Top Drone Market Drivers (According to Drone Experts)
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How does the global drone industry move forward? Once again, the top market-driving factor according to participants is rule-making authorities. Although the percentage share is lower than in previous years, it is worth mentioning that this year we have added a new actor, which affects the distribution and lowers the percentages for responses from the previous years. Here are some of the key insights about all of these actors.
Clear roadmaps and regulatory frameworks have become the key focus for everyone who makes, sells, uses, or is in any way involved with drones.
Companies need regulations in place to scale their business within the commercial drone space, while operators need to know what is or isn’t allowed and how to go about carrying out all sorts of activities. Whether it’s inspecting infrastructures, delivering goods, or even flying people, regulatory bodies will remain in the spotlight for the development of the industry.
Slightly behind regulators, we find both hardware (44%) and operators/DSPs (43%), which are those who directly make or operate drones. As has been mentioned in other sections of this Barometer, the drone industry has matured to a point where drone operators have become increasingly more important. So we can expect this pattern to continue in the coming years.
This year we also added drone associations to the list of most important market-driving actors. As can be seen in the results, they are perceived as the fifth most important market driving actor, ahead of JARUS, ASTM and other organizations for safety concepts. Drone associations have become an increasingly important actor to understand a country’s unique drone market and they can also help companies come together for lobbying or motivating rule-making authorities to establish necessary regulations sooner. This can also explain why safety concept organizations are less influential, since they are mostly relevant for advanced operations and the majority of operators find the current system as sufficient.
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Market driving actors in “other” category include customers/end-user, adoption of BVLOS, technology applicator, etc.
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2 年Thank you for sharing. Regulators usually seek comments on their regulatory projects before adopting them. I recommend commenting either directly or via your associations: constructive comments are always well received.