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Market Assessment (brief)Scope & outline

European Counter-Drone:
Market Assessment 2026–2035

Europe faces a cost-asymmetry crisis: $500–$50,000 drones countered by $500,000–$5M interceptors. The European C-UAS market grows from €1.24B (2025) to €4.16B by 2030 at 27.5% CAGR, with €10–15B of NATO/EU investment across detection, soft-kill, hard-kill and directed energy. Merops interceptor drones achieve 95% success at $15K per shot; lasers engage at $1–10. The report maps 15+ country markets, 50+ systems and a three-phase €10B+ roadmap to 2030.

€4.16B
European C-UAS market by 2030 (from €1.24B in 2025)
27.5%
Market CAGR — fastest-growing defence subsector
95%
Merops interceptor success rate (1,000+ Shahed kills)
€1–10
Laser engagement cost vs €200K–5M traditional interceptors

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  1. 011 min · Free

    Executive Summary: The €10B C-UAS Imperative

    Why is counter-drone defence Europe's most urgent procurement gap?

    Executive summaryRanking
  2. 022 min · Free

    Part I: Threat Landscape & Strategic Context

    What kinds of drones is Europe defending against?

    FrameworkLive Atlas
  3. 037 min · Free

    Part II: Multi-layered C-UAS Architecture

    How does a layered counter-drone system detect and defeat a drone?

    Range chartComparisonTable2×2 matrix
  4. 043 min · Subscribers

    Part III: Market Segmentation & Analysis

    Where in Europe is counter-drone demand concentrated?

    Range chart
  5. 052 min · Subscribers

    Part IV: Investment Priority Mapping

    What should be procured first?

    Timeline
  6. 061 min · Subscribers

    Part V: Procurement & Execution

    Who pays, and through which channels?

    Range chart
  7. 071 min · Subscribers

    Part VI: Risk Analysis & Mitigation

    What could undermine Europe's counter-drone build-out?

    Framework
  8. 081 min · Subscribers

    Appendices

    What supporting material is included?

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