The global aerospace, defence & security industry experienced a 35% decline in the number of electronic warfare-related patent applications in Q2 2023 compared with the previous quarter. The total number of electronic warfare-related grants dropped by 35% in Q2 2023, according to GlobalData’s Patent Analytics. A detailed analysis of the key trends, impotant value chains, and the leading companies associated with the high intensity warfare theme are included in GlobalData’s High Intensity Warfare (HIW) / High Intensity Conflict (HIC) – Thematic Research report. Buy the report here.

Notably, the number of electronic warfare-related patent applications in the aerospace, defence & security industry was 720 in Q2 2023, versus 1,102 in the prior quarter.

The top five companies accounted for 11% of patenting activity

Analysis of patenting activity by companies shows that Alphabet filed the most electronic warfare patents within the aerospace, defence & security industry in Q2 2023. The company filed 20 electronic warfare-related patents in the quarter, compared with 20 in the previous quarter. It was followed by Huawei Investment with 18 electronic warfare patent filings, Raytheon Technologies (15 filings), and Ford Motor (14 filings) in Q2 2023.

Patenting activity was driven by the US with a 37% share of total patent filings

The largest share of electronic warfare related patent filings in the aerospace, defence & security industry in Q2 2023 was in the US with 37%, followed by China (33%) and Japan (4%). The share represented by the US was 5% higher than the 33% share it accounted for in Q1 2023.

For further understanding of GlobalData's High Intensity Warfare (HIW) / High Intensity Conflict (HIC) – Thematic Research buy the report here.

This content was updated on 2 August 2023

Premium Insights

From

The gold standard of business intelligence.

Blending expert knowledge with cutting-edge technology, GlobalData’s unrivalled proprietary data will enable you to decode what’s happening in your market. You can make better informed decisions and gain a future-proof advantage over your competitors.

GlobalData

GlobalData, the leading provider of industry intelligence, provided the underlying data, research, and analysis used to produce this article.

GlobalData’s Patent Analytics tracks patent filings and grants from official offices around the world. Textual analysis and official patent classifications are used to group patents into key thematic areas and link them to specific companies across the world’s largest industries.