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Global Swarm Intelligence Market - Analysis and Forecast 2018-2028

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Preface The swarm intelligence is one of the fastest growing technologies used across various commercial and noncommercial sectors. It offers highly efficient solutions at low cost across all its application areas. Swarm intelligence allows the group of robots, drones, or humans to work collectively to get a common outcome. The swarm intelligence is applied with the help of different algorithms through which the agents are able to perform a similar task with the help of communication amongst each other. The global swarm intelligence market is expected to witness a substantial growth over the forecast period 2018-2028 due to the growing demand of drones and robots all over the globe.

The research is based on extensive primary interviews (in-house experts, industry leaders, and market players), and secondary research (a host of paid, and unpaid databases), along with the analytical tools, that have been used to build the forecast, and the predictive models.

This work was designed to answer some of the most crucial questions of the global swarm intelligence market: 

What are the trends in the global swarm intelligence market across different regions?

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What are the major driving forces that tend to increase the demand for swarm intelligence during the forecast period 2018-2028?

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What are the major challenges inhibiting the growth of the global swarm intelligence market?

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What is the revenue generated by the global swarm intelligence market by platform in 2017, and what will be the estimates by 2028?

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Which platform (robot swarms, drone swarms, and human swarms) of the global swarm intelligence market will dominate in the coming years?

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What is the revenue generated by the global swarm intelligence market by algorithm model?

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Which algorithm model (Ant Colony Optimization, Particle Swarm Optimization, and Others) of the global swarm intelligence market will dominate in the coming years?

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Who are the key players in the global swarm intelligence market?

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What are the new strategies adopted by the existing market players to make a mark in the industry?

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What major opportunities do the swarm intelligence companies foresee?

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What is the competitive strength of the key leading players in the global swarm intelligence market?

The report is a compilation of various segmentations including market breakdown by platform, algorithm model, and region. The report highlights the key driving and restraining forces for this market. It is based on discussions

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and interviews with the top management of several leading swarm intelligence developers and end-users. The global swarm intelligence market is not expected to play out the same way for every region, so this report segments the market accordingly and breaks down the industry geographically as follows: North America (the U.S, Canada, and the Rest-of-North-America), Europe (Germany, France, the U.K. and the Rest-of-Europe), Asia-Pacific (China, Japan, Australia, and the Rest-of-APAC), Latin America, and Middle East & Africa. Each geographical region analysis represents the individual push and pull forces in addition to the key players from that particular region.

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Table of Contents Executive Summary ................................................................................. 15 1

Market Dynamics ................................................................................ 22 1.1

1.2

1.3

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2.2

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1.1.1

Growing Popularity of Swarm Intelligence in Defense ........................................................................ 24

1.1.2

Swarm Intelligence Optimizes Operational Efficiency ..................................................................... 25

1.1.3

UAV Swarms for Entertainment.................................... 25

Market Challenges .................................................................... 26 1.2.1

Technical Challenges and High Initial Investment ....... 26

1.2.2

Vulnerability to the Cyber Attacks ................................ 27

Market Opportunities ................................................................ 28 1.3.1

Rise in Demand of Swarm Intelligence for Autonomous Vehicle .................................................... 28

1.3.2

Swarm Intelligence for Parcel Delivery Through Drones ......................................................................... 29

Competitive Insights .......................................................................... 30 2.1

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Market Drivers .......................................................................... 24

Overview: Key Strategies and Developments ........................... 30 2.1.1

Partnerships, Agreements, and Contracts .................... 32

2.1.2

Product Launches......................................................... 33

2.1.3

Other Developments .................................................... 34

Competitive Benchmarking Map ............................................... 37

Industry Analysis ............................................................................... 39 3.1

Overview .................................................................................. 39

3.2

Major Companies and Product Overview .................................. 40

3.3

Industry Attractiveness: Porter’s Five Forces Analysis ............. 41

3.4

Value Chain Analysis ................................................................ 50

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4.1

Assumptions and Limitations .................................................... 52

4.2

Market Overview ...................................................................... 53

Global Swarm Intelligence Market, 2017-2028 (by Platform) ............ 54 5.1

Market Overview ...................................................................... 54

5.2

Robot Swarms .......................................................................... 56

5.3

Drone Swarms .......................................................................... 58

5.4

Human Swarms ........................................................................ 59

Global Swarm Intelligence Market, 2017-2028 (by Algorithm Model) ................................................................................................ 61

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6.1

Market Overview ...................................................................... 62

6.2

Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) ................................................ 65

6.3

Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) .......................................... 67

6.4

Others (Artificial Fish Swarm Algorithm and Bee based Algorithms) .............................................................................. 68

Global Swarm Intelligence Market, 2017-2028 (by Region) ............... 69 7.1

Market Overview ...................................................................... 70

7.2

North America .......................................................................... 73 7.2.1

7.3

7.2.1.1

The U.S. ................................................................. 74

7.2.1.2

Canada .................................................................. 76

Europe ...................................................................................... 77 7.3.1

7.4

Swarm Intelligence Market in North America (by Country)....................................................................... 74

Swarm Intelligence Market in Europe (by Country) ..... 78

7.3.1.1

Germany ................................................................ 78

7.3.1.2

France.................................................................... 79

7.3.1.3

The U.K .................................................................. 80

Asia-Pacific ............................................................................... 82 7.4.1

Asia-Pacific Swarm Intelligence Market by Country ..... 83

7.4.1.1

China ..................................................................... 83

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7.4.1.2

Japan ..................................................................... 84

7.4.1.3

Australia ................................................................. 85

Rest-of-the-World .................................................................... 86

Company Profile ................................................................................. 87 8.1

Overview .................................................................................. 87

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ConvergentAI ........................................................................... 88

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8.4

8.5

8.6

8.7

8.2.1

Company Overview ...................................................... 88

8.2.2

Product & Services ....................................................... 88

8.2.3

SWOT Analysis ............................................................. 89

DoBots ...................................................................................... 90 8.3.1

Company Overview ...................................................... 90

8.3.2

Product & Services ....................................................... 90

8.3.3

SWOT Analysis ............................................................. 91

Enswarm Ltd ............................................................................ 92 8.4.1

Company Overview ...................................................... 92

8.4.2

Products & Services ..................................................... 92

8.4.3

SWOT Analysis ............................................................. 94

GreyOrange Pte Ltd. ................................................................. 95 8.5.1

Company Overview ...................................................... 95

8.5.2

Products & Services ..................................................... 95

8.5.3

SWOT Analysis ............................................................. 96

Hydromea SA ............................................................................ 97 8.6.1

Company Overview ...................................................... 97

8.6.2

Product & Services ....................................................... 97

8.6.3

SWOT Analysis ............................................................. 98

Lockheed Martin Corporation .................................................... 99 8.7.1

Company Overview ...................................................... 99

8.7.2

Products & Services ................................................... 100

8.7.3

Financials ................................................................... 101

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Overall Financials ...................................................101 7

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8.7.3.2 8.7.4 8.8

SWOT Analysis ........................................................... 104

Northrop Grumman ................................................................ 105 8.8.1

Company Overview .................................................... 105

8.8.2

Product & Services ..................................................... 106

8.8.3

Overall Financials ....................................................... 107

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Financial Summary .................................................102

Financial Summary .................................................108

SWOT Analysis ........................................................... 109

Power-Blox AG ....................................................................... 110 8.9.1

Company Overview .................................................... 110

8.9.2

Products & Services ................................................... 110

8.9.3

SWOT Analysis ........................................................... 111

Raytheon Company ................................................................. 112 8.10.1 Company Overview .................................................... 112 8.10.2 Product & Services ..................................................... 113 8.10.3 Overall Financials ....................................................... 114 8.10.3.1 Financial Summary .................................................115 8.10.4 SWOT Analysis ........................................................... 116

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Sentien Robotics, LLC ............................................................. 117 8.11.1 Company Overview .................................................... 117 8.11.2 Products & Services ................................................... 118 8.11.3 SWOT Analysis ........................................................... 119

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Swarm Technology, LLC .......................................................... 120 8.12.1 Company Overview .................................................... 120 8.12.2 Products & Services ................................................... 120 8.12.3 SWOT Analysis ........................................................... 122

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Unanimous AI, Inc. ................................................................. 123 8.13.1 Company Overview .................................................... 123 8.13.2 Products & Services ................................................... 123 8.13.3 SWOT Analysis ........................................................... 124

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Valutico .................................................................................. 125 8.14.1 Company Overview .................................................... 125 8.14.2 Products & Services ................................................... 126 8.14.3 SWOT Analysis ........................................................... 127

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Other Key Players ................................................................... 128 8.15.1 Apium Swarm Robotics .............................................. 128 Company Overview ................................................................. 128 8.15.2 Kim Technologies ....................................................... 129 Company Overview ................................................................. 129 8.15.3 Netbeez ...................................................................... 130 Company Overview ................................................................. 130 8.15.4 Nvidia ........................................................................ 131 Company Overview ................................................................. 131 8.15.5 SwarmFarm Robotics ................................................. 132 Company Overview ................................................................. 132

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Scope & Research Methodology ........................................................ 133 9.1

Research Scope ...................................................................... 133

9.2

Global Swarm Intelligence Market Research Methodology ..... 134

10 Appendix .......................................................................................... 141 10.1

Related Reports ...................................................................... 141

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List of Tables Table 2.1 Partnerships, Agreements, and Contracts, 2016-2018

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Table 2.2 Product Launches, 2015-2018

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Table 2.3 Other Developments, 2017-2018

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Table 3.1 Major Companies and Product Overview

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Table 3.2 Analyzing Threat from New Entrants in Global Swarm Intelligence Market

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Table 3.3 Analyzing Threat from Substitute Products in Global Swarm Intelligence Market

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Table 3.4 Analyzing Bargaining Power of Suppliers in Global Swarm Intelligence Market

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Table 3.5 Analyzing Bargaining Power of Buyers in Global Swarm Intelligence Market

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Table 3.6 Analyzing Intensity of Competitive Rivalry in Global Swarm Intelligence Market

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Table 5.1 Global Swarm Intelligence Market Size, 2017-2028 (by Platform)

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Table 6.1 Global Swarm Intelligence Market Size, 2017-2028 (by Algorithm Model)

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Table 7.1 Geographical Distribution of Swarm Intelligence Market Size, 2017-2028 ($Million)

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Table 8.1 ConvergentAI- Key Developments

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Table 8.2 Hydromea SA- Key Developments

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Table 8.3 Power-Blox- Key Developments

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Table 8.4 Sentien Robotics, LLC- Key Developments

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Table 8.5 Key Developments-Swarm Technology, LLC

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Table 8.6 Key Developments- Unanimous AI, Inc.

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List of Figures

Figure 1 Global Swarm Intelligence Market, 2017-2028

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Figure 2 Global Swarm Intelligence Market by Platform, 2017-2028

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Figure 3 Global Swarm Intelligence Market by Algorithm Model, 2017-2028 ($Million)

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Figure 4 Global Swarm Intelligence Market by Region, 2017 ($Million)

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Figure 1.1 Market Dynamics Snapshot

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Figure 1.2 Impact Analysis on Market Drivers

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Figure 1.3 Impact Analysis on Market Challenges

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Figure 1.4 Comparison Between Swarm-Based UAVs and Traditional UAVs

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Figure 2.1 Some of the Organic and Inorganic Growth Strategies Adopted by the Key Players

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Figure 2.2 Percentage Share of Strategies Adopted by the Market Players, 2015-2018

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Figure 2.3 Competitive Benchmarking for the Global Swarm Intelligence Market

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Figure 3.1 Industry Insights

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Figure 3.2 Porter’s Five Forces Analysis of Global Swarm Intelligence Industry

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Figure 3.3 Threat from New Entrants

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Figure 3.4 Threat from Substitute Products

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Figure 3.5 Bargaining Power of Suppliers

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Figure 3.6 Bargaining Power of Buyers

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Figure 3.7 Intensity of Competitive Rivalry

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Figure 3.8 Value Chain Analysis

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Figure 4.1 Global Swarm Intelligence Market, 2017-2028

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Figure 5.1 Classification of Global Swarm Intelligence Market (by Platform)

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Figure 5.2 Global Swarm Intelligence market, 2017-2028 (by Platform)

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Figure 5.3 Global Swarm Intelligence Market Size by Robot Swarm, 2017-2028

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Figure 5.4 Global Swarm Intelligence Market Size by Drone Swarm, 2017-2028

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Figure 5.5 Global Swarm Intelligence Market Size by Human Swarm, 2017-2028

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Figure 6.1 Classification of Global Swarm Intelligence Market (by Algorithm Model)

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Figure 6.2 Global Swarm Intelligence Market, 2017-2028 (by Algorithm Model)

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Figure 6.3 Global Swarm Intelligence Market Size by Ant Colony Optimization (ACO), 2017-2028 65 Figure 6.4 Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) Solutions

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Figure 6.5 Global Swarm Intelligence Market Size by PSO, 2017-2028

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Figure 6.6 Global Swarm Intelligence Market Size by Other Algorithm Models, 2017-2028

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Figure 7.1 Geographical Classification of Global Swarm Intelligence Market

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Figure 7.2 Geographical Distribution of Swarm Intelligence Market, 2017-2028

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Figure 7.3 North America Swarm Intelligence Market Size, 2017-2028

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Figure 7.4 The U.S. Swarm Intelligence Market Size, 2017-2028

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Figure 7.5 Canada Swarm Intelligence Market Size, 2017-2028

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Figure 7.6 Europe Swarm Intelligence Market Size, 2017-2028

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Figure 7.7 Germany Swarm Intelligence Market Size, 2017-2028

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Figure 7.8 France Swarm Intelligence Market Size, 2017-2028

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Figure 7.9 The U.K. Swarm Intelligence Market Size, 2017-2028

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Figure 7.10 Asia-Pacific Swarm Intelligence Market Size, 2017-2028

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Figure 7.11 China Swarm Intelligence Market Size, 2017-2028

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Figure 7.12 Japan Swarm Intelligence Market Size, 2017-2028

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Figure 7.13 Australia Swarm Intelligence Market Size, 2017-2028

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Figure 7.14 Rest-of-the-World Swarm Intelligence Market Size, 2017-2028

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Figure 8.1 Share of Key Companies

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Figure 8.2 SWOT Analysis – ConvergentAI

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Figure 8.3 SWOT Analysis – DoBots

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Figure 8.4 Solutions Offered by Enswarm Ltd.

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Figure 8.5 SWOT Analysis – Enswarm Ltd.

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Figure 8.6 SWOT Analysis – GreyOrange Pte Ltd.

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Figure 8.7 SWOT Analysis –Hydromea SA

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Figure 8.8 Lockheed Martin Corporation – Overall Financials, 2015-2017

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Figure 8.9 Lockheed Martin Corporation –Revenue by Business Segment, 2015-2017

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Figure 8.10 Lockheed Martin Corporation –Revenue by Region, 2015-2017

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Figure 8.11 SWOT Analysis – Lockheed Martin Corporation

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Figure 8.12 Northrop Grumman– Overall Financials, 2015-2017

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Figure 8.13 Northrop Grumman –Revenue by Business Segment, 2015-2017

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Figure 8.14 Northrop Grumman –Revenue by Region, 2015-2017

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Figure 8.15 SWOT Analysis – Northrop Grumman

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Figure 8.16 SWOT Analysis – Power-Blox AG

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Figure 8.17 Raytheon Company– Overall Financials, 2015-2017

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Figure 8.18 Raytheon Company –Revenue by Business Segment, 2015-2017

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Figure 8.19 Raytheon Company –Revenue by Region, 2015-2017

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Figure 8.20 SWOT Analysis – Raytheon Company

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Figure 8.21 SWOT Analysis – Sentien Robotics, LLC

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Figure 8.22 SWOT Analysis – Swarm Technology, LLC

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Figure 8.23 SWOT Analysis – Unanimous AI, Inc.

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Figure 8.24 Features of Valutico’s Valuation Tool

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Figure 8.25 Valutico - SWOT Analysis

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Figure 9.1 Global Swarm Intelligence Market Scope

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Figure 9.2 Research Methodology

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Figure 9.3 Secondary Data Sources

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Figure 9.4 Data Triangulation

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Figure 9.5 Top Down and Bottom Up Approach

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Figure 9.6 Global Swarm Intelligence Market Influencing Factors

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Figure 9.7 Assumptions and Limitations

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List of Acronyms

Abbreviations

Description

AI

Artificial Intelligence

ML

Machine Learning

ROS

Robot Operating System

AUV

Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

DARPA

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

OFFSET

OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics

DoD

Department of Defense

MFC

Missiles and Fire Control

MST

Mission Systems and Training

IS&GS

Information Systems and Global Solutions

RMS

Rotary and Mission Systems

LCS

Littoral Combat Ship

AI3

Accelerated Improved Interceptor Initiative

ACES

Advanced Countermeasures Electronic System

NATO

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

UAS

Unmanned Aircraft System

NOAA

National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration

IIS

Intelligence, Information and Services

UN

United Nations

IFR

International Federation of Robotics

FAA

Federal Aviation Administration

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Abbreviations

Description

NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

R&D

Research and Development

ACO

Ant Colony Optimization

PSO

Particle Swarm Optimization

RoW

Rest-of-the-World

LOCUST

Low-Cost UAV Swarming Technology

ONR

Office of Naval Research

INP

Innovative Naval Prototype

mROBerTO

milli-ROBot TORonto

MARS

Mobile Agricultural Robot Swarms

CETC

China Electronics Technology Group Corporation

JAXA

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

CASA

Civil Aviation Safety Authority

UAE

United Arab Emirates

UAEU

United Arab Emirates University

ABC

Artificial Bee Colony

NIAC

NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts

USAF

U.S. Air Force

EPFL

Ecole Polytechnique Lausanne

OEMs

Original Equipment Manufacturers

ASP

Average Selling Price

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