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2023/2024 World Civil Unmanned Aerial Systems Market Profile & Forecast

  • Report

  • 400 Pages
  • December 2024
  • Region: Global
  • Teal Group
  • ID: 5910897

The World Civil Unmanned Aerial Systems Market Profile & Forecast annual sector study focused on lucrative business opportunities in the emerging civil government and commercial UAS market. It covers the overall market as well as segments of the business such as construction, agriculture, communications, energy, aerial photography, and insurance. Additionally, it covers the civil government market including homeland security and law enforcement.

  • Expert Analysis - A cogent outlook and rationale for what will be hot over the next decade and the market opportunities.
  • Forecast to 2032 - Ten-Year projections of units and dollar value by Region, Country, Sector, Vehicle Class, Customer Type and Sub-Markets
  • Recent Developments - Coverage includes Ukraine/Russia War, Post-COVID Rebound, Emerging Global Players, Advanced Technologies, and New Applications.
  • Regulations - Differences in the ways regulations for civil/commercial UAS are being implemented worldwide and ways that they are transforming the market and providing advantage.
  • Countries - In addition to the U.S., European and other highly developed countries, numerous developing countries are analyzed and included in the projections.
  • Companies - An analysis of the strategies companies are using to position themselves in the market, including acquisitions, teaming, and product development.
  • Venture Capital - Analysis of the involvement of venture capital, firms attracting funds and ways investment is transforming the market.

At nearly 400 pages, the study offers a comprehensive outlook and assessment of the market and its components. (Forecast Spreadsheets are included).

Table of Contents

Executive Overview
  • The Civil UAS Market Outlook
  • Summary
  • Study Parameters
  • Forecast Assumptions
  • Russo-Ukrainian War Shows Value of UAS, but Hits Sales
  • Covid-19 Pandemic and the Civil UAS Market
  • Evolving Civil Market
  • The Ice Cracks: Frozen US Market Begins to Thaw
  • European Unified Regulations Take Effect
  • China is Flexing Its Muscles in Agriculture, Delivery, and Other Commercial UAS
  • Other Asia-Pacific Nations Seek to Stake Out Their Own Positions
  • Major Technology Companies Spur UAS Development
  • Civil Government Market Growth Strong in Europe and the United States
  • Commercial Market Size and Timing
  • Delivery
  • Enterprise Markets Emerge in Construction, Energy, Insurance
  • General Photography
  • Precision Agriculture
  • Communications
  • Consumer Drone Market Growth Flagging
  • Uncertainties about Civil/Commercial Market Growth
  • Forecast Summaries
Development of the Civil/Commercial UAS Industry
  • Evolution of the Commercial UAS Industry
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Intensifies Pressures to Consolidate
  • Technology Leaders Positioning Themselves for Industry Growth
  • Defense/Aerospace Companies Seeking Civil/Commercial UAS Market Position
  • Hybrid Hardware/Software/Data Analysis Market Matures
  • The Service Industry Draws Multinationals and Small Players
  • Rapid Growth but Profits Lag During Ramp-Up
  • Moving Up the Value Chain
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Acquisitions Driven by Multiple Factors
  • Solar-Powered Technology Appeals; Business Case Not Very Sunny
US Civil Government Markets
  • US Federal Government Departments Fall Into One Of Four Categories:
  • FAA Begins Opening National Airspace
  • Pace of Incremental Approach Picks Up
  • Critical Elements for Opening National Airspace
  • Remote Identification Moving Ahead
  • Unmanned Traffic Management
  • FAA Goes Beyond
  • Integration Pilot Program
  • The Previous Rule on Small UAS
  • Former Section 333 Approval Process
  • Emergence of the Initial US Commercial Market
  • Earlier FAA Movement in Allowing US Commercial UAS Operations
  • NASA Flight Testing of Large UAS
  • NASA Flight Testing of Medium UAS
  • US Federal Government Use Cases
  • Department of Homeland Security
  • Overview
  • Department of Homeland Security: Customs & Border Protection
  • Customs & Border Protection Background
  • Department of Homeland Security: Coast Guard
  • Department of State
  • Overview
  • Department of Justice
  • Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Planned Buildup Slowed by Information Security Concerns
  • Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) On the Sidelines
  • Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) Ended Its Program
  • US Marshals Service
  • Department of Justice Assistance to Local Law Enforcement
  • US Department of the Interior
  • Temporary Cessation of Drone Operations Due to Chinese Content
  • Leading Federal Government UAS Use
  • Background on Fleet Development
  • Department of Interior: US Geological Survey
  • Department of Interior: Bureau of Land Management
  • Department of Interior: Forestry Applications
  • US Department of Agriculture
  • Forest Service
  • US Department of Commerce
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
  • Other Federal Government UAV Users
  • NASA Research UAVs
  • National Institute of Standards
  • National Transportation Safety Board
  • National Science Foundation
  • Other Federal Agencies
  • State and Local Government
  • State and Local Law Enforcement and Public Safety
  • US Civil Government Market Forecast
International Civil Government Markets
  • European Union Agencies & Programs
  • New Regulations to Affect All UAS Operators
  • European Border and Coast Guard
  • How We Got Here: Frontex
  • How We Got Here: European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA)
  • How We Got Here: European Fisheries Control Agency
  • European Country Developments
  • Belgium
  • Croatia
  • Denmark
  • Estonia
  • Finland
  • France
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Italy
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
  • Netherlands
  • Norway
  • Russian Federation
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • United Kingdom
  • European Civil Government Forecast
  • Rest of the World
  • Overview
  • United Nations & Other Multinational Institutions
  • United Nations Peacekeeping
  • International Organization for Migration
  • World Food Program
  • UNICEF
  • United Nations Development Programme
  • International Atomic Energy Agency
  • World Bank
  • Rest of the World Country Developments
  • Australia
  • Brazil
  • Canada
  • Chile
  • China
  • Colombia
  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Guyana
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Japan
  • Kenya
  • Malawi
  • Mexico
  • New Zealand
  • Panama
  • Papua-Guinea
  • Peru
  • Samoa
  • Scotland
  • Sierra Leone
  • Singapore
  • South Africa
  • Sri Lanka
  • Taiwan
  • Thailand
  • Uganda
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Uzbekistan
  • Rest of the World Civil Government Forecast
Commercial/Consumer Markets
  • Agriculture
  • Agricultural UAS Applications
  • Asia Solidifying, US Still Anticipating
  • UAS Spraying No Longer Exclusively an Asia-Pacific Market
  • Emergence of the UAS Agricultural Imagery and Analytics Market
  • Forecast
  • Delivery
  • Many US Trials Underway
  • Near Term Delivery Dominated by Medicines, Remote Areas, Ships
  • Current Regulations Non-Starters for Delivery
  • FAA Integration Program Addressing US Delivery Obstacles
  • Medium- and Longer-Term Promise for Premium and Larger Package Deliveries
  • Pandemic Sped Deployment of Delivery Drones
  • China’s Manufacturers and Retailers Forging Ahead Quickly
  • Delivery Work Picking up in Japan, Singapore, and Southeast Asia
  • International Progress Toward Other Deliveries
  • Challenging Economics of Low Value Drone Deliveries
  • Forecast
  • Construction
  • State of Adoption
  • Potential Applications
  • Largest Construction Contractors Worldwide Embracing UAS
  • Market Soars with Growing Alliances
  • Forecast
  • Energy (Oil & Gas/Utilities)
  • The Rush into Wind and Solar Creates UAS Opportunities
  • Traditional Energy: Oil and Gas and Utilities
  • Oil and Gas Majors Pursuing Diverse Strategies on Drone Operations
  • Growing Menu of Service Offerings Spurring Oil and Gas Inspection Growth
  • Oil and Gas Pipeline Market Requirements
  • Pipeline Patrol: A Tale of Two Markets
  • Potential UAS Applications for Utilities
  • Transmission Line Inspections in United States
  • Power Line Inspections in Europe and Asia
  • Forecast
  • Communications
  • A Market with Promise Already Experiencing Shakeout
  • Solar HAPS Pushes Beyond Production
  • Alphabet’s Past Approach
  • Facebook’s Turnabout on Developing Its Own System
  • Chinese Companies Developing HAPS Systems
  • Solar UAS Operating Procedure for Internet
  • Use of Smaller UAS for Inspecting Communications Infrastructure
  • Emergency Communications & Other Applications for Small UAS
  • Forecast
  • Insurance
  • Insurance Market Outlook
  • Insurance Companies Emerge as an Early Adopter
  • A Cautionary Note
  • International Insurance UAS Outlook
  • Forecast
  • Other Industrial Inspection
  • Aircraft Inspection Expands Globally
  • Mining the Mining Market
  • Leading Mining Companies Finding Success with Drones
  • Mining a Focus Market for Many Leading New UAS Companies
  • Mining Outlook
  • Europe’s Early Railway Adopters
  • FAA Pathfinder Adoption Key for Railway Adoption
  • Railway Outlook
  • Entertainment
  • Drone Shows Catching on Around the World
  • Forecast
  • General Photography
  • Low Barriers to Entry Foster Early Development
  • Real Estate, News Gathering & Cinematography
  • Forecast
  • Consumer Drones
  • Consumer Market Falters
  • Shifting Markets
  • Forecast
Company Profiles
  • Aerialtronics
  • Aerodyne Group
  • AeroVironment Inc.
  • AgEagle Aerial Systems
  • Airbus Defense & Space (formerly European Defense and Space Co.)
  • Amazon.Com, Inc.
  • Altametris
  • AT&T
  • Aurora Flight Sciences (Boeing)
  • BAE Systems
  • Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
  • The Boeing Co.
  • CAE Inc.
  • CACI International Inc.
  • China Aerospace Science & Industry Corporation Limited (CASIC)
  • Chinese Academy of Aerospace Aerodynamics
  • Clobotics
  • CyberHawk Innovations Ltd
  • Delair
  • Delta Drone
  • Denel
  • DJI Innovations
  • Donecle
  • Draganfly Innovations Inc.
  • DPI UAV Systems (Dragonfly Pictures, Inc.)
  • DroneBase (renamed Zeitview)
  • DroneDeploy
  • DroneUp/AirMap
  • Drone Volt
  • Elbit Systems Ltd.
  • EHang (Beijing Yi-Hang Creation Science & Technology Co., Ltd.)
  • Facebook, Inc.
  • General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI)
  • Honeywell International Inc.
  • Hyundai Motor Group (Supernal)
  • Intel Corp.
  • Insitu Inc.
  • Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd.
  • JD.com
  • Joby Aviation
  • Kaman Corp.
  • Kespry
  • Keystone Aerial Surveys
  • Korean Air Aerospace Business Division
  • L3Harris Technologies
  • Leonardo (formerly Finmeccanica)
  • Lockheed Martin Corp.
  • Lufthansa Technik AG
  • Matternet
  • Microdrones GmbH
  • MDA
  • Micropilot
  • Microsoft Corp.
  • Motorola Solutions/Cape
  • Northrop Grumman Corp.
  • Ondas Holdings, Inc./Airobotics
  • Pablo Air
  • Parrot SA
  • PrecisionHawk Inc. (acquired by Field)
  • Prismatic Ltd. (acquired by BAE Systems)
  • Prodrone Co. Ltd
  • QinetiQ
  • Qualcomm Technologies Inc.
  • Rakuten
  • Safran
  • RTX Corp.
  • Resolute ISR Inc.
  • Rheinmetall (formerly EMT Ingenieurgesellschaft)
  • Saab Group
  • Samsung
  • Schiebel Elektronische Geraete GmbH
  • SF Express
  • Sikorsky Aircraft Co. (Part of Lockheed Martin Corp.)
  • Skycatch
  • Skydio
  • Sky-Futures (an ICR Integrity company)
  • SkySpecs
  • SkyDrop (formerly Flirtey)
  • ST Engineering
  • Sony (Aerosense)
  • Survey Copter (subsidiary of Airbus)
  • Swift Engineering
  • Tekever Group
  • Teledyne Technologies Inc. (including FLIR)
  • Terra Drone
  • Textron Systems Unmanned Systems
  • Thales
  • Trimble Navigation
  • UMS Skeldar
  • Unifly
  • Verizon
  • Volansi Inc. (acquired by SNC)
  • Volocopter
  • Wing (Alphabet, GoogleX)
  • XAG Co., Ltd. (formerly XAircraft)
  • Yamaha Motor Co. Ltd.
  • Yuneec International
  • Zala Aero Group
  • Zero Zero Robotics
  • Zipline
Appendix: Sources on Worldwide UAS Operators

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Companies Mentioned

  • Aerialtronics
  • Aerodyne Group
  • AeroVironment Inc.
  • AgEagle Aerial Systems
  • Airbus Defense & Space (formerly European Defense and Space Co.)
  • Amazon.Com, Inc.
  • Altametris
  • AT&T
  • Aurora Flight Sciences (Boeing)
  • BAE Systems
  • Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
  • The Boeing Co.
  • CAE Inc.
  • CACI International Inc.
  • China Aerospace Science & Industry Corporation Limited (CASIC)
  • Chinese Academy of Aerospace Aerodynamics
  • Clobotics
  • CyberHawk Innovations Ltd
  • Delair
  • Delta Drone
  • Denel
  • DJI Innovations
  • Donecle
  • Draganfly Innovations Inc.
  • DPI UAV Systems (Dragonfly Pictures, Inc.)
  • DroneBase (renamed Zeitview)
  • DroneDeploy
  • DroneUp/AirMap
  • Drone Volt
  • Elbit Systems Ltd.
  • EHang (Beijing Yi-Hang Creation Science & Technology Co., Ltd.)
  • Facebook, Inc.
  • General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI)
  • Honeywell International Inc.
  • Hyundai Motor Group (Supernal)
  • Intel Corp.
  • Insitu Inc.
  • Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd.
  • JD.com
  • Joby Aviation
  • Kaman Corp.
  • Kespry
  • Keystone Aerial Surveys
  • Korean Air Aerospace Business Division
  • L3Harris Technologies
  • Leonardo (formerly Finmeccanica)
  • Lockheed Martin Corp.
  • Lufthansa Technik AG
  • Matternet
  • Microdrones GmbH
  • MDA
  • Micropilot
  • Microsoft Corp.
  • Motorola Solutions/Cape
  • Northrop Grumman Corp.
  • Ondas Holdings, Inc./Airobotics
  • Pablo Air
  • Parrot SA
  • PrecisionHawk Inc. (acquired by Field)
  • Prismatic Ltd. (acquired by BAE Systems)
  • Prodrone Co. Ltd
  • QinetiQ
  • Qualcomm Technologies Inc.
  • Rakuten
  • Safran
  • RTX Corp.
  • Resolute ISR Inc.
  • Rheinmetall (formerly EMT Ingenieurgesellschaft)
  • Saab Group
  • Samsung
  • Schiebel Elektronische Geraete GmbH
  • SF Express
  • Sikorsky Aircraft Co. (Part of Lockheed Martin Corp.)
  • Skycatch
  • Skydio
  • Sky-Futures (an ICR Integrity company)
  • SkySpecs
  • SkyDrop (formerly Flirtey)
  • ST Engineering
  • Sony (Aerosense)
  • Survey Copter (subsidiary of Airbus)
  • Swift Engineering
  • Tekever Group
  • Teledyne Technologies Inc. (including FLIR)
  • Terra Drone
  • Textron Systems Unmanned Systems
  • Thales
  • Trimble Navigation
  • UMS Skeldar
  • Unifly
  • Verizon
  • Volansi Inc. (acquired by SNC)
  • Volocopter
  • Wing (Alphabet, GoogleX)
  • XAG Co., Ltd. (formerly XAircraft)
  • Yamaha Motor Co. Ltd.
  • Yuneec International
  • Zala Aero Group
  • Zero Zero Robotics
  • Zipline

Methodology

The publisher's analysts employ a combination of empirical and expert centered approaches to forecasting across multiple global defense and aerospace markets. Numerous variables play into future market requirements: macroeconomics, geopolitics, regional competitiveness, public and private market forces, cost pressures, country‐specific budget constraints, supplier relationships, etc.

We maintain proprietary databases that provide a strong foundation for building a quantitative understanding of key relationships between the forces that drive the demand for an array of products, platforms, and systems. These data assets have been developed and expanded over 30 years of company operations and provide an unapparelled set of resources that make the publisher uniquely qualified to forecast future industry performance. These empirical fundamentals allow for rigorous modelling.

In addition to this highly structured, data-driven perspective, the publisher through the expertise of its analysts has a comprehensive qualitative understanding of the forces that shape market demand. It is our position that forecasting demands both empirical understanding and artistic interpretation based on insights gained from decades of dedicated research and analysis. The result is a forecast that combines both to achieve a highly informed window to the future.

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