Patent applications related to cybersecurity decreased by 14% per year on average in the aerospace & defence industry since 2020

The global aerospace & defence industry experienced a 14% decrease in annual average growth rate (AAGR) in the number of cybersecurity-related patent applications between 2020 and 2022. The total number of cybersecurity-related grants increased by an AAGR of 1% during the same period, according to GlobalData's patent analytics database.  

Notably, the number of cybersecurity-related patent applications in the aerospace & defence industry was 2,181 since 2020, while 1,774 applications were granted.  

Analysis of patent applications by assignee shows that Boeing filed the most cybersecurity patents within the aerospace & defence industry since 2020. The company filed 198 cybersecurity-related patents since 2020.  

It was followed by Raytheon Technologies (151 applications), Thales (150 applications), General Electric (59 applications) and SZ DJI Technology (57 applications).  

Analysis of patent grants by assignee shows that Boeing was granted 307 patents related to cybersecurity within the aerospace & defence industry since 2020. It was followed by Thales (148 grants), Agency For Defense Development (84 grants), Raytheon Technologies (81 grants) and SZ DJI Technology (61 grants).

The largest share of cybersecurity-related patent publications in the aerospace & defence industry since 2020 was held by the US with 45%, followed by China (20%) and South Korea (10%).

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

GlobalData’s Patents Analytics tracks patent filings and grants from official patent offices around the world. Proprietary 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