Drone Market and Industries 2021-2041

Technologies, players, markets, and forecasts of drone technologies and drone industries. A comprehensive research report on drone markets.

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This market research report from IDTechEx provides a comprehensive analysis of the drone market, considering components, technologies, and application roadmaps. This report delivers short-, medium-, and long-term views of the entire drone industry. It contains forecasts up to 2041 on key business areas and market segments. The key topics covered in the report are as follows:
 
Business trends in the drone industry: The market research report compiles information from over 120 hardware and software companies to identify the key trends in the drone industry. The major players of the drone industry are compared within the areas of drone industry such as software, hardware, and analytics. This provides you with the knowledge to make informed decisions, and understanding of this disruptive and fast growing market area.
 
Drone technology/components: The market research report covers the major players in the drone hardware market, identifying their benefits and drawbacks to provide you with insight and understanding into this vast market area. Drone technology typically falls within two groups: fixed wing and rotary craft. Both are considered in this report, along with their benefits and limitations for different use cases and applications.
 
Drone software, and associated analytics: Software and analytics are key to drones. In this market research report, the following software types are considered: flight control, mission planning & management, and data analytics. The role of each type of software, historic investment and funding trends, along with forecasts, are analysed and presented to give you the insight into this key area of drone adoption and use cases. For example, for flight control we examine how the capability is evolving from basic remote-control towards full autonomous flight via see-avoid/track etc.
 
Sensors in drones: This market research report covers a range of sensors which are critical to drone operation. In this report the following sensors are considered: IMUs, GPS, camera, infrared, ultrasound, radar and LIDAR sensors. Furthermore, the report contains detailed market analysis of the major players in these markets, compared and analysed.
 
Regulation: This market research report provides an overview of the regulation of drones in key territories before offering insights into how the regulations might and should be evolved. Regulations currently impose many constraints on drones, shaping their potential market in various applications. Furthermore, technology capability is currently pushing ahead of regulation, therefore legislators worldwide have difficult calls to make to ensure the right balance between commercial interest, public safety, and personal privacy.
 
Drone use cases: There are many different commercial use cases for drones in the drone market. In this market research report, the following use cases for drones are compared and analysed:
  • Search and Rescue
  • Agriculture
  • Delivery
  • Security
  • Mapping and Localisation
 
Key questions answered in this report include:
  • What are the main use cases for drones in 2030, 2040?
  • Who are the major players in the drone market?
  • What are the key drivers for market growth?
  • What is the projected revenue for the drones market from 2020 onwards?
  • What is the drone market segmentation?
  • What is the drone segmentation between consumer and commercial drones?
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1.EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1.1.1.Executive Introduction
1.1.2.Different Drone Designs
1.1.3.Drone Designs: Aerodynamics
1.1.4.Sensor fusion: towards navigational autonomy
1.1.5.Hype cycle for drone applications
1.2.Executive Summary Drone Hardware
1.2.1.Why are there two types of drones?
1.2.2.Key Drone Hardware Trends
1.2.3.Hardware: Major Players
1.2.4.Benefits/Drawbacks of Fixed Wing
1.2.5.Benefits/Drawbacks of Rotary
1.2.6.Historical Trends: Hardware Drone Company Revenue
1.2.7.Historical Trends: Hardware Investment
1.3.Executive Summary Drone Software
1.3.1.Why software in drones matters
1.3.2.Historical Trends: Software Drone Company Revenue
1.3.3.Major Software Players
1.3.4.Specific Players in many sectors
1.4.Executive Summary Drone Sensors
1.4.1.Sensor Summary
1.4.2.Historic Revenue Trends: Drone Sensors
1.5.Executive Summary Drone Use Cases
1.5.1.Introduction
1.5.2.Different Applications have Different Maturity Levels
1.5.3.What technologies are needed
1.5.4.Market Growth/Share Matrix for Use Cases
1.6.Forecasts 2021-2031
1.6.1.Revenue, Drones Market, 2021-2031
1.6.2.Drone Hardware Forecasts, 2021-2031
1.6.3.Hardware Market Split, 2021-2031
1.7.Forecasts 2021-2041
1.7.1.Use Case Forecast 2021-2031
1.7.2.Use Case Forecast 2031-2041
2.INTRODUCTION
2.1.What is a drone?
2.2.Different Drone Designs
2.3.Drone Designs: Aerodynamics
2.4.There is a wide geographical spread of companies
2.5.Drone Materials
2.6.Sensor fusion: towards navigational autonomy
2.7.Historic Drone Investment
2.8.Cost of Drones
2.9.Growth, the major players, and market size
2.10.Hype cycle for drone applications
2.11.The limit of regulations
2.12.Report Scope
3.AERODYNAMICS
3.1.1.Why are there two types of drones?
3.2.Fixed Wing Drones
3.2.1.Benefits/Drawbacks of Fixed Wing
3.2.2.Examples of fixed wing use cases
3.2.3.Fixed Wing Product Examples
3.2.4.Delair
3.2.5.Bluebird Aerosystems
3.2.6.Bormatec
3.2.7.AgEagle
3.2.8.Drone Volt
3.2.9.Applied Aeronautics
3.2.10.Black Swift Technologies
3.2.11.Robot Aviation
3.2.12.C-Astral
3.2.13.Rotary/ Quadcopter Drones
3.2.14.Benefits/Drawbacks of Rotary
3.3.Rotary Main Use Cases
3.3.1.Rotary Product Examples
3.3.2.DJI
3.3.3.Yuneec
3.3.4.Parrot
3.4.Historic Hardware Trends
3.4.1.Historical Trends: Hardware Drone Company Revenue
3.4.2.Historical Trends: Hardware Investment
3.4.3.Hardware: Major Players
4.DRONE SOFTWARE
4.1.An Introduction to AI
4.1.1.What is artificial intelligence (AI)? Terminologies explained
4.1.2.Main types of AI in Drones
4.1.3.Requirements for AI in Drones
4.1.4.Main deep learning (DL) approaches
4.1.5.DL makes automated image recognition possible
4.1.6.Image recognition AI is based on convolutional neural networks (CNNs)
4.1.7.Workings of CNNs: How are images processed?
4.1.8.Workings of CNNs: Another example
4.1.9.Common CNN architectures for image recognition
4.1.10.Milestones in DL: Image recognition surpasses human level
4.1.11.Limiting factors of image recognition AI using CNNs
4.1.12.Assessing algorithm performance: The importance of true/false positives/negatives
4.1.13.Measures in deep learning: Sensitivity and Specificity
4.1.14.Measures in deep learning: Area Under Curve (AUC) or area under curve of receiver operating characteristics (AUCROC)
4.1.15.When AUC is not a good measure of the algorithm success?
4.1.16.Measures in deep learning: Reproducibility
4.1.17.F1 Score
4.1.18.Drivers of image recognition AI usage in Drones
4.2.Examples of Drone Software Companies
4.2.1.Pix4D
4.2.2.Auterion
4.2.3.Drone Deploy
4.2.4.Precision Hawk
4.2.5.SkyWard
4.2.6.Propeller Aero
4.3.Historic Software Trends
4.3.1.Historical Trends: Software Drone Company Revenue
4.3.2.Major Software Players
4.3.3.Specific Players in many sectors
4.3.4.Historical Trends: Software Investment
5.DRONE SENSORS
5.1.1.Introduction
5.2.IMU
5.2.1.Inertial measurement unit (IMU) on drones
5.2.2.Inertial Labs
5.2.3.SBG Systems
5.2.4.Advanced Navigation
5.3.Mapping and Localisation Sensors
5.3.1.RADAR
5.3.2.LiDAR
5.3.3.Ultrasonic Sensors
5.3.4.GPS Sensors
5.3.5.Collision Avoidance Systems
5.4.Mapping and Localisation Sensor Company Profiles
5.4.1.SBG Systems
5.4.2.VectorNav Technologies
5.4.3.Leia GeoSystems
5.4.4.Velodyne LiDAR Sensors
5.4.5.Routescene
5.4.6.YellowScan
5.5.Image Sensors
5.5.1.Image Sensors: Thermal/Infrared
5.5.2.Image Sensors: Infrared Sensors
5.5.3.DJI / Zenmuse Thermal Visual XT2
5.5.4.Yuneec
5.5.5.Image Sensors: Time-of-Flight
5.5.6.Texas Instruments
5.5.7.STMicroelectronics NV
5.5.8.Panasonic Corporation
5.5.9.Teledyne Technologies Incorporated
5.5.10.Infineon Technologies
5.5.11.Broadcom Inc
5.5.12.Terabee
5.5.13.Image Sensors: Multispectral
5.5.14.Sentera
5.6.Pressure Sensors
5.6.1.Texas Instruments
5.7.Altimeter Sensors
5.7.1.Altimeter Sensors
5.7.2.Bosch Sensortec
5.7.3.Terabee
5.8.Historic Sensor Trends
5.8.1.Historic Revenue Trends: Drone Sensors
5.8.2.Major Players in Drone Sensors
6.APPLICATION SPLIT
6.1.1.Introduction
6.2.Overall Scope of Use Cases
6.2.1.Different Applications have Different Maturity Levels
6.2.2.What technologies are needed
6.2.3.Market Growth/Share Matrix for Use Cases
6.3.Historic Revenue Split by Use Case
6.3.1.Historic Revenue Trends - Use Case
6.4.Use Case: Agriculture
6.4.1.Introduction
6.4.2.Value chain in agriculture
6.4.3.Satellite vs. drone mapping and scouting
6.4.4.Common drones used in agriculture for data acquisition
6.4.5.Case Study: Agriculture
6.4.6.Case Study: Agriculture Drone Software
6.4.7.AgEagle
6.4.8.Delair
6.4.9.Drones in agriculture: past, present and future
6.4.10.Agricultural drones: emergence of data analytics firms
6.4.11.Market Players
6.5.Use Case: Mapping and Localisation
6.5.1.Introduction
6.5.2.Drone mapping and modelling
6.5.3.Forestry
6.5.4.Inspection
6.5.5.3D Mapping and modelling
6.5.6.Land surveying
6.5.7.Real estate
6.5.8.Construction
6.5.9.Mining
6.5.10.Mapping applications roadmap
6.5.11.Market Players
6.6.Use Case: Delivery and Logistics
6.6.1.Introduction
6.6.2.Delivery and Logistics: past, present and future
6.6.3.Why drone-based last mile delivery?
6.6.4.What different companies think about drone-based delivery?
6.6.5.Trends in charts: rise of e-commerce, fall of department stores, and accelerated closure of commercial real estates
6.6.6.Development timeline of drone use in last mile or remote area delivery
6.6.7.Amazon: Will it make drones as common as mail trucks in the future?
6.6.8.Tesco Drone Delivery
6.6.9.Matternet: transition from humanitarian remote delivery to commercial delivery in Europe?
6.6.10.Zipline: fix-wing drones making medina delivery to remote areas
6.6.11.Barriers to entry into the market
6.6.12.Market Players
6.7.Use Case: Security
6.7.1.Introduction
6.7.2.Drones in Security
6.7.3.Amazon/Ring "Always Home Cam" Drone
6.7.4.Market Players
7.FORECASTS
7.1.1.Introduction
7.2.Assumptions: Regulations and Rules
7.2.1.The difference between commercial and consumer drones
7.2.2.Regulation Approaches - high level, commercial setting
7.2.3.Comparison of Regulations - examples
7.2.4.How the regulations impact the drone industry
7.3.Overall Forecasts 2021-2031
7.3.1.Revenue, Drones Market, 2021-2031
7.3.2.Full forecast 2021-2031
7.4.Hardware Forecasts 2031-2041
7.4.1.Drone Hardware Forecasts, 2021-2031
7.4.2.Hardware Market Split, 2021-2031
7.4.3.Drone Hardware full breakdown
7.4.4.Drone Volume Forecast 2021-2031
7.5.Drone Use Case Forecasts 2021-2041
7.5.1.Use Case Forecast - 2021-2031
7.5.2.Use Case Forecast - 2021-2031
7.5.3.Use Case Forecast 2031-2041
7.5.4.Use Case Forecast 2031-2041
7.5.5.Use Case Forecast Values 2021-2041
 

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