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Saudi Arabia Defense Industry Report 2025: Expenditure Increased from $53.9 Billion in 2021 to $72.5 Billion in 2025, Reflecting a CAGR of 7.7% - Forecast to 2030 - ResearchAndMarkets.com

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Saudi Arabia Defense Market - Size And Trends, Budget Allocation, Regulations, Key Acquisitions, Competitive Landscape And Forecast, 2025-2030" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

The report provides the market size forecast and the projected growth rate for the next five years. The report covers industry analysis including the key market drivers, emerging technology trends, and major challenges faced by market participants. It also offers insights regarding key factors and government programs that are expected to influence the demand for military platforms over the forecast period.

Saudi Arabian defense expenditure increased from $53.9 billion in 2021 to $72.5 billion in 2025, reflecting a CAGR of 7.7% during 2021-25. The easing of the COVID-19 crisis coupled with the increase in oil prices because of the uncertainty caused by the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war, coupled with brief abut intense Indo-Pak and Iran-Israel conflicts in 2025, have ensured robust energy prices. Saudi Arabia's defense budget grew by 11.4% annually to stand at $67.7 billion in 2023. In 2024, the defense budget recorded a 2% increase annually over the last year, valued at $69.1 billion and registered a annual growth of 5% to value $72.5 billion in 2025.

Key Highlights

  • Strained relationship with Iran, military modernization programs, and the need to develop the indigenous defense sector are key factors driving defense expenditure
  • Major ongoing procurement program include procurement of Eurofighter Typhoon Tranche 3, LAV 6.0 and Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD)

Scope

  • Defense Budget Assessment: This chapter covers the defense budgeting process, market size forecasts, drivers of expenditure, and allocation analysis. It also examines key market trends and insights.
  • Military Doctrine and Security Environment: Detailed analysis of military doctrine, strategic alliances, geopolitical dynamics, and the political, social, and economic factors influencing the security environment.
  • Market Entry Strategy and Regulations: This section elaborates on essential aspects of procurement policy and market regulations, market entry routes, key defense procurement bodies and major deals.
  • Market attractiveness and emerging opportunities: It evaluates the attractiveness of various defense sectors, indicating cumulative market value, and highlights the top sectors and defense segments by value in the country.
  • Defense Platforms Import and Export Dynamics: Provides an understanding of the defense platform imports and exports of the country from 2016 to 2024. Both imports and exports of the country are provided in terms of value ($M) and volume (units), categorized by country and sector.
  • Defense Platform Acquisitions: It offers an overview of defense platform acquisitions by value. It lists current defense procurement schedules for the major ongoing and planned military platforms that have been formulated in the country and elaborates on the reasons leading to the procurement of the same.
  • Fleet Size: Outlines the current fleet sizes of the Army, Air Force, and Navy, detailing the year of acquisition, units in service, and the prime contractor for the equipment.
  • Competitive Landscape: Profiles the main defense companies operating in the country, offering insights into their business overviews, latest contracts, and financial results.

Competitive Landscape

  • General Authority for Military Industries
  • INTRA Defense Technologies Ltd
  • Jubail Chemical Industries Co
  • Military Industries Corp
  • Saudi Advanced Industries Co
  • Alsalam Aerospace Industries
  • Arab Satellite Communications Organization

Key Topics Covered:

  • Executive Summary
  • Defense Budget Assessment
  • Budgeting Process
  • Defense Market Size Historic And Forecast
  • Drivers Of Defense Expenditure
  • Analysis of Defense Expenditure Allocation
  • Analysis Of Defense Budget Allocation
  • Key Market Trends and Insights
  • Military Doctrine And Security Environment
  • Military Doctrine And Strategy
  • Strategic Alliances and Geopolitics
  • Political, Social and Economic Scenario
  • Market Entry Strategy And Regulations
  • Defense Procurement Bodies
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Trade Associations and Defense Clusters
  • Procurement Policy and Market Regulations
  • Market Entry Routes
  • Key Challenges
  • Major Deals and M&A
  • Market Attractiveness And Emerging Opportunities
  • Market Attractiveness By Defense Sector
  • Top Sectors in the Saudi Arabia Defense Market
  • Top Defense Segments By Value
  • Defense Platforms Import and Export Dynamics
  • Defense Platforms Import Dynamics
  • Defense Platform Acquisitions
  • Defense Platform Acquisitions By Value
  • Eurofighter Typhoon Tranche 3
  • LAV 6.0
  • Tactical Airlift Aircraft
  • Cheongung II
  • 6th Gen Combat Aircraft
  • CH-47F Chinook
  • Multi-Mission Surface Combatant
  • Al Jubail-class
  • Fleet Size
  • Army
  • Air Force
  • Navy
  • Defense Companies Operating In Saudi Arabia
  • Appendix

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