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Drones in Aerospace and Defense: Strategic Intelligence
"Drones in Aerospace and Defense" is part of GlobalData's Strategic Intelligence series of reports on unmanned technologies and its impacts across different industries. UAVs are making a mark in modern warfare, and their use can have severe strategic and financial consequences. To overcome developmental hurdles, companies, nations, and militaries are increasingly adopting a collaborative approach. This approach involves public and private investment in the sector and constant experimentation in Ukraine. This report explores emergent trends within the UAV market, examining...
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Power Predictions 2026: Strategic Intelligence
In this report, we identify the top 20 themes that will impact the power sector in 2026. For each theme, we offer a series of predictions, identify winners and losers, and point you to further reading. We classify our top themes for 2026 into four groups. The major technology themes impacting the power sector in 2026 will be artificial intelligence (AI), big data, blockchain, cloud, cybersecurity, the Internet of Things (IoT), the metaverse, and robotics. The major industry themes impacting...
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Autonomous Vehicles: FutureTech Series
Innovations in autonomous driving are accelerating the transition from experimental systems to scalable, real-world deployment. GlobalData’s latest FutureTech Series: Autonomous Vehicles report delivers a comprehensive analysis of five high and medium-impact technologies reshaping the autonomous vehicle landscape. The report highlights autonomous vehicle path planning, autonomous vehicle simulation testing, multi-sensor collision avoidance, visual-inertial odometry, and brake-by-wire systems, each addressing critical challenges across safety, localization, validation, and vehicle control. Using GlobalData’s proprietary Tech Foresights methodology, the report examines innovation drivers, challenges, patent...
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Global Surface Mining Equipment: Populations and Forecasts to 2030 (2025 Update)
GlobalData's "Global Surface Mining Equipment: Populations & Forecasts to 2030 (2025 update)” provides detailed data and forecasts for six types of major surface mining equipment: trucks, hydraulic excavators, shovels, loaders, dozers and graders. The data is based on GlobalData's extensive mine-site research and equipment models to generate a complete view of equipment counts globally, with breakdowns by each major region and key mining country, and also by major commodity - including coal, iron ore, copper and gold. The total number...
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Electric Vehicles in Oil and Gas: Strategic Intelligence
Global battery electric vehicle (BEV) sales grew 13% in 2024 to 10.4 million, making up 14% of new personal vehicle sales—9% in the US, 15% in the EU, and 27% in China. The US is reshoring battery and vehicle production, while Europe combines state aid with efforts to reduce reliance on Chinese parts. China continues expanding globally through partnerships and price competition. These supply chain shifts are creating new power centers in the EV race, forcing companies to adapt or...
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Global Underground Mining Equipment: Populations and Forecasts to 2030
GlobalData's "Global Underground Mining Equipment: Populations & Forecasts to 2030 (2025)” provides detailed data and forecasts for underground mining trucks and underground loaders/LHDs. The data is based on GlobalData's extensive mine-site research and equipment models to generate a complete view of equipment counts globally, with breakdowns by each major region and key mining country, and also by major commodity - including copper and gold. The total number of underground mining trucks and loaders/LHDs in underground mines at the end of...
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Lodging Sector Scorecard: Strategic Intelligence
The lodging sector scorecard report provides a thorough insight into the lodging market. The report looks at the different themes impacting the lodging sector, provides examples of how each theme influnces the industry and what that will look like in the future. The lodging industry is being reshaped by a set of structural themes that influence demand patterns, operating models, and competitive intensity. While travel volumes have generally recovered, the basis of competition has shifted from room supply alone to...
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Mining Software: Global Mine Site Survey of Investment Status and Supplier Choice, 2025
GlobalData’s latest mine-site technology adoption survey shows a higher degree of investment in mine planning & scheduling software versus mine management software. Some 61% had already fully implemented or considerably invested in the former, while 47% had done so for mine management software When comparing the majors to the medium and smaller miners, the majors had invested to a greater extent, although the difference was smaller for mine planning software. However, when it came to expectations for investment in the...
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State of the Biopharmaceutical Industry 2026 Edition
The biopharmaceutical industry is entering 2026 against a backdrop of heightened uncertainty, shaped by macroeconomic volatility, geopolitical tension, regulatory change, and rapid technological evolution. While the sector is often viewed as relatively resilient during economic downturns, it continues to face mounting pressure from pricing and reimbursement constraints, regulatory reform, supply chain disruption, and intensifying demands to innovate sustainably. At the same time, emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, automation, and personalized medicine are redefining how biopharmaceutical companies operate across the...
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Key Themes in Travel and Tourism for 2026: Strategic Intelligence
The travel and tourism industry is entering a period of rapid change as digital innovation, shifting consumer expectations, and geopolitical uncertainty reshape how travel is planned, sold, and experienced. As companies look ahead to 2026, success will increasingly depend on their ability to anticipate which themes will drive growth, which will disrupt established business models, and which will expose organizations to new risks. GlobalData’s Key Themes in Travel and Tourism report provides a forward-looking view of the forces set to...
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