Future Development Trend Of Military Heavy-duty Connectors

Military/aerospace applications have long been ranked fifth in the entire heavy duty waterproof electrical connectors market, after automobiles, computers and peripherals, telecommunications and data communications, and industrial applications. In the entire heavy duty 2 pin connector market, military/aerospace heavy duty connector 16 pin accounts for about 7%. From 2000 to 2006, the world military heavy duty connector 5 pin market was divided in 2003. From 2000 to 2003, the development was slow, and the market capacity has been hovering around 2 billion US dollars. However, in 2004, stimulated by the Iraq War and the War on Terrorism, the world military heavy duty connector 6 pin market rebounded strongly, and the sales of heavy duty electrical contacts increased by 17% compared with 2003, reaching 2.3292 billion US dollars. In 2005 and 2006, it continued to maintain significant growth, with market sales reaching 2.4499 billion and 2.6927 billion US dollars respectively. According to the latest forecast by Bishop & Associates, the world military heavy duty industrial connector market sales in 2007 will reach US$2.8288 billion, a 5.1% increase over 2006. The development momentum remains steady, which is rare in decades.