Global Active Protection Systems Market Trends, Analysis, Key Players, Growth, and Forecast 2026

Geo-Political tensions around the world expected to fuel growth of the global active systems market and continue well into the future.

Active Protection Systems (APS) or ‘Active Defense Suite’ are novel survivability concepts developed to provide protection to Armored Fighting Vehicles (AFVs) – mainly battle tanks, light tanks, armored infantry fighting vehicles, and wheeled armored vehicles. An active protection system is designed to detect, track, intercept, and utilize various means of protection, which are activated at a distance that is ideally safe from the defended vehicle, and is used to destroy, disrupt, or degrade an incoming missile or projectile. This ideally reduces or eliminates its penetration capability as well as reduces the lethal effects of the threat and ensures vehicle survival. Active protection system can also provide protection from threats in various mission applications such as fixed sites, ships, and combat vehicles, among others.

Major factor for growth of the global active systems market is geo-political tensions and political instability in various countries around the world. Increasing terror activities and attacks by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) – locally known by its Arabic acronym ‘Daesh’ – in a number of countries is prompting governments of various countries to take defensive measures. Robust demand for land-based defense systems and for ballistic missile defense systems, research and development undertaken to develop advanced technology-based designs of combat systems, modernization of existing fleets, increasing military use of offensive weapons for tactical operations, etc. are other primary factors driving increasing adoption of active protection systems globally.

Currently, the market in North America dominates the global market, accounting for maximum revenue share, followed by the market in Europe, while the market in Asia Pacific is expected to witness highest growth in the coming years. Rising geo-political tensions in the Middle Eastern region is boosting growth of the global active protection systems market to a significant extent. Also, collective efforts by governments of the U.S. and South Korea to build land-based air and missile defense system in South Korea is a macro-economic factor boosting growth of the active protection systems market. Likewise, India and China’s efforts to upgrade defense systems is fueling growth of the global active protection systems market.

The defense security and land-based active protection segments are expected to witness exponential growth in revenue terms owing to the current geo-political conditions and increasing number of terror attacks in various countries across the world.

Global active protection system market segmentation, by platform

 	
Land

 	
Main Battle Tanks
 	
Light Protected Vehicles (LPVs)
 	
Amphibious Armored Vehicles (AAVs)
 	
Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP)
 	
Infantry Fighting Vehicles (AFVs)
 	
Armored Personnel Carriers (APCs)
 	
Others


 	
Naval

 	
Submarines
 	
Frigates
 	
Destroyers
 	
Aircraft Carriers
 	
Others


 	
Airborne

 	
Helicopters
 	
Fighter Aircraft
 	
Special Mission Aircraft
 	
Others



Global active protection system market segmentation, by kill technique type

 	
Soft Kill System

 	
Electro-optics Jammers
 	
Radar Decoy
 	
Infrared Decoy
 	
Others


 	
Hard Kill System

 	
Rocket/Missile Based
 	
Light Weapon Defense
 	
Directed Energy
 	
Others


 	
Reactive armor

Global active protection system market segmentation, by end user

 	
Defense
 	
Homeland Security

Global active protection system market segmentation, by region

 	
North America
 	
Europe
 	
Asia Pacific
 	
Latin America
 	
Middle East & Africa

Companies profiled: 

 	
Airbus Group
 	
Artis, LLC
 	
Aselsan A.S.
 	
Israel Military Industries
 	
KBM
 	
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd.
 	
Raytheon Company
 	
Rheinmetall AG
 	
Saab AB
 	
Safran Electronics & Defense

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