
The global market for Underwater Navigation and Positioning was valued at US$ million in the year 2024 and is projected to reach a revised size of US$ million by 2031, growing at a CAGR of %during the forecast period.
Underwater navigation and positioning refer to the techniques and technologies used to determine the location, orientation, and movement of underwater vehicles, submarines, or other underwater assets. These systems play a crucial role in various applications, including marine exploration, offshore operations, scientific research, underwater mapping, and military operations.
The global market for underwater navigation and positioning systems is expected to experience substantial growth in the coming years. Several factors contribute to the positive market outlook: Increasing Demand for Underwater Exploration: The growing interest in marine research, hydrographic surveys, underwater archaeology, oil and gas exploration, and environmental monitoring drives the demand for advanced underwater navigation and positioning systems. These systems enable precise mapping, data collection, and efficient operations in underwater environments. Offshore Industry Expansion: The offshore industry, including oil and gas exploration, offshore wind farms, and subsea infrastructure development, requires accurate underwater navigation and positioning systems for safe and efficient operations. The expansion of offshore activities, especially in regions like the North Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and Asia-Pacific, propels the market growth. Technological Advancements: Ongoing advancements in underwater sensing technologies, acoustic communications, inertial navigation systems, and integration methods enhance the performance and accuracy of underwater navigation and positioning systems. These technological developments drive market growth as companies seek to upgrade their capabilities. Rising Focus on Oceanographic Research: Governments, research institutions, and environmental organizations are increasingly focusing on understanding and preserving marine ecosystems. This fuels the demand for underwater navigation and positioning systems that support oceanographic research, enabling scientists to study underwater habitats, marine life, and climate change impacts. Underwater Defense and Security Applications: Defense and security agencies utilize underwater navigation and positioning systems for submarine operations, mine countermeasures, and surveillance. Growing defense budgets and the need for advanced underwater capabilities in naval forces worldwide contribute to market growth. Expansion of Subsea Communications: With the increasing demand for reliable and high-speed subsea communication networks, underwater navigation and positioning systems play a vital role in the installation, maintenance, and repair of underwater cables and infrastructure. The expansion of subsea communication networks drives the market for accurate positioning and navigation systems.
This report aims to provide a comprehensive presentation of the global market for Underwater Navigation and Positioning, with both quantitative and qualitative analysis, to help readers develop business/growth strategies, assess the market competitive situation, analyze their position in the current marketplace, and make informed business decisions regarding Underwater Navigation and Positioning.
The Underwater Navigation and Positioning market size, estimations, and forecasts are provided in terms of and revenue ($ millions), considering 2024 as the base year, with history and forecast data for the period from 2020 to 2031. This report segments the global Underwater Navigation and Positioning market comprehensively. Regional market sizes, concerning products by Type, by Application, and by players, are also provided.
For a more in-depth understanding of the market, the report provides profiles of the competitive landscape, key competitors, and their respective market ranks. The report also discusses technological trends and new product developments.
The report will help the Underwater Navigation and Positioning companies, new entrants, and industry chain related companies in this market with information on the revenues for the overall market and the sub-segments across the different segments, by company, by Type, by Application, and by regions.
Market Segmentation
By Company
Advanced Navigation
iXblue
Sonardyne International
Wavefront Systems
Teledyne Marine
Collins Aerospace
Ocean Plan
Segment by Type
Based on Acoustic Positioning
Based on Integrated Motion Sensors
Segment by Application
Oil and Gas Exploration
Marine Science
Salvage Operations
Marine Archaeology
Others
By Region
North America
United States
Canada
Asia-Pacific
China
Japan
South Korea
Southeast Asia
India
Australia
Rest of Asia
Europe
Germany
France
U.K.
Italy
Russia
Nordic Countries
Rest of Europe
Latin America
Mexico
Brazil
Rest of Latin America
Middle East & Africa
Turkey
Saudi Arabia
UAE
Rest of MEA
Chapter Outline
Chapter 1: Introduces the report scope of the report, executive summary of different market segments (by Type, by Application, etc), including the market size of each market segment, future development potential, and so on. It offers a high-level view of the current state of the market and its likely evolution in the short to mid-term, and long term.
Chapter 2: Introduces executive summary of global market size, regional market size, this section also introduces the market dynamics, latest developments of the market, the driving factors and restrictive factors of the market, the challenges and risks faced by companies in the industry, and the analysis of relevant policies in the industry.
Chapter 3: Detailed analysis of Underwater Navigation and Positioning company competitive landscape, revenue market share, latest development plan, merger, and acquisition information, etc.
Chapter 4: Provides the analysis of various market segments by Type, covering the market size and development potential of each market segment, to help readers find the blue ocean market in different market segments.
Chapter 5: Provides the analysis of various market segments by Application, covering the market size and development potential of each market segment, to help readers find the blue ocean market in different downstream markets.
Chapter 6, 7, 8, 9, 10: North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa segment by country. It provides a quantitative analysis of the market size and development potential of each region and its main countries and introduces the market development, future development prospects, market space, and capacity of each country in the world.
Chapter 11: Provides profiles of key players, introducing the basic situation of the main companies in the market in detail, including product sales, revenue, price, gross margin, product introduction, recent development, etc.
Chapter 12: The main points and conclusions of the report.
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1 Report Overview
1.1 Study Scope
1.2 Market Analysis by Type
1.2.1 Global Underwater Navigation and Positioning Market Size Growth Rate by Type: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
1.2.2 Based on Acoustic Positioning
1.2.3 Based on Integrated Motion Sensors
1.3 Market by Application
1.3.1 Global Underwater Navigation and Positioning Market Growth by Application: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
1.3.2 Oil and Gas Exploration
1.3.3 Marine Science
1.3.4 Salvage Operations
1.3.5 Marine Archaeology
1.3.6 Others
1.4 Assumptions and Limitations
1.5 Study Objectives
1.6 Years Considered
2 Global Growth Trends
2.1 Global Underwater Navigation and Positioning Market Perspective (2020-2031)
2.2 Global Underwater Navigation and Positioning Growth Trends by Region
2.2.1 Global Underwater Navigation and Positioning Market Size by Region: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
2.2.2 Underwater Navigation and Positioning Historic Market Size by Region (2020-2025)
2.2.3 Underwater Navigation and Positioning Forecasted Market Size by Region (2026-2031)
2.3 Underwater Navigation and Positioning Market Dynamics
2.3.1 Underwater Navigation and Positioning Industry Trends
2.3.2 Underwater Navigation and Positioning Market Drivers
2.3.3 Underwater Navigation and Positioning Market Challenges
2.3.4 Underwater Navigation and Positioning Market Restraints
3 Competition Landscape by Key Players
3.1 Global Top Underwater Navigation and Positioning Players by Revenue
3.1.1 Global Top Underwater Navigation and Positioning Players by Revenue (2020-2025)
3.1.2 Global Underwater Navigation and Positioning Revenue Market Share by Players (2020-2025)
3.2 Global Underwater Navigation and Positioning Market Share by Company Type (Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3)
3.3 Global Key Players Ranking by Underwater Navigation and Positioning Revenue
3.4 Global Underwater Navigation and Positioning Market Concentration Ratio
3.4.1 Global Underwater Navigation and Positioning Market Concentration Ratio (CR5 and HHI)
3.4.2 Global Top 10 and Top 5 Companies by Underwater Navigation and Positioning Revenue in 2024
3.5 Global Key Players of Underwater Navigation and Positioning Head office and Area Served
3.6 Global Key Players of Underwater Navigation and Positioning, Product and Application
3.7 Global Key Players of Underwater Navigation and Positioning, Date of Enter into This Industry
3.8 Mergers & Acquisitions, Expansion Plans
4 Underwater Navigation and Positioning Breakdown Data by Type
4.1 Global Underwater Navigation and Positioning Historic Market Size by Type (2020-2025)
4.2 Global Underwater Navigation and Positioning Forecasted Market Size by Type (2026-2031)
5 Underwater Navigation and Positioning Breakdown Data by Application
5.1 Global Underwater Navigation and Positioning Historic Market Size by Application (2020-2025)
5.2 Global Underwater Navigation and Positioning Forecasted Market Size by Application (2026-2031)
6 North America
6.1 North America Underwater Navigation and Positioning Market Size (2020-2031)
6.2 North America Underwater Navigation and Positioning Market Growth Rate by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
6.3 North America Underwater Navigation and Positioning Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
6.4 North America Underwater Navigation and Positioning Market Size by Country (2026-2031)
6.5 United States
6.6 Canada
7 Europe
7.1 Europe Underwater Navigation and Positioning Market Size (2020-2031)
7.2 Europe Underwater Navigation and Positioning Market Growth Rate by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
7.3 Europe Underwater Navigation and Positioning Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
7.4 Europe Underwater Navigation and Positioning Market Size by Country (2026-2031)
7.5 Germany
7.6 France
7.7 U.K.
7.8 Italy
7.9 Russia
7.10 Nordic Countries
8 Asia-Pacific
8.1 Asia-Pacific Underwater Navigation and Positioning Market Size (2020-2031)
8.2 Asia-Pacific Underwater Navigation and Positioning Market Growth Rate by Region: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
8.3 Asia-Pacific Underwater Navigation and Positioning Market Size by Region (2020-2025)
8.4 Asia-Pacific Underwater Navigation and Positioning Market Size by Region (2026-2031)
8.5 China
8.6 Japan
8.7 South Korea
8.8 Southeast Asia
8.9 India
8.10 Australia
9 Latin America
9.1 Latin America Underwater Navigation and Positioning Market Size (2020-2031)
9.2 Latin America Underwater Navigation and Positioning Market Growth Rate by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
9.3 Latin America Underwater Navigation and Positioning Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
9.4 Latin America Underwater Navigation and Positioning Market Size by Country (2026-2031)
9.5 Mexico
9.6 Brazil
10 Middle East & Africa
10.1 Middle East & Africa Underwater Navigation and Positioning Market Size (2020-2031)
10.2 Middle East & Africa Underwater Navigation and Positioning Market Growth Rate by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
10.3 Middle East & Africa Underwater Navigation and Positioning Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
10.4 Middle East & Africa Underwater Navigation and Positioning Market Size by Country (2026-2031)
10.5 Turkey
10.6 Saudi Arabia
10.7 UAE
11 Key Players Profiles
11.1 Advanced Navigation
11.1.1 Advanced Navigation Company Details
11.1.2 Advanced Navigation Business Overview
11.1.3 Advanced Navigation Underwater Navigation and Positioning Introduction
11.1.4 Advanced Navigation Revenue in Underwater Navigation and Positioning Business (2020-2025)
11.1.5 Advanced Navigation Recent Development
11.2 iXblue
11.2.1 iXblue Company Details
11.2.2 iXblue Business Overview
11.2.3 iXblue Underwater Navigation and Positioning Introduction
11.2.4 iXblue Revenue in Underwater Navigation and Positioning Business (2020-2025)
11.2.5 iXblue Recent Development
11.3 Sonardyne International
11.3.1 Sonardyne International Company Details
11.3.2 Sonardyne International Business Overview
11.3.3 Sonardyne International Underwater Navigation and Positioning Introduction
11.3.4 Sonardyne International Revenue in Underwater Navigation and Positioning Business (2020-2025)
11.3.5 Sonardyne International Recent Development
11.4 Wavefront Systems
11.4.1 Wavefront Systems Company Details
11.4.2 Wavefront Systems Business Overview
11.4.3 Wavefront Systems Underwater Navigation and Positioning Introduction
11.4.4 Wavefront Systems Revenue in Underwater Navigation and Positioning Business (2020-2025)
11.4.5 Wavefront Systems Recent Development
11.5 Teledyne Marine
11.5.1 Teledyne Marine Company Details
11.5.2 Teledyne Marine Business Overview
11.5.3 Teledyne Marine Underwater Navigation and Positioning Introduction
11.5.4 Teledyne Marine Revenue in Underwater Navigation and Positioning Business (2020-2025)
11.5.5 Teledyne Marine Recent Development
11.6 Collins Aerospace
11.6.1 Collins Aerospace Company Details
11.6.2 Collins Aerospace Business Overview
11.6.3 Collins Aerospace Underwater Navigation and Positioning Introduction
11.6.4 Collins Aerospace Revenue in Underwater Navigation and Positioning Business (2020-2025)
11.6.5 Collins Aerospace Recent Development
11.7 Ocean Plan
11.7.1 Ocean Plan Company Details
11.7.2 Ocean Plan Business Overview
11.7.3 Ocean Plan Underwater Navigation and Positioning Introduction
11.7.4 Ocean Plan Revenue in Underwater Navigation and Positioning Business (2020-2025)
11.7.5 Ocean Plan Recent Development
12 Analyst's Viewpoints/Conclusions
13 Appendix
13.1 Research Methodology
13.1.1 Methodology/Research Approach
13.1.1.1 Research Programs/Design
13.1.1.2 Market Size Estimation
13.1.1.3 Market Breakdown and Data Triangulation
13.1.2 Data Source
13.1.2.1 Secondary Sources
13.1.2.2 Primary Sources
13.2 Author Details
13.3 Disclaimer
Advanced Navigation
iXblue
Sonardyne International
Wavefront Systems
Teledyne Marine
Collins Aerospace
Ocean Plan
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