Companies Seek Profits In Fee-For-Service Surveillance Aircraft

摘要

Airborne surveillance has become so popular that even countries that can't afford their own platforms are scrambling to acquire the capability. Hearing the call, industry is developing new business models to help militaries and other agencies field intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities without the hefty expense of developing their own systems. For nations and agencies with limited means, the fee-for-service model could bring expensive technologies like unmanned aerial vehicles within their price range.