High-Altitude Pseudo Satellites (HAPS) Market Forecasts to 2028 – Global Analysis By Application (Aerial Reconnaissance, Battlefield Management), Sales Channel (Distributor, Direct Sales), Technology, End User, and By Geography

High-Altitude Pseudo Satellites (HAPS) Market Forecasts to 2028 – Global Analysis By Application (Aerial Reconnaissance, Battlefield Management), Sales Channel (Distributor, Direct Sales), Technology, End User, and By Geography

According to Stratistics MRC, the Global High-Altitude Pseudo Satellites (HAPS) Market is accounted for $49.22 million in 2021 and is expected to reach $91.72 million by 2028 growing at a CAGR of 9.3% during the forecast period. High-altitude pseudo-satellites (HAPS) are aircraft, airships or balloons that fly in the stratosphere (12 miles to 31 miles above ground) and can provide a variety of services aver regional coverage areas. It is a category of unmanned aircraft that AeroVironment thinks could deliver a multitude of benefits to the commercial market through use of Internet of Things (IOT) and other technologies and concepts. HAPS offer advantageous propagation characteristics such as they can potentially efficiently deliver cost-effective broadband services and are also viable as suitable alternative infrastructure for long-term provision of broadband access to fixed or mobile users. HAPS platforms have piqued considerable interest in the last couple of decades due to their potential to leverage the best aspects of terrestrial and satellite-based systems. HAPS also provide enhanced network flexibility and better configuration due to the provision of rapid deployment and flight-control in compliance with changing communication demands.

Market Dynamics:

Driver:

Performance and cost benefits over geostationary satellites

The HAPS can deliver cost-effective broadband services in an efficient manner and are viable as a suitable alternative infrastructure for the long-term provision of broadband access to fixed or mobile users. For instance, stratospheric balloons can stay afloat over their destined region for long periods of about 3-5 years and provide coverage over an area of around 500 km2. A HAPS offers enhanced network flexibility and configurability and is hence well-suited for temporary provision of basic and additional capacity requirements while providing an excellent option for emergency communications. Thus they are being increasingly adopted by agencies during rescue operations. They possess the potential to deliver cost-effective broadband services in an efficient manner and are viable as a suitable alternative infrastructure for the long-term provision of broadband access to fixed or mobile users. This feature favors their selection by operators to provide services in remote areas. Moreover, due to the possibility of rapid deployment and flight-control in compliance with changing communication demands

Restraint:

Disadvantages with HAPS associated networks

The HAPS communications system itself acts as the network to send each command. The HAPS network benefits are realized by making the C2 self-contained. However, there is Maintenance one clear disadvantage to such architecture. Should one aircraft be broken from the IPL, the ability to control the HAPS will be compromised, resulting in a potential loss of a unmanned aircraft alongside its payload. Although this issue is somewhat mitigated by having predefined flight paths, the risk could be further mitigated by introducing an emergency satellite backhaul link to the command station.

Opportunity:

Rising research and development activities
In the case of HAPS platforms, such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), an electric propulsion system is integrated to enhance the endurance of the platform. This has resulted in significant R&D investments towards the development of powerful battery systems and high-charge density solar panels to enhance the endurance of HAPS platforms, thereby making it more feasible for adoption by telecom and emergency service provider end-users. Market players are keenly investing in developing advanced HAPS platforms to bolster adoption. Research efforts are being diverted towards the development of advanced power systems that can enhance the endurance of HAPS platforms. The Formira Hydrogen-On-Demand technology, developed by Neah Power System in October 2015, synthesizes hydrogen from liquid formic acid. The system is designed to transfer formic acid from the tank to a reformer, where hydrogen is generated and immediately consumed by the stack. Since the gases so produced are not stored at any time, the technology makes HAPS UAVs less prone to flammability issues pertaining to high temperatures prevalent in the stratosphere. The system is also highly modular and reflects a compact design. The technology can provide unlimited endurance benefits to HAPS platforms. Thus, the R&D efforts of the market players, coupled with favorable adoption trends in different countries are anticipated to drive the global adoption of HAPS during the forecast period.
Threat:

Closing of projects

The recent closing of the Google Loon project has raised questions on the feasibility of HAPS to close the business case, especially in light of the low-cost LEO satellite proliferation. The market is not helped by the fact that the only customer to date has been the UK Ministry of Defense, which bought 3 Zephyr S for an operational concept demonstration. These projects include stratospheric balloons that create a network of wireless stations. Such types of HAPS can provide easier internet access for regions with poorly developed communication infrastructure by relaying signals across vast distance while the balloons can stay in these altitudes for months or even longer.

The military segment is expected to be the largest during the forecast period
The military segment is estimated to have a lucrative growth. High-Altitude Pseudo-Satellites (HAPS) have been identified as a potential option to either supplement or replace various military communications services. A network of HAPS aircraft operating at an altitude of 20km offers localized, high performance services to military operations. For instance, ‘Air Power’ provides significant benefits over nominal ground and satellite-based services. The region-specific applications of Air Power offer a mitigation strategy to the various security risks associated with shared military-commercial SATCOM services.
The stratospheric balloons segment is expected to have the highest CAGR during the forecast period

The stratospheric balloons segment is anticipated to witness the fastest CAGR growth during the forecast period. Stratospheric balloons are high-altitude balloons that are released into the stratosphere. They are the only type of balloons that can be operated in this region of the atmosphere (15 to 45 km in altitude), which is too low for satellites, too high for aircraft and cleared too quickly by rockets. The Canadian Space Agency uses stratospheric balloons to test and validate new technologies developed for long-duration space missions and to perform scientific experiments in a near-space environment. Stratospheric balloons are typically made out of ultra-thin plastic filled with helium and can stretch into a gigantic upside-down ""teardrop"" shape more than half as tall as the CN Tower, or about the height of the Eiffel Tower. They are equipped with several gondolas suspended on the flight chain. The high-altitude pseudo satellites (haps) market vendors should focus on grabbing business opportunities from the balloons segment as it accounted for the largest market share in the base year.

Region with highest share:

Asia Pacific is projected to hold the largest market share during the forecast period due to the rising adoption of HAPS because the of lack of key infrastructure to ensure telecommunication services in remote locations. Search and rescue (SAR) operations, disaster relief, environmental monitoring, and precision agriculture all benefit from HAPS platforms. Several governments, like India's, have agreed to do pre-deployment testing of HAPS in order to assess the practicality of such systems in their respective countries. During the projection period, market participants' R&D activities, together with favorable adoption trends in various countries are expected to promote global usage of HAPS.

Region with highest CAGR:

North America is projected to have the highest CAGR over the forecast period. The area will offer a few development freedoms to showcase merchants during the forecast period. The expanding observation and security related applications and considerable ventures by privately owned businesses will fundamentally drive High-Altitude Pseudo Satellite market growth in the North American region. Therefore, the high-altitude pseudo satellites (haps) market in North America is expected to garner significant business opportunities for the vendors during the forecast period.

Key players in the market

Some of the key players profiled in the High-Altitude Pseudo Satellites (HAPS) Market include AeroVironment Inc, Airbus SE, Alphabet Inc, Astigan Limited, AUGUR – RosAeroSystems, Composite Technology Team, Facebook, Lockheed Martin Corp, MAG Aerospace, Prismatic Ltd, SZ DJI Technology Co. Ltd, TAO-Group, Thales Group, SoftBank and The Boeing Co.

Key Developments:

In October 2021, SoftBank, the parent company of HAPSMobile, has acquired approximately 200 patents and patents pending for high-altitude platforms from stratospheric balloon developer Loon.

In September 2020, Google and Facebook have selected the Zephyr Real-Time Operating System (RTOS) as one of the key technologies that will be used to build their next generation of infrastructure and products. They will collaborate with other Platinum members of The Zephyr™ Project,an open source project at the Linux Foundation that builds a safe, secure and flexible RTOS for the Internet of Things (IoT) in space-constrained devices, including Intel, Nordic Semiconductor, NXP and Oticon to ensure IoT security and critical safety challenges.

Technologies Covered:
High-Altitude Airships
Stratospheric Balloons
High-Altitude Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)

Sales Channels Covered:
Distributor
Direct Sales

Applications Covered:
Aerial Reconnaissance
Battlefield Management

End Users Covered:
Security
Military
Defence
Civil Missions
Aerospace

Regions Covered:
North America
US
Canada
Mexico
Europe
Germany
UK
Italy
France
Spain
Rest of Europe
Asia Pacific
Japan
China
India
Australia
New Zealand
South Korea
Rest of Asia Pacific
South America
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Rest of South America
Middle East & Africa
Saudi Arabia
UAE
Qatar
South Africa
Rest of Middle East & Africa

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