Aviation optoelectronic pod industry outlook: military, police and civilian fields are widely used, to maintain the growth trend

Summary: With the gradual emergence of industrial-grade and consumer-grade UAV market, China's optoelectronic pod market has ushered in a new round of growth. 2023 China's aeronautical optoelectronic pod demand grows to 3,112 units, 

of which: military accounts for 6.20%; police accounts for 4.15%; and civil accounts for 89.65%. China's demand for aviation electro-optical pods is expected to grow to 3,112 units in 2024, of which: military sector accounts for 6.03%; 

police sector accounts for 4.10%; and civilian sector accounts for 89.87%.

Keywords: aviation optoelectronic pods market size, aviation optoelectronic pods market competition pattern, aviation optoelectronic pods industry development prospects

I. Definition and Classification of Aviation Optoelectronic Pod Industry

Photoelectric pods, also known as gyro-stabilized photoelectric system, refers to the photoelectric sensors integrated in the gyro-stabilized platform, can be installed outside the airframe with a pneumatic shape and a certain degree of protection capabilities of the equipment.

Aviation with optoelectronic pods is an aircraft in the air to complete the detection and tracking of targets equipped with hardware systems, usually by an airborne stabilization platform and some mounted on the platform detection equipment, 

according to the built-in equipment can be divided into navigation pods, tracking and targeting pods, infrared measurement pods, electronic jamming pods, as well as electronic intelligence pods and so on.

Second, the global aviation optoelectronic pod industry status quo

Aviation photoelectric pod is the core equipment of UAV reconnaissance, and is an important part of photoelectric reconnaissance warning technology and its equipment. Its role is to fill the blank of tactical reconnaissance of human-piloted aircraft, 

so each country is actively developing photoelectric pods for various purposes.

In recent years, the global optoelectronic pods market has been developing relatively well. the global aeronautical optoelectronic pods market size grew to USD 7,088 million in 2023 from USD 5,064 million in 2016, and it is expected that the global 

aeronautical optoelectronic pods market size is expected to reach USD 7,409 million in 2024.

Optoelectronic pod industry involves a wide industrial chain, high entry technology threshold, high requirements for comprehensive quality of personnel, large investment in research and development funds, more product customization, rich market application scenarios, 

slow product iterative research and development, the majority of orders in small batches and batches, and difficult to unmanned batch production, and other factors objectively exists, so much so that globally, the optoelectronic pods market is clustered in the 

U.S., China, Russia, and Israel, and other Countries, of which the U.S. is the world's largest optoelectronic pods market. 2023 U.S. aviation optoelectronic pods market size accounted for 26.19% of the world; France accounted for 2.71%; 

the United Kingdom accounted for 1.69%; Russia accounted for .56%; Israel accounted for 1.41%. The U.S. aerospace optoelectronic pods market size is projected to be $1,928 million in 2024, accounting for 26.02% of the global market; France accounts for 2.69%; 

the U.K. accounts for 1.67%; Russia accounts for 8.54%; and Israel accounts for 1.39%.

Third, the development status of domestic aviation photoelectric pod industry

Optoelectronic pods have the functions of target identification, visual axis stabilization, detection and automatic tracking, data transmission, etc., which is an important part of the optoelectronic reconnaissance and warning technology, 

and is also the core equipment of UAV reconnaissance. The major driving factors for the development of China's optoelectronic pods market include steady growth in defense spending, gradual increase in aircraft ownership, and booming UAV market, etc. 

Subsequently, the aviation optoelectronic pods are differentiated into the markets of military, police, general aviation, industrial-grade, and consumer-grade UAVs, etc. Particularly, with the gradual rise of the industrial-grade and consumer-grade UAV markets, 

China's optoelectronic pods market has ushered in a new round of growth period.

In 2023, China's aviation optoelectronic pods market size grew from 1.356 billion yuan in 2016 to 3.108 billion yuan, of which 2.745 billion yuan in the military field, 0.76 billion yuan in the police field, and 287 million yuan in the civil field; 

the aviation optoelectronic pods market size is expected to be about 3,382.4 million yuan in 2024, of which 2.984 billion yuan in the military field, 0.83 billion yuan in the police field, and 387 million yuan in the civil field. 0.83 billion dollars, civilian field 315 million dollars.

According to statistics, the demand for China's aviation optoelectronic pods in 2023 increased from 790 units in 2016 to 3,112 units, of which: 193 units in the military sector, accounting for 6.20%; 129 units in the police sector, accounting for 4.15%; 

and 2,790 units in the civilian sector, accounting for 89.65%. China's demand for aviation optoelectronic pods is expected to grow from 790 units in 2016 to 3,112 units in 2024, of which: 212 units in the military field, accounting for 6.03%; 144 units in the police field, 

accounting for 4.10%; and 3,160 units in the civilian field, accounting for 89.87%.