Global Traveling Wave Tubes (TWT) Market Research Report 2023-Competitive Analysis, Status and Outlook by Type, Downstream Industry, and Geography, Forecast to 2029

Global Traveling Wave Tubes (TWT) Market Research Report 2023-Competitive Analysis, Status and Outlook by Type, Downstream Industry, and Geography, Forecast to 2029

Traveling wave tube is a kind of electron tube that uses continuous interaction between electron flow and electromagnetic wave traveling along slow-wave system to amplify ultra-high frequency electromagnetic waves. It is mainly composed of electron gun, slow wave system, and collector electrode. The commonly used slow-wave system is a spiral and comb structure. It is characterized by a wide frequency band and low noise. It is suitable for medium and small power amplifiers. A traveling wave tube whose electromagnetic wave travels in the opposite direction of the electron flow, called a return wave tube, can be used as a wide-band microwave oscillator.

Market Overview:

The latest research study on the global Traveling Wave Tubes (TWT) market finds that the global Traveling Wave Tubes (TWT) market reached a value of USD 1326.68 million in 2022. It’s expected that the market will achieve USD 1735.27 million by 2028, exhibiting a CAGR of 4.58% during the forecast period.

Influence of COVID-19 Outbreak on Traveling Wave Tubes (TWT) Industry Development

In the short term, due to the impact of COVID-19, global GDP has fallen, national fiscal output has increased, and defense investment in satellites and other financial products has decreased. Compared with 2019, sales in 2020 have increased compared with last year, but the growth rate Slowed down. As the epidemic worsens, most countries have closed cross-border logistics services and flights, so transportation has also become a major problem.

In the long term, satellite Internet services provide businesses and families with the necessary broadband access, online education, business cooperation and communication tools, telemedicine, and important government updates. The radar industry can also detect changes in cities and buildings before and after the epidemic. So, these will promote the development of the TWT market. The long-term growth of the industry depends more on market dynamics, service innovation and downstream demand, so as long as TWT companies continue to innovate their products and services, market development opportunities will also increase.

Drivers

First, with the expansion of application fields, the role and status of traveling wave tubes in electronic systems has become more and more significant. In addition to the conventional radar, communication, navigation and electronic warfare, the application area has also been extended to the ground, water surface, air to space, security and anti-terrorism in the field of anti-terrorism, and active rejection. , The development of semiconductor solid-state technology, semiconductor devices from the earliest faults, silicon PN junction devices to the recently widely used Si, GaAs semiconductors, and then developed based on wide band gap breakdown electric field strength, saturated electron dart transfer speed, thermal conductivity Large, low dielectric constant, strong radiation resistance and good chemical stability, compared with Si, GaAs semiconductors, wide band gap semiconductors are more able to solve new application needs, and can be widely used in radar, communication and electronics War and other fields.

Limitations

Compared with the current rapid development of solid-state power devices, the shortcomings of traveling wave tubes are mainly: conventional traveling wave tubes are large. With poor reliability and high cost, most imported devices are embargoed. The diversification of application platforms and the complexity of platform systems have put forward more comprehensive and special requirements for traveling wave tubes. For example, the improvement of system power supply capability and maintenance support capability requires the transmitter to continuously improve the overall work efficiency and improve task reliability. In response to these requirements, it is more and more important to design and manufacture high-efficiency power devices and power supplies, and to use power synthesis systems with higher task reliability.

Opportunities

The advantages of the wide frequency range of the traveling wave tube, the high output power of a single device, the wide pulse width that can be output and the continuous wave high power have brought many opportunities to the traveling wave tube market, and its application fields are very wide. Due to the general improvement of aerospace technology, more and more powerful equipment is needed to improve efficiency to cope with higher bandwidth. The main amplifier technology is based on TWT and is the only one that can provide broadband high power and high efficiency in the range of 100-150W. The spiral traveling wave tube also plays an important role in radar, both in ground radar systems and missile guidance radar. Because the conversion time between continuous wave operation and pulse operation of electronic warfare is required to be in the order of nanoseconds, and it is necessary to provide stable operation. Therefore, traveling wave tubes have great demands on instruments that require high efficiencies, high power, and high-temperature resistance, such as bomb loads and drones.

Region Overview:

From 2022-2027, North America is estimated to witness robust growth prospects.

Company Overview:

Thales Group is one of the major players operating in the Traveling Wave Tubes (TWT) market, holding a share of 22.25% in 2020.

Thales Group is a French electronics group focused on aerospace, defense, ground transportation, safety and manufacturing electrical systems. Its Paris-based La Défense is a world-leading company in aerospace, defense, security and transportation equipment.

Teledyne e2v is a global manufacturer, headquartered in the United Kingdom, responsible for designing, developing and manufacturing technical systems and components for medical, life sciences, space, transportation, defense and security and industrial markets. e2v was acquired by American company Teledyne Technologies in March 2017.

Segmentation Overview:

Among different product types, Helix TWTs segment is anticipated to contribute the largest market share in 2027.

Application Overview:

By application, the Radar Systems segment occupied the biggest share from 2017 to 2022.

Key Companies in the global Traveling Wave Tubes (TWT) market covered in Chapter 3:

L3Harris Technologies
NEC
Thales Group
Photonis
Teledyne e2v
Tesat-Spacecom
CPI
TMD Technologies Limited

In Chapter 4 and Chapter 14.2, on the basis of types, the Traveling Wave Tubes (TWT) market from 2018 to 2029 is primarily split into:

Helix TWT
Coupled Cavity TWT

In Chapter 5 and Chapter 14.3, on the basis of Downstream Industry, the Traveling Wave Tubes (TWT) market from 2018 to 2029 covers:

Radar Systems
Satellite Communication
Electronic Warfare
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)