Initially the commercial and civilian market for UAS will remain insignificant to the DoD market with less than 100 units being procured annually through 2017. Education and industry/government collaboration will be instrumental in driving UAS acceptance. The U.S. government will be the primary purchaser of UAS technologies for civilian applications in the near-term. Commercial communications/broadcasting applications will be the slowest UAS applications to emerge, but will offer long-term promise. UAS chartering businesses will be the eventual beneficiaries of the commercial UAS market by providing platforms packaged with operators and other services. The U.S. is expected to lead the commercial UAS revolution followed by Europe and the Asia Pacific region.
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