Global Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) Industry - Growth, Trends, Forecasts, Regulations, and Company Analysis

Global Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) Industry - Growth, Trends, Forecasts, Regulations, and Company Analysis

This report examines the global unmanned aerial vehicles industry, including its leading companies. The report aims to give a general picture of the current environment as well as global and regional affairs that influence the development of the various segments of the industry, using available data. A number of segments are examined, namely: military, grocery, parcel delivery, transportation and agriculture. The Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) industry has seen significant growth over the past five years, driven by demand from both government and private sectors.

The UAV sector is set to be the sector with the most dynamic growth in the aerospace industry globally in this decade. The global spending on unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) programs is expected to more than triple over the next decade in military, commercial, and consumer markets.

The fast development of the UAV global market is having a big impact on a range of mainstream industries. Apart from defense, applications also include environmental management, crisis management, agriculture, policing and crowd monitoring, civil engineering, fisheries protection, disaster management, telecommunications maintenance, oil and gas exploration, mineral exploration, mine safety, geophysical surveys and mapping.