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UAS/RPA MARKET FORECAST

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* The Pollok/Egan research institute for telephone numbers and other non peer reviewed hypothetical numbers

THEY ALMOST SELL THEMSELVES

SO WE FORMED A USER GROUP

BUT THERE WAS A PROBLEM…

THE VENDORS CIRCLED THE WAGON…

FBO OR BUST

AND THE END-USER WAS ON THEIR OWN WITH THE REGULATOR

THE END-USER REGULATOR DIALOG DRAGED ON

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DUDE, ARE YOU SURE YOU’RETALKING TO THE RIGHT END?!

THE PATH TO SUCCESS

• ACCEPT THAT A PROBLEM EXISTS• UNDERSTAND THAT THE DoD VENDORS ARE

GOOD AT DEFENDING THEIR MARKET, BUT BAD AT PUBLIC PERCEPTION

• DECIDE TO CHANGE THE EXISTING DYNAMIC• THE TECH COMMUNITY IS GOOD AT

DEVELOPING/REFINING TECHNOLOGY, AS WELL AS FOSTERING PUBLIC ACCEPTENCE

MORE DOLLARS ARE PROPORTED TO COME FROM SILICON VALLEY THEN ARE SPENT ON DEFENCE AEROSPACE

* Open Secrets and NPR

MOVING FORWARD• SAN DIEGO = SILICON VALLEY OF DRONES??

WHY DO WE NEED A SECOND SILICON VALLEY WHEN WE HAVE THE REAL DEAL RIGHT HERE?

• THE GRAPHS SHOW THAT THE REQUIRED INFLUENCE IS HERE IN SV

• BUSINESS HAS TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE• ADD UNMANNED SYSTEMS TO THE LOBBYING

NARRITIVE• TAKE CONTROL AS THE ADVOCATE PRIME

TAKING THE INITIATIVE

• JUST SAY NO TO AIR SUPERIORITY GREY (* ASG = THE PLAID PANTS AND WHITE SHOES OF OUR TIME)

• REFINE COMMUNITY BASED BEST PRACTICES • DEVELOP EMPIRICAL STANDARDS• DEVELOP DATA SETS• VALIDATE DATA AND STANDARDS WITH

RESEARCH • GO FORTH AND PROSPER