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Participate in Our 2022 Survey Today

By David Benowitz | July 24, 2022

Have your voice heard in the industry’s longest running survey We just announced our sixth Drone Market Sector Survey, established to provide clear benchmarks for the industry. This survey is the online research portion of our upcoming 2022 Market Sector Report, and will provide a comprehensive look across drone purchases, service providers, business and public agency … Read more

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Challenges and Revenues for Service Providers

By David Benowitz | August 17, 2022

Service provider revenues trend upwards and a breakdown of the challenges these firms face The rise of the services market and the “droneprenuer” is nothing new, with a sea of content and forums out there on how to start. Each year we like to distill findings on service provider revenues and where providers are making … Read more

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Autonomous Drones in 2022

By David Benowitz | June 30, 2022

Just how automated are drone operations today? We dive into the data. Last time we covered autonomy we debated twitter spats and laid the foundation for looking at drone autonomy. This included adopting the levels of driving automation to drone flight and establishing that autonomous drone solutions goes beyond just simple flight – covering everything from data … Read more

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Drones Lead the Way for Everything Uncrewed

By David Benowitz | May 30, 2022

Drone industry likely to be the birthplace of leaders in the growing mobile industrial robot / uncrewed ground vehicle space While the industry has set its sights on using the term “drone”, these devices are truly just another domain of uncrewed or robotic systems being deployed by industrial users. And often they’re the first adopted, … Read more

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How Has 2021 Changed the Drone Industry?

By David Benowitz | September 14, 2021

Key Takeaways from DroneAnalyst’s Fifth Annual Market Report In this post, I’ll illustrate some of the market trends over the past year using data from our fifth Drone Market Sector Report and describe large shifts that have impacted the industry in 2021. While the full report covers everything from purchasing factors to challenges faced by each industry, … Read more

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Finding the Money for Service Providers

By David Benowitz | June 23, 2021

How much can commercial drone pilots make? What industries pay the most? And more. Improvements in drone products and regulatory changes have caused a wave of photographers and other professionals to become commercial drone pilots. This may mean joining a services firm or going at it alone as a “droneprenuer”. The rise of drone service … Read more

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Participate in Our 2021 Market Survey

By David Benowitz | June 16, 2021

Have your voice heard in the industry’s longest running annual survey We just announced our fifth Drone Market Sector Survey, established to provide clear benchmarks for the industry. This survey is the online research portion of our upcoming 2021 Market Sector Report (to be released in September), and will provide a comprehensive look across drone … Read more

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The Rise of Open-Source Drones

By David Benowitz | May 30, 2021

Amidst Global Tensions and A Surge of New Manufacturers, Open-Source Has Risen as a Key Winner With much of the industry discussing the pressures on DJI, rise of Blue sUAS offerings such as the Skydio X2 and the promise of autonomous drones, there has been one consistent force driving many of these larger trends. That … Read more

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How Large is the Drone Market?

By David Benowitz | April 28, 2021

New DroneAnalyst Research Dives into Market Size in Initial Hardware Sector Report The history of the drone industry is also the history of hype and oversized forecasts. Whether that be the tale of Lily Robotics or Goldman’s $100 Billion market estimate by 2020, we’ve seen it all. And it’s understandable, drones are a new, unique … Read more

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Why the Industry Still Relies on DJI

By David Benowitz | April 19, 2021

Despite geopolitical tensions and security concerns, the drone industry’s reliance on DJI remains firm. We explore why. While headlines have focused on DJI drones being “banned” or “blacklisted” from the US market, many following the industry will know just how little impact these US government actions have had on the majority of drone sales and DJI’s market dominance. While it … Read more

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