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1. | EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS |
1.1. | Purpose of this report |
1.2. | Definitions and comparison |
1.2.1. | Electric UAV types |
1.2.2. | Acronyms, market drivers and uses |
1.3. | Why electrify? What is the end game? |
1.4. | Why have autonomy? |
1.5. | Why seek autonomy of navigation, task and power together? |
1.5.1. | Benefits |
1.5.2. | Autonomy of navigation, task and energy usually happening first in the air |
1.5.3. | Perpetual drones |
1.6. | Electric UAV formats |
1.7. | Contrast non-electric UAVs |
1.8. | UAV systems |
1.8.1. | Anatomy |
1.8.2. | Military UAS system evolution to electric |
1.9. | Convergence of technologies and new challenges |
1.10. | Some operational, technical and ethical challenges of UAVs |
1.11. | Insurance challenges |
1.12. | Tightening legal constraints |
1.13. | UAV autonomy propositions in context of other autonomous vehicles |
1.14. | Companies in the drone value chain |
1.14.1. | Top drone company ranking Q3 2016 by interest not sales |
1.15. | Market forecasts |
1.15.1. | IDTechEx seven forecasting categories for electric UAV craft explained |
1.15.2. | 2017: Year of disillusion when savvy investors see their chance |
1.15.3. | 2018-2027 Many enduring successes for electric UAVs: excellent VC exits as large companies buy their way in |
1.15.4. | Total electric UAV market |
1.15.5. | IDTechEx forecasts for seven electric UAV categories 2017-2027 - Numbers |
1.15.6. | Total electric UAV market - discussion |
1.15.7. | Commercial drone-enabled revenue |
1.15.8. | Examples of drone retail pricing excluding system |
1.15.9. | IDTechEx agricultural robots and drones ten-year forecasts |
1.15.10. | Optimistic forecasts made before the 2016 industry shakeout may now be revised |
1.15.11. | Alternative views |
1.15.12. | Independent view of commercial and prosumer potential using different drone definition |
1.16. | Visit to Aerosense Tokyo - August 2017 |
1.17. | Arctic Solar Drone |
1.18. | Odysseus from Boeing's Aurora Flight Services |
2. | INTRODUCTION |
2.1. | Terminology and value chain |
2.1.1. | Drone and UAV |
2.1.2. | UAS |
2.1.3. | Value chain elements |
2.2. | Some potentially leading applications |
2.2.1. | Military, agriculture etc. |
2.2.2. | Upper atmosphere internet delivery, surveillance |
2.3. | Design of electric UAVs |
2.4. | Ducted fan gains share: Finnmeccanica |
2.5. | New principles of flight |
2.6. | Energy storage |
2.6.1. | Rapid change |
2.6.2. | Rated power vs energy stored by technology |
2.6.3. | The role of energy storage technologies in electric vehicles |
2.6.4. | EV battery impact |
2.6.5. | EV lithium battery pack price to 2030 |
2.6.6. | Lithium-ion traction battery chemistry preferences |
2.6.7. | New Li technology maturity per market segment |
2.6.8. | Forecasts of energy density by type 2016-2028 |
2.6.9. | Rapid scale-up with rapid change of product spells trouble |
2.6.10. | Safety warning |
2.7. | Electric motors and controls |
2.7.1. | Brushless outrunner motors |
2.7.2. | Coreless motors in general |
2.7.3. | Overall choices of traction motor for electric vehicles |
2.7.4. | Motor controls |
2.7.5. | Sensors, other controls and functions |
2.8. | Autonomy of navigation and task |
2.8.1. | Requirements |
2.8.2. | Definitions: degrees of autonomy, design methodology |
2.8.3. | Function specific level of autonomy: Texas A&M |
2.8.4. | Technology options |
2.8.5. | Example: enhancement of commercial multicopter for autonomy |
2.8.6. | Example: Skybotix |
2.8.7. | Autonomous UAVs for agriculture |
2.8.8. | Hyperspectral image sensors |
2.8.9. | Hyperspectral imaging and precision agriculture |
2.8.10. | Hyperspectral imaging in other applications |
2.8.11. | Hyperspectral imaging sensors on the market |
2.8.12. | Common multi-spectral sensors used with agricultural drones |
2.8.13. | GeoVantage |
2.9. | Swarming technology: Perdix |
3. | AUTONOMY OF UAV ENERGY: ENERGY INDEPENDENT VEHICLE EIV TECHNOLOGY |
3.1. | Overview and EIV drone |
3.2. | Solar Ship EIV helium inflatable fixed wing Canada |
3.3. | Upper Atmosphere Dual Aircraft Platform vs Solar Plane |
4. | 4. EXAMPLES OF ELECTRIC UAVS IN ACTION |
4.1. | Agriculture |
4.1.1. | Overview |
4.1.2. | Aerial data collection - Satellite vs. plane vs drone mapping and scouting |
4.1.3. | Benefits of using aerial imaging in farming |
4.1.4. | Unmanned drones in rice field pest control in Japan |
4.1.5. | Unmanned drones and helicopters for field spraying |
4.1.6. | Unmanned agriculture drones on the market |
4.1.7. | Comparing different agricultural drones on the market |
4.1.8. | Regulation barriers coming down? |
4.1.9. | Agricultural drones: the emerging value chain |
4.1.10. | Core company information on key agricultural drone companies |
4.2. | Product delivery |
4.2.1. | Amazon, Zipline, Swiss Post, NUS |
4.2.2. | Zipline |
4.2.3. | Disposable drones for delivery |
4.3. | Surveying |
4.4. | UAVs for guidance |
4.5. | Tethered UAVs for endurance or power generation |
4.5.1. | Aerovironment, Elistair, Univ Southampton |
4.5.2. | Alphabet (Google) Makani tethered drone for electricity generation |
4.5.3. | TwingTec |
4.6. | Detail of energy independent drones |
4.6.1. | Northrop Grumman airship USA |
4.6.2. | Mitre DARPA airship USA |
4.6.3. | Lockheed Martin HALE-D airship USA |
4.6.4. | Dirisolar airship France |
4.6.5. | Turtle airship USA |
4.6.6. | Brunel solar powered autonomous aircraft |
4.6.7. | China Aerospace |
5. | COMPANY PROFILES |
5.1. | 3D Robotics USA |
5.2. | AgEagle USA |
5.3. | Agribotix USA |
5.4. | Airinov France |
5.5. | DJI China |
5.6. | Eviation Aircraft |
5.7. | Festo Germany |
5.8. | Gamaya Switzerland |
5.9. | G-Force Japan |
5.10. | Headwall China |
5.11. | Hitec Multiplex Japan |
5.12. | LeddarTech USA |
5.13. | MicaSense USA |
5.14. | Novariant USA |
5.15. | Parrot France |
5.16. | Prospera Israel |
5.17. | Ruiven China |
5.18. | Scanse USA |
5.19. | Scanse USA |
5.20. | senseFly Switzerland |
5.21. | Sentra USA |
5.22. | Shadow Robotics UK |
5.23. | SpeIR USA |
5.24. | Syma China |
5.25. | Trimble USA |
5.26. | URSULA Agriculture UK |
5.27. | Walkera China |
Slides | 160 |
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Companies | 21 |
Forecasts to | 2027 |