Flight Simulators: Market Size & Forecast 2026

The global flight simulator market sits at approximately USD 8.2 billion in 2025 (base year), on a 4.6% CAGR through 2032 to roughly USD 11.3 billion. The category is structurally a low-volume, high-mix, regulation-locked duopoly-plus-challenger market: two integrators (CAE and L3Harris Technologies, including the former L3 Link and the Airbus Military-JV integration), one Boeing/Thales-aligned platform supplier (Thales), one rotary-wing and full-flight challenger (FlightSafety International, Leonardo DRS, Indra), and a long tail of FTD-only specialists (FRASCA International, Simnest, SimIS, Reiser). End-use demand is overwhelmingly driven by civil aviation pilot training, military flight training, helicopter offshore mission training, and a fast-growing eVTOL/UAS certification pocket that we estimate grows off a low base. Procurement teams in this category are not buying boxes; they are

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