The study is designed to give a comprehensive overview of the commercial drone market segment. Research represents a selection from the mountains of data available of the most relevant and cogent market materials, with selections made by the most senior analysts. Commentary on every aspect of the market from independent analysts creates an independent perspective in the evaluation of the market. In this manner the study presents a comprehensive overview of what is going on in this market, assisting managers with designing market strategies likely to succeed.
Next generation commercial drones achieve a complete replacement of existing commercial airfreight delivery systems, they are used for 3D mapping, commercial pipeline observation, border patrol, package delivery, photography, and agriculture are more energy efficient, last longer and have a significantly lower cost of operation than manned aircraft. Drones markets promise to grow significantly because of the more economical visualization and navigation provided by systems. Visualization includes mapping from the air, inspection from the air, surveillance from the air, and package delivery from the air. The unmanned aircraft equipped with cameras are able to do things that cannot be done in any other way. This bodes well for market development. Unmanned aircraft systems promise to achieve a more significant aspect of commercial market presence. Army Unmanned Aircraft Systems flying of 3 million flight hours gives drones market credibility. Eighty eight percent of those hours were logged in combat situations in Iraq and Afghanistan, paving the way for commercial drone markets to develop. Quantities of fielded systems increase as application usefulness increases. Police departments, the oil and gas industry, border patrol, and utilities are all using commercial drones. Units are used for agriculture. Vendors continue to improve the capabilities of these drone aircraft as more air miles are logged. Their ability to support the commercial endeavors is increasing. Unmanned aircraft have fundamentally changed the accuracy of utility and oil and gas inspections. They are set to fundamentally change how agriculture is conducted. Japan and Australia have been using drones in agriculture since the 1980s. Worldwide markets are evolving for several compelling applications. High value crops are a target of agricultural robotic development.
What could be tastier than a strawberry, perfectly formed, and perfectly ripened? New agricultural robots are able to improve the delivery of consistent quality food, and to implement efficiency in managing food production. Strawberries are a high profit crop. A new generation of drones has just been born. Strawberry spraying with the world’s most advanced technology is able to give maximum performance to a farm. Harvesting robots can use pictures from drones to optimize the productivity of the farming business by determining fruit ripeness from the air. Growers can get the best results in a berry farm using automated process. Automated picking collection systems improve labor productivity, give speed and agility to harvest operations. The robotic platforms are capable of site-specific spraying. The capability is targeted spraying only on foliage and selected targets. It can be used for selective harvesting of fruit. The robots detect the fruit, sense its ripeness, then move to grasp and softly detach only ripe fruit. Drone commercial uses will provide billions of dollars in economic growth. Centers of excellence are evolving worldwide. For the most part, open-use policies are in effect worldwide. Except in the US, Drones are currently mostly banned in the US. The US is more restrictive, it could take months, even years before the FAA offers preliminary guidelines on the commercial use of unmanned aircraft systems Commercial drones are set to build highways in the sky. The market will only evolve past the early adopter stage after the industry finds ways to build navigation infrastructure that is safe and that works. Roads in the sky will create altitude differences that function as bridges to separate the drones from each other when they are flying at angles to each other. This type of navigation needs to be defined by industry standards groups, much as the software industry has been able to develop industry stands that provide the base for a market, so also, the commercial drone manufacturers need to come together with representatives from each company and from all the governments to decide on the highways in the sky.
Table of Contents
COMMERCIAL DRONES, UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS (UAS) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 33
Commercial Drone Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) 33
Commercial Drone UAS Challenges 39
Commercial Drone Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) 40
Commercial Drone Infrastructure Standards 44
Commercial Drone Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Market Shares 45
Commercial Drone Unmanned Aircraft Market Forecasts 47
Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), Market Total Forecasts 48
1. DRONES: COMMERCIAL UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS (UAS)
MARKET DESCRIPTION AND MARKET DYNAMICS 50
1.1 Drones: Commercial Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Market Description 50
1.1.1 US FAA Issues 51
1.1.2 Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) 52
1.2 Pre-Position UASs In Key Strategic Locations 52
1.2.1 Maritime Air Take-Off and Landing: 53
1.2.2 Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Aerial Refueling 53
1.2.3 Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Enhanced Capability and Payloads 53
1.2.4 Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Enhanced Resilience 55
1.2.5 Small and Micro-UASs 55
1.2.6 Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Perimeter Surveillance 56
1.2.7 Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs) Surveillance 56
1.3 Georeferenced Imagery 58
1.3.1 Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Traffic Monitoring 59
1.3.2 Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Agriculture Mapping 60
1.3.3 Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Homeland Security 61
1.3.4 Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) for Scientific Research 63
1.4 Globalization and Technology 65
1.4.1 Proliferation of Conventional Military Technologies 65
1.4.2 UASs General Roles 65
1.5 Border Patrol: 66
1.6 Development Of Lighter Yet More Powerful Power Sources For UASs 67
2. COMMERCIAL DRONES, UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS (UAS) MARKET SHARES AND FORECASTS 68
2.1 Commercial Drone Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) 68
2.1.1 UAS Challenges 74
2.1.2 Commercial Drone Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) 75
2.1.3 Commercial Drone Infrastructure Standards 78
2.2 Commercial Drone Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Market Shares 79
2.2.1 Commercial Drone Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Market Shares 83
2.2.2 BP and AeroVironment Launch FAA-Approved, Commercial Unmanned Aircraft Operations 84
2.2.3 AeroVironment’s Extensive Operational Track Record 86
2.2.4 AeroVironment $11.2 Million Order for Raven Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Services 86
2.2.5 Textron /AAI 87
2.2.6 Textron Shadow® 90
2.2.7 Aurora Flight Sciences Odysseus Solar-Powered Aircraft 91
2.2.8 Insitu 91
2.2.9 Draganflyer X4 UAV 92
2.2.10 Boeing Insitu 92
2.2.11 DRS Unmanned Technologies Ground Control Stations 93
2.2.12 Proxy Aviation Systems 93
2.2.13 Northrop Grumman Bat 3 93
2.2.14 General Atomics Predator® UAS 94
2.2.15 General Atomics Predator® B UAS 96
2.2.16 Border Patrol / Law Enforcement Drone Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Market Shares 97
2.2.17 Package Delivery Drone Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Market Shares, 98
2.2.18 Google Package Delivery 99
2.2.19 Utility and Pipeline Inspection Drone Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Market Shares 100
2.2.20 Agricultural Inspection and Planting Drone Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)
Market Shares 104
2.2.21 Yamaha RMAX 106
2.2.22 Photography and Videography Drone Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Market Shares 109
2.3 Commercial Drone Unmanned Aircraft Market Forecasts 110
2.3.1 Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), Market Total Forecasts 111
2.3.2 Small Commercial Drone Unmanned Aircraft Market Forecasts 114
2.3.1 Mid-Size Commercial Drone Unmanned Aircraft Market Forecasts 117
2.3.1 Small and Mid Size Commercial Drone Unmanned Aerial Systems 120
2.3.2 Commercial Drone Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), Market Forecasts by Sector 121
2.3.3 Commercial Drone UAS Wing Based Subsegments 131
2.4 Unmanned Aerial Systems Payloads 131
2.4.1 Composites Key to UAV Utility 132
2.5 Unmanned Airplane Regional Market Analysis 133
2.5.1 U.S Accounts for 73 Percent Of The Worldwide Research, Development, Test,
And Evaluation (RDT&E) Spending On UAV Technology 135
2.5.2 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Industry Regional Summary 136
2.5.3 UAS Marketplace Moving Target 138
2.5.4 China 138
3. DRONES: COMMERCIAL UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS (UAS)
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION 139
3.1 AeroVironment 139
3.1.1 BP and AeroVironment Launch FAA-Approved, Commercial Unmanned Aircraft Operations 139
3.1.2 AeroVironment and Commercial UAV 144
3.1.3 AeroVironment AV’s Family of Small UAS 146
3.1.4 AeroVironment Raven 147
3.2 Textron Aerosonde 148
3.2.1 Textron / Aerosonde AAI Services 151
3.2.2 Textron Systems AAI 153
3.2.3 Textron Systems AAI RQ-7B Shadow® Tactical UAS Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) 154
3.2.4 Textron Systems AAI Shadow® Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (TUAS) 155
3.2.5 AAI Shadow 400 Unmanned Aircraft Deployed With Allied Naval Forces 156
3.2.6 Textron Systems AAI Shadow 600 System 157
3.2.7 Textron 158
3.2.8 Textron Shadow® Reconnaissance, Surveillance 160
3.2.9 Textron Shadow® M2 162
3.2.10 Textron UAS Support 163
3.2.11 Textron UAS Training 165
3.2.12 Textron Systems AAI Ground Control Stations 166
3.2.13 Textron Systems AAI Remote Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Terminals 167
3.2.14 Textron Systems AAI / Aerosonde® 169
3.2.15 Textron Systems AAI and Aeronautics Orbiter™ 169
3.2.16 Textron Systems AAI Ground Control Stations 170
3.2.17 Textron Systems AAI Remote Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Terminals 170
3.2.18 Textron Systems AAI One System Remote Video Terminal 171
3.2.19 Textron Systems AAI Tactical Sensor Intelligence Sharing System 171
3.2.20 Textron Systems Wasp Micro Air Vehicle (MAV) 173
3.2.21 Textron Systems Homeland Security 173
3.2.22 Nano Air Vehicle 177
3.3 Boeing 178
3.3.1 Boeing A160 Hummingbird Helicopter 178
3.3.2 Boeing Condor Unmanned Aerial Vehicle 180
3.3.3 Boeing ScanEagle Small Footprint UAS Solutions 181
3.4 BAE Systems 187
3.4.1 BAE Systems Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) 187
3.4.2 BAE Systems Compact Rotary Wing/UAV LDRF 188
3.4.3 BAE Systems Herti 188
3.4.4 BAE Systems Image Collection and Exploitation (ICE) Sensor Management System 190
3.4.5 BAE Systems Mantis 192
3.4.6 BAE Systems MIM500™ Series of Uncooled Infrared Camera Cores 196
3.4.7 BAE Systems Taranis 199
3.4.8 BAE Systems Taranis – Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV) 200
3.4.9 BAE Systems Telemos 201
3.5 Aurora Flight Sciences Hale 203
3.5.1 Aurora SKATE – Small Unmanned Aircraft System 203
3.5.2 Aurora’s Advanced Concepts: SunLight Eagle – Green Flight 204
3.5.3 Aurora’s Excalibur 204
3.5.4 Aurora GoldenEye 80 – Small, Capable Surveillance UAS 205
3.5.5 Aurora’s Advanced Concepts: UHATF 206
3.5.6 Aurora Flight Sciences Orion 210
3.5.7 Aurora Flight Sciences Odysseus Solar-Powered Aircraft 212
3.5.8 Aurora Flight Sciences Orion HALL 212
3.5.9 Aurora Flight Sciences Earth Science Applications 212
3.5.10 Aurora Small Unmanned Aerial Systems 217
3.5.11 Aurora Flight Sciences Skate 218
3.5.12 Aurora Tactical Systems 219
3.5.13 Aurora Diamond DA42 MPP 220
3.5.14 Aurora Excalibur 223
3.5.15 Aurora GoldenEye 50 227
3.5.16 Aurora GoldenEye 80 228
3.5.17 System Description 230
3.6 L-3 Communications UAS APEX Programs 232
3.6.1 L-3 Communications Next Generation Precision Unmanned Aircraft Systems 234
3.6.2 L-3 Communications Small Expendable Tube-Launched UAS 234
3.6.3 L-3’s Mid-Tier UAS Programs 239
3.6.4 L-3 Communications Medium Altitude Long Endurance Unmanned Or Manned – Mobius 241
3.6.5 L-3 Communications Cutlass 244
3.6.6 L-3 Unmanned Systems’ Viking 100 Runway Operations 246
3.6.7 L-3 Communications Viking 300 Runway Operations 249
3.6.8 L-3 Communications Viking 400 250
3.6.9 L-3 Communications TigerShark 252
3.6.10 L-3 Communications Generation IV Ground Control Station 256
3.6.11 L-3 Communications On-board Precision Automated Landing System (O-PALS) 258
3.6.12 L-3 Communications ISR Services 260
3.6.13 L-3 Communications System Integration and Technical Support 261
3.7 Challis Heliplane UAV Inc. 261
3.8 Draganfly Innovations Inc. 265
3.8.1 Draganflyer Guardian 265
3.8.2 Draganfly X4 266
3.8.3 Draganflyer X6 272
3.8.4 Draganflyer Aerial Photography & Video Applications 274
3.8.5 Draganflyer Real Estate Applications 275
3.8.6 Draganflyer Law Enforcement Applications 276
3.8.7 Draganflyer X8 279
3.9 DRS Unmanned Technologies Ground Control Stations 281
3.9.1 DRS Aircraft Monitoring Unit (AMU) 282
3.10 General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) Claw® Sensor Control 283
3.10.1 GA-ASI Athena RF Tag 290
3.10.2 General Atomics Aeronautical Systems GA – Predator® UAS 291
3.10.3 General Atomics Aeronautical Systems GA – Gray Eagle™ UAS 293
3.11 Boeing / Insitu / Commercial 295
3.11.1 Insitu Arctic Ice Floe Monitoring 297
3.11.2 Insitu Mammal Monitoring 297
3.11.3 Insitu Pipeline Surveys 298
3.11.4 Insitu Power-Line Inspections 298
3.11.5 Insitu Geomagnetic Surveys 299
3.11.6 Insitu Commercial Fishing 299
3.11.7 Insitu Public Safety 299
3.11.8 Insitu Disaster Response 300
3.11.9 Insitu Search and Rescue 301
3.11.10 Insitu Port and Border Security 301
3.11.11 Insitu Communications Relay 302
3.11.12 Insitu Over-the-Horizon Sensing 302
3.11.13 Insitu Counter-Narcotics 303
3.11.14 Insitu Offshore Base 304
3.11.15 Insitu Defense 304
3.11.16 Insitu Payload Systems 305
3.11.17 Insitu Force Protection 306
3.11.18 Insitu Combined Arms 306
3.11.19 Insitu Research Future of UAS Operations and Technology 307
3.11.20 Insitu ICOMC2 Streamline Process 308
3.11.21 Insitu ICOMC2’s Breakthrough Technology Extends Drone Capabilities 309
3.11.22 Boeing / Insitu ScanEagle 313
3.11.23 Insitu Integrator 314
3.11.24 Insitu NightEagle 316
3.12 Integrated Dynamics 317
3.12.1 Integrated Dynamics Skycam 317
3.12.2 Integrated Dynamics Pride 319
3.12.3 Integrated Dynamics Spirit 321
3.12.4 Integrated Dynamics Border Eagle MK – II 324
3.12.5 Integrated Dynamics Hornet 325
3.12.6 Integrated Dynamics HAWK MK – V 326
3.12.7 Integrated Dynamics VISION UAV systems 327
3.12.8 Integrated Dynamics VISION MK I 329
3.12.9 Integrated Dynamics Vision M K – I I 330
3.12.10 Integrated Dynamics S/Integrated Dynamics Integrated Dynamics M K – I 331
3.12.11 Integrated Dynamics Vector 332
3.12.12 Integrated Dynamics Tornado 333
3.12.13 Integrated Dynamics Nishan MK – II 333
3.12.14 Integrated Dynamics Nishan TJ – 1000 334
3.12.15 Integrated Dynamics Rover 335
3.12.16 Integrated Dynamics Explorer 336
3.13 MMIST Mist Mobility 336
3.13.1 MMist Unmanned Logistics Air Vehicle (ULAV) 340
3.13.2 Sherpa Ranger / MMist 342
3.14 Marcus UAV Systems 350
3.14.1 Marcus Autopilots 352
3.15 Proxy Aviation Systems 353
3.15.1 Proxy PROTEUS™ 353
3.15.2 Proxy PACS 354
3.15.3 The Proxy Autonomous Control Suite (PACS™) Virtual Pilot / Virtual Operator 355
3.15.4 Proxy Cooperative Control/UDMS 356
3.15.5 Proxy SkyRaider 359
3.16 LaserMotive 362
3.16.1 LaserMotive UAV Power Links 362
3.16.2 LaserMotive Teams with Germany’s Ascending Technologies 362
3.17 China Aerospace Science & Industry Corp Jet-Powered WJ600 363
3.17.1 Chinese Naval UAS 368
3.18 ASN Technology Group 368
3.19 Boeing X-37B Space Shuttle 369
3.20 Northrop Grumman / Scaled Composites 371
3.20.1 Proteus 371
3.21 Schiebel Camcopter S-100 371
3.21.1 Schiebel Camcopter Target Markets: 372
3.22 Parrot AR.Drone 2.0 $299, Flies Off a Roof 373
3.23 Google 374
3.23.1 Google Loon 375
3.23.2 Google Loon Balloon Project 377
3.23.3 Google Titan Aerospace 379
3.24 Facebook 381
3.25 Outernet Beamed Via Satellite 381
3.25.1 Outernet Mobile Cloud Network Infrastructure 384
3.26 Lockheed Martin Expeditionary Ground Control System 384
3.26.1 Lockheed Martin Integrated Sensor Is Structure (ISIS) 386
3.26.2 Lockheed Martin Integrated Sensor IS Structure (ISIS) Concept of Operations 387
3.26.3 Lockheed Martin K-MAX Unmanned Helicopter 389
3.26.4 Lockheed Martin K-MAX Used By Commercial Operators 391
3.26.5 Lockheed Martin ARES 392
3.26.6 Lockheed Martin Desert Hawk III 394
3.26.7 Lockheed Martin Fury 395
3.26.8 Lockheed Martin Expeditionary Ground Control System 397
3.26.9 Lockheed Martin Remote Minehunting System 399
3.26.10 Lockheed Martin Marlin 400
3.26.11 Lockheed Martin Persistent Threat Detection System 402
3.26.12 Lockheed Martin Stalker UAS Package Delivery 404
3.26.13 Lockheed Martin Stalker Droppable Payload 405
3.27 Northrop Grumman 407
3.27.1 Northrop Grumman MLB Company 407
3.27.2 Northrop Grumman.Bat 3 408
3.27.3 Northrop Grumman BAT 4 UAV 410
3.27.4 Northrop Grumman V-BAT UAV 413
3.27.5 Northrop Grumman Super Bat with Piccolo II Autopilot and TASE Gimbal 416
3.27.6 Northrop Grumman Unmanned Aerial Systems 418
3.27.7 Northrop Grumman Bat Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) 419
3.27.8 Northrop Grumman Firebird 421
3.27.9 Northrop Grumman Persistent Multiple Intelligence Gathering Air System 421
3.27.10 Northrop Grumman M324 UAS (Unmanned Aerial System) 422
3.27.11 Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Block 20 Global Hawk 423
3.27.12 Northrop Grumman Drone Program Overview 423
3.27.13 Northrop Grumman Block 20 Global Hawk Specification 424
3.27.14 Northrop Grumman Euro Hawk® 424
3.27.15 Northrop Grumman Triton 426
3.27.16 Northrop Grumman’s MQ-4C Triton Program: 426
3.27.17 Northrop Grumman Common Mission Management System (CMMS) 428
3.27.18 Northrop Grumman Solution 429
3.27.19 Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk 430
3.27.20 Northrop Grumman Global Hawk (U.S. Air Force) RQ-4 Programs 430
3.27.21 Northrop Grumman GHMD (U.S. Navy 434
3.27.22 NASA Global Hawk (NASA Dryden) 434
3.27.23 NATO AGS (U.S. and Allied Nations) 438
3.27.24 Northrop Grumman X-47B UCAS 442
3.27.25 Northrop Grumman Fire-X Medium-Range Vertical Unmanned Aircraft System 443
3.28 General Atomics ® UAS 445
3.28.1 General Atomics Predator® B UAS 446
3.28.2 General Atomics Gray Eagle™ UAS 449
3.28.3 General Atomics Predator Jet Performance C Avenger® UAS 452
3.28.4 General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-1B Predator 455
4. COMMERCIAL UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS (UAS) TECHNOLOGY 461
4.1 Learning to Fly a Hobby or Commercial Drone 461
4.1.1 US FAA Launches Drone Safety Campaign 462
4.2 UAS Sense and Avoid Evolution Avionics Approach 464
4.3 Northrop Grumman.BAT UAV Open Architecture 471
4.4 Integrated Dynamics Flight Telecommand & Control Systems 472
4.4.1 AP 2000 473
4.4.2 AP 5000 473
4.4.3 IFCS-6000 (Integrated Autonomous Flight Control System) 473
4.4.4 IFCS-7000 (Integrated Autonomous Flight Control System) 474
4.4.5 Portable Telecommand And Control System (P.T.C.S.) 476
4.5 Integrated Radio Guidance Transmitter (IRGX) 476
4.5.1 Portable Telecommand And Control System (P.T.C.S.) 477
4.6 IRGX (Integrated Radio Guidance Transmitter) 477
4.6.1 Ground Control Stations 478
4.6.2 GCS 1200 478
4.6.3 GCS 2000 479
4.7 Antenna Tracking Systems 480
4.8 ATPS 1200 480
4.8.1 ATPS 2000 481
4.8.2 Gyro Stabilized Payloads 482
4.8.3 GSP 100 483
4.8.4 GSP 900 484
4.8.5 GSP 1200 485
4.9 Civilian UAV’s – Rover Systemstm 485
4.10 CPI-406 Deployable Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT) 486
4.10.1 Deployable Flight Incident Recorder Set (DFIRS) 487
4.10.2 Airborne Separation Video System (ASVS) 487
4.10.3 Airborne Separation Video System – Remote Sensor (ASVS – RS) 488
4.10.4 Airborne Tactical Server (ATS) 488
4.11 Aurora Very High-Altitude Propulsion System (VHAPS) 490
4.12 Aurora Autonomy & Flight Control 491
4.12.1 Aurora Guidance Sensors And Control Systems MAV Guidance 492
4.12.2 Aurora Multi-Vehicle Cooperative Control for Air and Sea Vehicles in Littoral Operations (UAV/USV) 493
4.12.3 Aurora and MIT On-board Planning System for UAVs Supporting Expeditionary Reconnaissance and Surveillance (OPS-USERS) 494
4.12.4 Aurora Flare Planning 496
4.12.5 Aurora Distributed Sensor Fusion 499
4.12.6 Aurora Aerospace Electronics 501
4.12.7 Aurora is CTC-REF 501
4.13 Space Technologies: Autonomous Control of Space Nuclear Reactors (ACSNR) 501
4.13.1 Rule-based Asset Management for Space Exploration Systems (RAMSES) 502
4.13.2 Synchronized Position Hold, Engage & Reorient Experiment Satellites (SPHERES) 503
4.14 Positive Pressure Relief Valve (PPRV) 504
4.14.1 Chip-Scale Atomic Clock (CSAC) 504
4.14.2 Low–design-Impact Inspection Vehicle (LIIVe) 505
4.14.3 Synthetic Imaging Maneuver Optimization (SIMO) 505
4.14.4 Self-Assembling Wireless Autonomous Reconfigurable Modules (SWARM) 506
4.15 Persistent, Long-Range Reconnaissance Capabilities 507
4.15.1 United States Navy’s Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) Unmanned
Aircraft System (UAS) program 510
4.15.2 Navy Unmanned Combat Air System UCAS Program: 510
4.15.3 Navy Unmanned Combat Air System UCAS: Objectives: 511
4.16 Search and Rescue (SAR) 511
4.17 L-3 Communications LinkTEK™ IDS 513
4.18 L-3 Communications FlightTEK® SMC 515
4.18.1 Helicopter Main Limiting Factor Retreating Blade Stall 516
4.19 Draganflyer X4 Applications 517
4.19.1 Draganflyer X4 Large Project Management 518
4.19.2 Draganflyer Remote Supervision and Investigation of Equipment 519
4.19.3 Draganflyer Remote Supervision and Investigation of Agricultural Land and Equipment 522
4.19.4 Draganflyer Advanced RC Flight Research 524
4.19.5 Aerial Archeology 525
4.19.6 Environmental Assessment 527
4.19.7 The Draganflyer X4 is Fun to Fly 529
5 DRONE COMPANY DESCRIPTION 534
5.1 AeroVironment 534
5.2 ASN Technologies 536
5.3 Aurora Flight 539
5.3.1 Aurora 2013 Employee Exceptional Service Award 540
5.4 BAE Systems 540
5.5 Boeing 544
5.5.1 Boeing Commercial Airplanes 545
5.5.2 Boeing Defense, Space & Security 548
5.5.3 Boeing Capital Corporation 548
5.5.4 Boeing Engineering, Operations & Technology 549
5.5.5 Boeing Shared Services Group 549
5.5.6 Boeing Revenue by Segment 550
5.5.7 Boeing / Insitu 550
5.5.8 Boeing Defense, Space & Security 552
5.6 Challis UAV Inc. 552
5.7 China Aerospace 552
5.7.1 China Aerospace CASC Space Technology 554
5.7.2 China Aerospace CASC Revenue 555
5.8 Draganflyer 556
5.8.1 DraganBot 557
5.8.2 Draganflyer ABEX Awards 559
5.9 Finmeccanica 560
5.9.1 DRS Technologies 561
5.10 General Atomics 563
5.11 Google 564
5.11.1 Google Revenue 564
5.11.2 Google Second Quarter 2013 Results 567
5.11.3 Google Revenues by Segment and Geography 570
5.11.4 Google / Boston Dynamics 570
5.11.5 Boston Dynamics 571
5.11.6 Boston Dynamics LS3 – Legged Squad Support Systems 573
5.11.7 Boston Dynamics CHEETAH – Fastest Legged Robot 575
5.11.8 Boston Dynamics Atlas – The Agile Anthropomorphic Robot 577
5.11.9 Boston Dynamics BigDog 579
5.11.10 Boston Dynamics LittleDog – The Legged Locomotion Learning Robot 580
5.11.11 Google Robotic Division 582
5.11.12 Google Self-Driving Car 582
5.11.13 Google Cars Address Vast Majority Of Vehicle Accidents Due To Human Error 584
5.11.14 Google Business 585
5.11.15 Google Corporate Highlights 586
5.11.16 Google Search 587
5.12 Integrated Dynamics 588
5.13 L-3 Communications 590
5.13.1 L-3 Aerospace Systems 591
5.13.2 L-3 Electronic Systems 592
5.13.3 L-3 Communication Systems 592
5.13.4 L-3 National Security Solutions 592
5.13.5 L-3 Revenue by Segment 592
5.14 Laser Motive 593
5.15 Lockheed Martin 594
5.15.2 Lockheed Martin Symphony Improvised Explosive Device Jammer Systems 598
5.15.3 Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Revenue 598
5.15.4 Lockheed Martin Electronic Systems 603
5.15.5 Lockheed Martin 606
5.16 Marcus UAV 607
5.17 MMist 607
5.16.1 MMIST Sherpatm Guided Parachute System 608
5.16.2 MMIST SnowGoosetm CQ-10A Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) 608
5.17 Northrop Grumman 609
5.17.1 Northrop Grumman Revenue 610
5.17.2 Northrop Grumman Remotec 612
5.17.3 Northrop Grumman Leading Global Security Company 612
5.17.4 Northrop Grumman Supplies Marine Navigation Equipment 615
5.17.5 Northrop Grumman Recognized by UK Ministry of Defense for Role in
Supporting Sentry AWACS Aircraft During Military Operations in Libya 616
5.17.6 Northrop Grumman Corporation Subsidiary Remotec Inc. upgrade the
U.S. Air Force fleet of Andros HD-1 616
5.17.7 Northrop Grumman NAV CANADA Supplier 617
5.18 Parrot/senseFly 618
5.18.1 Parrot Group / senseFly 619
5.18.2 Parrot Group senseFly CTI Certified 620
5.19 Proxy Technologies 620
5.20 Scaled Composites 621
5.21 Schiebel 622
5.22 Textron 622
WINTERGREEN RESEARCH, 625
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