Global Automatic Radio Direction Finder Market Research Report 2023-Competitive Analysis, Status and Outlook by Type, Downstream Industry, and Geography, Forecast to 2029

Global Automatic Radio Direction Finder Market Research Report 2023-Competitive Analysis, Status and Outlook by Type, Downstream Industry, and Geography, Forecast to 2029

Automatic Direction Finder is an instrument that intercepts and uses electromagnetic radiation in the radio portion of the spectrum to determine the direction of the radio transmitter.

Market Overview:

The latest research study on the global Automatic Radio Direction Finder market finds that the global Automatic Radio Direction Finder market reached a value of USD 127.09 million in 2022. It’s expected that the market will achieve USD 144.03 million by 2028, exhibiting a CAGR of 2.11% during the forecast period.

Market Opportunities

Due to the maturity of the navigation, aviation and military industries in developed countries, there is a greater demand for high-end radio direction finder. For example, advanced radio direction finding systems have been introduced in the crowded parts of European airspace to improve the performance and safety of air traffic control (ATC) stations.
More than 1.77 million flights pass through MUAC’s area of responsibility each year, making it the third busiest air traffic control facility in Europe in terms of traffic volume. In this densely populated airspace, 25 aircrafts are often being controlled at any one time in a single sector. Radiolocation based on radio direction finding helps controllers quickly locate which aircrafts are transmitting on each frequency. Radio direction finding technology accurately calculates a transmitting aircraft’s area by analyzing its radio transmissions. This helps reduce call sign confusion, readbacks from wrong aircraft and crossed transmissions.
One trend in the Radio direction finder market (RDF) is integration of complete band switch into antenna structure. The biggest barriers challenging continued wafer-level component integration include heat dissipation and thermal management, shielding of radiation from micro- or nano-electronic circuitry, packaging, and the quantification of any electromagnetic interactions between radiating elements and the semiconductor substrate. Nonetheless, RDF manufacturers are developing multiband antennas for RDFs so that one RDF can receive signals of different bandwidths from multiple sources. New product development will provide opportunities for the Automatic Radio Direction Finder market.

Region Overview:

From 2023-2028, North America is estimated to witness robust growth prospects.

Company Overview:

The top three companies are Rohde-schwarz, Thales and GEW with the revenue market share of 25.93%, 19.61% and 13.36% in 2018.

Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Company KG manufactures electromagnetic test and measurement equipment. The Company offers microwave, wireless communications testers and systems, signal and spectrum analyzers, signal generators, network and audio analyzers, and TV generators. Rohde offers such products for broadcasting, secure communications, and radio monitoring.

Thales Group provides technology services. The Company offers air traffic management, electrical systems, navigation solutions, support, earth observation, space exploration, radio communication, big data, and training services. Thales group serves aerospace, space, transportation, defense, and security industries worldwide.

Segmentation Overview:

Among different product types, Maritime segment is anticipated to contribute the largest market share in 2028.

Application Overview:

By application, the Air Traffic Control segment occupied the biggest share from 2018 to 2022.

Key Companies in the global Automatic Radio Direction Finder market covered in Chapter 3:

TCI (SPX)
RHOTHETA
BendixKing
Thales
Cobham
Taiyo
Rohde-schwarz
Simkits
Gables Engineering
GEW
Rockwell Collins

In Chapter 4 and Chapter 14.2, on the basis of types, the Automatic Radio Direction Finder market from 2018 to 2029 is primarily split into:

Maritime
Mobile Land
Airborne

In Chapter 5 and Chapter 14.3, on the basis of Downstream Industry, the Automatic Radio Direction Finder market from 2018 to 2029 covers:

Air Traffic Control
Vessel Traffic Service
Search and Rescue
Others

Geographically, the detailed analysis of consumption, revenue, market share and growth rate, historic and forecast (2018-2029) of the following regions are covered in Chapter 8 to Chapter 14:

North America (United States, Canada)
Europe (Germany, UK, France, Italy, Spain, Russia, Netherlands, Turkey, Switzerland, Sweden)
Asia Pacific (China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia)
Latin America (Brazil, Mexico, Argentina)
Middle East & Africa (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, South Africa)