The Counter-IED Market 2010-2020: System and Technology for Force Protection

摘要

Improvised explosive devices (IED) have been brutally effective weapons for insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan, and increasingly, in other parts of the world. IEDs have been blamed for thousands of deaths of military personnel and also civilians. The US and its allies have responded to the IED threat by spending billions of dollars on vehicles, equipment, personnel and training for counter-IED and explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) missions. This has provided very strong demand in recent years in the counter-IED systems market. Based on Visiongain's research, global spending on counter-IED systems amounted to $7.7 B in 2009. However, demand is expected to decline from these high levels with the continuing US and allied withdrawal from Iraq and the imminent drawdown in Afghanistan. Visiongain finds a market in decline, albeit still retaining high value due to the central importance placed on countering IEDs.