This article describes and analyzes the main factors affecting the changing conditions of the global market of High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), as well as the sales dynamics and changes in assortment on HALE UAV market and the impact of low maintainability of UAV design elements, made from innovative composite materials, on the sphere of their application.

The article examines changes of the “Economic Strategies” opportunistic index (OIES) for January – August 2013. It estimates the contribution of supply and demand indices into OIES. Industrial production analysis is presented.