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Drone Companies Thriving as Global Surveillance Drone Market is Expected to Reach $27.70 Billion By 2035
NEW YORK, Oct. 23, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The surveillance drone industry is accelerating towar...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Drone Companies Thriving as Global Surveillance Drone Market is Expected to Reach $27.70 Billion By 2035MarketNewsUpdates News Commentary\n\n\n\n NEW YORK, Oct. 23, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The surveillance drone industry is accelerating toward autonomous, AI-integrated operations, driven by increasing geopolitical risks and growing demands for critical infrastructure security. Governments and private security providers stand to benefit the most as real-time, beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS)- enabled surveillance becomes standard. Legacy defense firms that fail to pivot toward software-defined platforms risk losing ground to agile UAV startups and telecom-aligned innovators. The global surveillance drone market is projected to be valued at USD 7.2 billion by 2025. According to a\n \n report\n \n from FactMR analysis, the market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 14.4% and reach USD 27.70 billion by 2035. The report said: “In 2024, the industry underwent a structural evolution fueled by sharp increases in national security budgets and growing urban vulnerability. Fact.MR research identified that geopolitical disruptions, threats to critical infrastructure, and increased civil unrest in cities prompted governments in North America, East Asia, and Europe to increase drone procurement. Public agencies have prioritized the incorporation of AI-enhanced capabilities, such as facial recognition, thermal imaging, and autonomous swarm coordination, into both border and city surveillance protocols. Municipal-scale security deployments have skyrocketed, particularly near transport routes, energy facilities, and for public event surveillance, indicating an increased civilian use of tactical drone systems.” Active Companies in the markets today include\n \n Draganfly Inc.\n \n (NASDAQ: DPRO) (CSE: DPRO),\n \n AeroVironment, Inc.\n \n (NASDAQ: AVAV),\n \n Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.\n \n (NASDAQ: KTOS),\n \n Northrop Grumman Corporation\n \n (NYSE: NOC),\n \n Lockheed Martin Corporation\n \n (NYSE: LMT).\n \n\n FactMR continued: “The industry is expected to undergo a scaling transformation by 2025. Fact.MR proposes that regulatory advances in facilitating BVLOS operations in nations such as the USA, Germany, and South Korea are removing operational roadblocks for both government and commercial actors. Th...