mid-term, and long term.
Chapter 2: Provides the analysis of various market segments by type, covering the market size and development potential of each market segment, to help readers find the blue ocean market in different market segments.
Chapter 3: Provides the analysis of various market segments by application, covering the market size and development potential of each market segment, to help readers find the blue ocean market in different downstream markets.
Chapter 4: Introduces the market dynamics, latest developments of the market, the driving factors and restrictive factors of the market, the challenges and risks faced by manufacturers in the industry, and the analysis of relevant policies in the industry.
Chapter 5: Detailed analysis of Underwater Acoustic Communication companies' competitive landscape, revenue, market share and ranking, latest development plan, merger, and acquisition information, etc.
Chapter 6: Provides profiles of key players, introducing the basic situation of the main companies in the market in detail, including product introduction, revenue, recent development, etc.
Chapter 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11: North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, South America, Middle East & Africa, revenue by country.
Chapter 12: Concluding Insights of the report

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1 Market Overview

1.1 Product Definition
1.2 Global Market Growth Prospects
1.3 Global Underwater Acoustic Communication Market Size Overview by Region 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
1.4 Global Underwater Acoustic Communication Market Size by Region (2020-2031)
1.4.1 Global Underwater Acoustic Communication Market Size by Region (2020-2025)
1.4.2 Global Underwater Acoustic Communication Market Size by Region (2026-2031)
1.5 Key Regions Underwater Acoustic Communication Market Size (2020-2031)
1.5.1 North America Underwater Acoustic Communication Market Size Growth Rate (2020-2031)
1.5.2 Europe Underwater Acoustic Communication Market Size Growth Rate (2020-2031)
1.5.3 Asia-Pacific Underwater Acoustic Communication Market Size Growth Rate (2020-2031)
1.5.4 South America Underwater Acoustic Communication Market Size Growth Rate (2020-2031)
1.5.5 Middle East & Africa Underwater Acoustic Communication Market Size Growth Rate (2020-2031)
2 Underwater Acoustic Communication Market by Type

2.1 Type Introduction
2.1.1 Modem
2.1.2 Hydrophones
2.1.3 Other
2.2 Global Underwater Acoustic Communication Market Size by Type
2.2.1 Global Underwater Acoustic Communication Market Size Overview by Type (2020-2031)
2.2.2 Global Underwater Acoustic Communication Historic Market Size Review by Type (2020-2025)
2.2.3 Global Underwater Acoustic Communication Market Size Forecasted by Type (2026-2031)
2.3 Global Underwater Acoustic Communication Market Size by Regions
2.3.1 North America Underwater Acoustic Communication Market Size Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
2.3.2 Europe Underwater Acoustic Communication Market Size Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
2.3.3 Asia-Pacific Underwater Acoustic Communication Market Size Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
2.3.4 South America Underwater Acoustic Communication Market Size Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
2.3.5 Middle East and Africa Underwater Acoustic Communication Market Size Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
3 Underwater Acoustic Communication Market by Application

3.1 Type Introduction
3.1.1 Military Surveillance
3.1.2 Underwater Monitoring
3.1.3 Underwater Biological Studies
3.1.4 Other
3.2 Global Underwater Acoustic Communication Market Size by Application
3.2.1 Global Underwater Acoustic Communication Market Size Overview by Application (2020-2031)
3.2.2 Global Underwater Acoustic Communication Historic Market Size Review by Application (2020-2025)
3.2.3 Global Underwater Acoustic Communication Market Size Forecasted by Application (2026-2031)
3.3 Global Underwater Acoustic Communication Market Size by Regions
3.3.1 North America Underwater Acoustic Communication Market Size Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
3.3.2 Europe Underwater Acoustic Communication Market Size Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
3.3.3 Asia-Pacific Underwater Acoustic Communication Market Size Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
3.3.4 South America Underwater Acoustic Communication Market Size Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
3.3.5 Middle East and Africa Underwater Acoustic Communication Market Size Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
4 Global Market Dynamics

4.1 Underwater Acoustic Communication Industry Trends
4.2 Underwater Acoustic Communication Industry Drivers
4.3 Underwater Acoustic Communication Industry Opportunities and Challenges
4.4 Underwater Acoustic Communication Industry Restraints
5 Competitive Insights by Company

5.1 Global Top Players by Underwater Acoustic Communication Revenue (2020-2025)
5.2 Global Underwater Acoustic Communication Industry Company Ranking, 2023 VS 2024 VS 2025
5.3 Global Underwater Acoustic Communication Key Company Headquarters & Area Served
5.4 Global Underwater Acoustic Communication Company, Product Type & Application
5.5 Global Underwater Acoustic Communication Company Commercialization Time
5.6 Market Competitive Analysis
5.6.1 Global Underwater Acoustic Communication Market CR5 and HHI
5.6.2 Global Top 5 and 10 Underwater Acoustic Communication Players Market Share by Revenue in 2024
5.6.3 2024 Underwater Acoustic Communication Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3
6 Company Profiles

6.1 Wilcoxon
6.1.1 Wilcoxon Comapny Information
6.1.2 Wilcoxon Business Overview
6.1.3 Wilcoxon Underwater Acoustic Communication Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.1.4 Wilcoxon Underwater Acoustic Communication Product Portfolio
6.1.5 Wilcoxon Recent Developments
6.2 Teledyne Marine
6.2.1 Teledyne Marine Comapny Information
6.2.2 Teledyne Marine Business Overview
6.2.3 Teledyne Marine Underwater Acoustic Communication Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.2.4 Teledyne Marine Underwater Acoustic Communication Product Portfolio
6.2.5 Teledyne Marine Recent Developments
6.3 Thales Group
6.3.1 Thales Group Comapny Information
6.3.2 Thales Group Business Overview
6.3.3 Thales Group Underwater Acoustic Communication Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.3.4 Thales Group Underwater Acoustic Communication Product Portfolio
6.3.5 Thales Group Recent Developments
6.4 Ultra Electronics
6.4.1 Ultra Electronics Comapny Information
6.4.2 Ultra Electronics Business Overview
6.4.3 Ultra Electronics Underwater Acoustic Communication Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.4.4 Ultra Electronics Underwater Acoustic Communication Product Portfolio
6.4.5 Ultra Electronics Recent Developments
6.5 Sonardyne
6.5.1 Sonardyne Comapny Information
6.5.2 Sonardyne Business Overview
6.5.3 Sonardyne Underwater Acoustic Communication Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.5.4 Sonardyne Underwater Acoustic Communication Product Portfolio
6.5.5 Sonardyne Recent Developments
6.6 Mistral
6.6.1 Mistral Comapny Information
6.6.2 Mistral Business Overview
6.6.3 Mistral Underwater Acoustic Communication Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.6.4 Mistral Underwater Acoustic Communication Product Portfolio
6.6.5 Mistral Recent Developments
6.7 Aquatec Group
6.7.1 Aquatec Group Comapny Information
6.7.2 Aquatec Group Business Overview
6.7.3 Aquatec Group Underwater Acoustic Communication Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.7.4 Aquatec Group Underwater Acoustic Communication Product Portfolio
6.7.5 Aquatec Group Recent Developments
6.8 Tritech
6.8.1 Tritech Comapny Information
6.8.2 Tritech Business Overview
6.8.3 Tritech Underwater Acoustic Communication Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.8.4 Tritech Underwater Acoustic Communication Product Portfolio
6.8.5 Tritech Recent Developments
6.9 L3Harris
6.9.1 L3Harris Comapny Information
6.9.2 L3Harris Business Overview
6.9.3 L3Harris Underwater Acoustic Communication Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.9.4 L3Harris Underwater Acoustic Communication Product Portfolio
6.9.5 L3Harris Recent Developments
7 North America

7.1 North America Underwater Acoustic Communication Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
7.2 North America Underwater Acoustic Communication Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
7.3 North America Underwater Acoustic Communication Market Size Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
8 Europe

8.1 Europe Underwater Acoustic Communication Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
8.2 Europe Underwater Acoustic Communication Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
8.3 Europe Underwater Acoustic Communication Market Size Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
9 Asia-Pacific

9.1 Asia-Pacific Underwater Acoustic Communication Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
9.2 Asia-Pacific Underwater Acoustic Communication Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
9.3 Asia-Pacific Underwater Acoustic Communication Market Size Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
10 South America

10.1 South America Underwater Acoustic Communication Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
10.2 South America Underwater Acoustic Communication Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
10.3 South America Underwater Acoustic Communication Market Size Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
11 Middle East & Africa

11.1 Middle East & Africa Underwater Acoustic Communication Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
11.2 Middle East & Africa Underwater Acoustic Communication Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
11.3 Middle East & Africa Underwater Acoustic Communication Market Size Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
12 Concluding Insights
13 Appendix

13.1 Reasons for Doing This Study
13.2 Research Methodology
13.3 Research Process
13.4 Authors List of This Report
13.5 Data Source
13.5.1 Secondary Sources
13.5.2 Primary Sources

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