2023-5-22

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Drone Application Report

Insights on drone applications across all industries

By 2030, the commercial market is expected to reach US$55.8 billion, growing at a rate of 7.4% CAGR.
The top industries for drone applications are Energy, Construction, and Agriculture.
Most popular application methods are: Mapping & Surveying, Inspection and Photography & Filming.
The biggest vertical, Energy (Utilities), shows a great variety of use cases. Like in all other verticals, drones help reduce time and costs while improving result quality and worker safety.

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207-page drone application report with case studies for all industry verticals
264 application examples including methods, typical results, and typical technology stack
85 real-life case studies with technology, application, concrete problem and solution description as well as value-added metrics
Analysis of the drone market split by Industry, method technology, market size, and growth
View into the future technologies that are currently only starting to be explored and implemented into drones

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DRONEII’s Drone Application Report provides a unique insight, analysis, and case studies of drone applications throughout 17 industry verticals.

This extensive 207-page drone application report covers all 15 industry verticals in the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), along with an additional 2 adjusted verticals that are more adequate for the drone industry. These industry verticals include Agriculture, Energy (Utilities), Construction, Health Care, Insurance, and Transportation among others. The report encompasses 264 application examples including methods, typical results, and typical technology stack, which provide the most comprehensive study into how drones are used for business development today. At the end of each industry section, there is also an outlook for current and future market volume as well as the current level of technological complexity.

Furthermore, the drone application report includes 85 real-life case studies that describe how the technology is being used by several companies throughout the world. Each case study has a concrete problem and solution description as well as value-added metrics that shed light on how the applications made work safer and the company more profitable.

By providing information on drone market trends by industry and method, our Drone Application Report can help leverage business opportunities by discovering applications in various industries. It provides a view not only on well-established practices such as inspections and mapping & surveying, but also on future applications that are currently only starting to be explored.

DRONE APPLICATION REPORT 2023

GLOSSARY

1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

2 SCOPE AND METHODOLOGY

2.1 Research Methodology
2.2 Scope Definition & Research Design
2.3 Data Collection
2.4 Data Analysis
2.5 Market Model
2.6 Data Validation
2.7 Report Creation

3 INTRODUCTION

3.1 Drones: What are drones and what can they do?
3.2 Drone configurations/designs
3.3 Major segments of the drone ecosystem
3.4 Drone application categories and methods
3.5 Drone industry verticals and use cases
3.6 Drone market observations

4 DRONE MARKET SIZE

4 Definitions & Introduction
4.1 Drone market: commercial vs. recreational 2023-2030
4.2 Drone market size by industry 2023-2030
4.3 Drone market size by method 2023-2030

5 INDUSTRY VERTICALS

5 Definitions & Introduction

5.1 Agriculture 41
5.1.1 Case Study – Forest Inventory
5.1.2 Case Study – Palm Tree Counting
5.1.3 Case Study – Crop Analysis and Spraying
5.1.4 Case Study – Drone Spraying
5.1.5 Case Study – Radar Mapping
5.1.6 Case Study – Mangrove Restoration
5.1.7 Case Study – Blueberry Spaying
5.1.8 Case Study – Vinyard Health Analysis
5.1.9 Case Study – Oil Palm Spraying
5.1.10 Case Study – Bagworm Spaying
5.1.11 Case Study – Hemp Health Analysis

5.2 Arts, Entertainment & Recreation
5.2.1 Case Study – Digital Fireworks
5.2.1 Case Study – Drone Light Show at the Beach

5.3 Construction
5.3.1 Case Study – Geomagnetic Detection
5.3.2 Case Study – Highway Construction Project
5.3.3 Case Study – Construction Site Surveying
5.3.4 Case Study – Site Progress Monitoring
5.3.5 Case Study – Lemoine Progress Documentation

5.4 Cargo, Courier Services, Intralogistics & Warehousing
5.4.1 Case Study – Stock Inventory
5.4.2 Case Study – Last-Mile Delivery to Rural Area
5.4.3 Case Study – Transporting Perishables
5.4.4 Case Study – Urban Last-Mile Drone Delivery
5.4.5 Case Study – Genetic Material Delivery
5.4.6 Case Study – Remote Location Food Delivery

5.5 Educational, Scientific & Technical Services
5.5.1 Case Study – Flooding Monitoring Modelling
5.5.2 Case Study – Ice Shaft Exploration
5.5.3 Case Study – Koala Counting After Wildfire
5.5.4 Case Study – Mosquito Larviciding
5.5.5 Case Study – Quelea Bird Control
5.5.6 Case Study – LiDAR Mapping at Batang Kali Landslide
5.5.7 Case Study – Long-Range Drone Flight Testing

5.6 Energy
5.6.1 Case Study – Powerline Inspection
5.6.2 Case Study – Photovoltaic Plant Monitoring
5.6.3 Case Study – Offshore FPSO Platform Inspection
5.6.4 Case Study – Flare Stack Inspection
5.6.5 Case Study – Pumped Hydropower Plant Surveying
5.6.6 Case Study – Wind Turbine Inspection
5.6.7 Case Study – Linear Infrastructures Inspection
5.6.8 Case Study – Inspection of Oil Storage Tanks
5.6.9 Case Study – Inspection of Lightning Protection System in Wind Turbines
5.6.10 Case Study – Tailings Dam Monitoring
5.6.11 Case Study – Wastewater Treatment Plant Surveying
5.6.12 Case Study – Power Grid Check
5.6.13 Case Study – Coastal Site Mapping
5.6.14 Case Study – Cleaning An Elevated Water Tower
5.6.15 Case Study – Clinker Silo Roof Inspection
5.6.16 Case Study – Boiler Burner Inspection

5.7 Health Care and Disaster Relief
5.7.1 Case Study – Emergency Defibrillator Delivery
5.7.2 Case Study – NHS Covid Response
5.7.3 Case Study – Tissue Sample Transport During Surgery

5.8 Information & Motion Picture
5.8.1 Case Study – Commercial Advertising

5.9 Insurance
5.9.1 Case Study – Damaged Building Inspection

5.10 Mining and Quarrying
5.10.1 Case Study – Mining Operations Monitoring
5.10.2 Case Study – Surveying Underground Mines
5.10.3 Case Study – Seismic Event Inspections
5.10.4 Case Study – Calculate Mining Excavation Volumes
5.10.5 Case Study – Mineral Surveying

5.11 Public Administration
5.11.1 Case Study – Ship Emission Monitoring
5.11.2 Case Study – Reservoir Monitoring
5.11.3 Case Study – Drone-based Remote Water Sampling
5.11.4 Case Study – Beach Plastic Cleaning
5.11.5 Case Study – Modeling of Complex Structures

5.12 Public Emergency Services
5.12.1 Case Study – Unmanned Aerial Wildfire Ignitions
5.12.2 Case Study – Drone as a First Responder
5.12.3 Case Study – Emergency & Security Surveillance
5.12.4 Case Study – Firefighting Support
5.12.5 Case Study – Forensic Investigation Following Fire
5.12.6 Case Study – Urban Riot Control

5.13 Real Estate and Industrial Plants
5.13.1 Case Study – Thermal Roof Inspections
5.13.2 Case Study – Perimeter Security Patrols
5.13.3 Case Study – Roof Measurement and Inspection
5.13.4 Case Study – Pest Nest Elimination

5.14 Safety & Security
5.14.1 Case Study – Autonomous Drone Surveillance

5.15 Telecommunication
5.15.1 Case Study – Network coverage
5.15.2 Case Study –Telco Tower Inspection & Management
5.15.3 Case Study – Antenna Testing

5.16 Transportation Infrastructure
5.16.1 Case Study – Railway Inspection
5.16.2 Case Study – Railway Inspection
5.16.3 Case Study – Aircraft Inspection
5.16.4 Case Study – Navaids Inspection
5.16.5 Case Study – Heathrow Airport Runway Inspection
5.16.6 Case Study – Mapping of Urban Air Mobility Network
5.16.7 Case Study – Øresunds Bridge Inspection

5.17 Waste Management and Remediation Services
5.17.1 Case Study – Landfill Monitoring
5.17.2 Case Study – Cleaning Radioactive Waste Storage

6 METHODS

6 Definitions & Introduction
6.1 Photography & Filming
6.2 Mapping & Surveying
6.3 Inspection
6.4 Localization & Tracking
6.5 Spraying & Dispensing
6.6 Delivery
6.7 Others

7 Appendix: Industry Definitions

7.1 Case Study Definitions
7.2 Levels of Autonomy
7.3 Industry Definitions

Figures

Figure 1: Drone technology stack
Figure 2: Drone configurations/designs
Figure 3: Drone hardware
Figure 4: Drone software
Figure 5: Drone services
Figure 6: Commercial drone market segmentation
Figure 7: Drone application categories and methods
Figure 8: Drone market definitions

LIST OF CHARTS

Chart 1: Commercial & Recreational Drone Market Size 2023-2030
Chart 2: Commercial Drone Market Size by Method 2023-2030
Chart 3: Reasons for Adopting Drones
Chart 4: Most-used Methods in the Drone Industry Today
Chart 5: Most-used Drone Payloads

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1: Commercial Drone Use Cases Across Industries
Table 2: Commercial Drone Market Size by Industry 2023-2030
Table 3: Industry Definition based on NAICS
Table 4: Commercial Drone Methods by Industry
Table 5: Overview of Most Common Optical Sensors
Table 6: Overview of Most Common Non-Optical Sensors
Table 7: Overview of Most Common Sprayer & Dispenser
Table 8: Overview of Most Common Types of Cargo
Table 9: Overview of Most Common Accessories
Table 10: List of Other/New Methods

Aeca Solutions

Aerodyne

Aeromedia

AeroPest

Airteam

AMKVO

Aonic

Apellix

Apex

Ardenna

ASDRO

AT&T

Aviant

BCN Drone Center

Canard

Cooper Copter

Distant Imagery

doks.

Dronamics

Drone Base

Drone Responders

DronesSkycam

Dronecle

Ehang

Engineers with Drones

Everdrone

Fairfleet

Firmatek

Firnas Aero

Flyability

FlyGuys

gdg Environment

HAMM Companies

Hepta

Idaho Environmental Coalition

IGNIS

InFlight Data

Inkonova

Inmerso

LogXon

Medifly

Meraque

MicroAvia

Midlands State University

MONCLER

Nordic Unmanned

OFO Tech

Percepto

Quadsat

Radaz

Rectrix Drone Services

ROAV7

Rocketmine

ScoutDI

Sensat

Sensyn Robotics

SkyDrones

Skylark Drones

Skyports

Spectrabiotics

Speedbird Aero

SPH Engineering

ST Engineering

Structural Safety

Sulzer & Schmid

SysCad Solutions

TerraDrone

Thales

The Conversation

Université du Luxembourg

Unmanned Life

Uvify

vitDron

Volar Alta

Voliro

VStream

WeFly

xmobots

Zipline

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FAQs about Drone Application Report

How does the Drone Application Report differ from other reports?

The Drone Application Report provides an in-depth look into how drones are used throughout the world and across dozens of industries. Rather than providing a macro-level view of the drone industry by region, this report shows how drones solve everyday-business problems and provides concrete examples from companies all around the globe.

What is a drone application?

Drone applications are innovative ways in which drones are used to make business processes safer, more efficient and/or more profitable. By applying a drone in a unique way to solve a problem, the drone industry has grown exponentially and continues to expand into new industries.

What is the difference between an application example and a case study?

Application examples are generic combinations of a method (e.g. spraying or mapping) along with an industry (e.g. agriculture). Case studies are concrete examples of how a specific company used a drone for a particular task.

Are the case studies focused in any particular region?

Cases are taken from all around the globe including Brazil, Germany, Mexico, Malaysia, Trinidad and Tobago, Norway, Iceland, India, and dozens more.

What is included in each case study?

Each case study in the Drone Application Report includes date, location, operational characteristics (type of drone, autonomy level, payload, distance, flight time, etc), value-added metrics, as well as detailed problem and solution descriptions (in paragraph form) and further observations (as bullet points).