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Excerpts from; UAV non-military market study 2013
Table: UAV Civil transactions 2008-2012
EUROPE
Purpose Date Manufacturer UAV Designation/ Image End user Country
Video game 2011 AR Drone Parrot
Leisure
time
consumers
France
Search-and-rescue 2012 aDorD atleD
ski resorts France
Disaster risk reduction,
disaster preparedness,
emergency response,
environmental
assessments
2012 Microdrone Mdb4-200
UNOSTAT United
Nations
tracking sports players 2012 Futurelab
Sports
media
Germany
Traffic enforcement 2011 Microdrone
Saxony
Police
Germany
evaluation of parabolic
trough power plants
2010 Microdrone
D.L.R Germany
Gas pipe inspection 2011 Microdrone
Thyssenga
s
Germany
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Purpose Date Manufacturer UAV Designation/ Image End user Country
Narcotic fields detection 2012 Italdro Scrabble 01
Ravenna
Police
Italy
Anti-narcotics operations 2012 Microdrone
Turin
Police
Italy
EEZ patrol. Tender
pending
2012 - Requirement Coast
Guard
Norway
Monitoring agriculture
field yields
2003 CATUAV
Spain
Catalonia
state
Spain
3D Images of Historical
Buildings
2012 University of
Granada
University Spain
Archeological burial sites
mapping
2011 Microdrone
Russian
Archeology
Dept.
Russia
Traffic and urban law
enforcement
2009 Microdrone UK
AR100
Kent Police UK
Fire fighting 2011 Microdrone
MD400
West
Midlands
Fire
Service
UK
small unmanned
helicopter to monitor its
Barrow gas terminals.
2012 Micro Drones
UK
Centrica
Energy
UK
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ASIA
Purpose Date Manufacturer UAV Designation/
Image End user Country
maritime surveillance,
rescue, police patrol,
traffic control, agriculture
and forestry, air
monitoring, forest fire
prevention, electric power
circuit detection missions
2012 AVIC
U8
Marketed-
Civilian
clients.
China
police locate and track
duties 2011 DRDO
Golden Hawk
Indian
police India
Counter insurgency 2012 DRDO
Indian
police India
cloud seeding
surveillance, and
reconnaissance missions
2012 Apeiron
Aerospace
Marketed India + New
Zealand
Forest survey, Forests
and biodiversity
monitoring
2012 ETH Zurich
Sumatra
Forestry
and Wildlife
Indonesia
Safari video coverage 2011 Microdrone
TBS
Television Japan
surveying the aftermath of
natural disasters 2009
Kyoto University
and Yamaha
Motor Co.
Civil rescue Japan
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Purpose Date Manufacturer UAV Designation/
Image End user Country
support Nepal's
anti-poaching efforts and
help detect illegal loggers
in national parks
2012 Hobbyking FPV Raptor
World
Wildlife
Fund
(WWF)
Nepal
AFRICA
Purpose Date Manufacturer UAV Designation/
Image End user Country
tracking the movement of
animals and to hunt
poachers in the field
2012 unknown
World Wildlife
Fund (WWF) Africa
help protect its rhino
population from poachers 2012 unknown
Government Kenya
OCEANIA
Purpose Date Manufacturer UAV Designation/
Image End user Country
deliver critical parts to
mines and conduct aerial
surveillance of mine sites
2012 UAV Australia
Mining
companies Australia
documenting the litter left
or washed up on the
nations beaches, wildlife
conservation
2012 Draganflyer
Scientific predator
Commonwealth
Scientific and
Industrial
Research
Organisation
(CSIRO)
Australia
weed detection trials 2012 Insitu
Queensland
Government Australia
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Purpose Date Manufacturer UAV Designation/
Image End user Country
Swimmers watch, life
buoy drop, etc. 2012 Aerobot
Aerobot Ring
Surf Life Saving
Australia Australia
monitor traffic, perform
search and rescue
operations, or map crime
scenes
2012 DTA
Hawkeye
police New
Zealand
LAT-AM
Purpose Date Manufacturer UAV Designation/
Image End user Country
Law enforcement, counter
narcotics 2012
Considering
acquisition Unknown police
Trinidad
and
Tobago
Map archaeological sites 2012
Vanderbilt and
Aurora Flight
Services
SUAV
Archaeology Peru
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N.AMERICA
Purpose Date Manufacturer UAV Designation/
Image End user Country
photographing crime
scenes' search for
missing persons. tactical
situations, such as
instances where a
suspect is on a roof or
balcony
2012 Aeryon Labs
Inc
Scout mini helicopter
police Canada
designed to reduce the
risk of cargo delivery in
remote and hostile
environments
2007 MMIST
CQ-10A SnowGoose
Disaster relief
teams Canada
Wild Fire Mapping. 2006
General
Atomics
Aeronautical
Systems, Inc
Altair UAV
FAA, NASA and
the U.S.
Department of
Agricultures
Forest Service
(USDA-FS)
US
studying plant
productivity, monitoring
plant growth stages.
2012 Bormatec
MAJA Unmanned Aircraft
System
Kansas State
University
Department of
Agronomy
US
search-and-rescue
missions, during
accidents and natural
disasters,
2012 Dragonflyer X6
Seattle Police
Department US
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Purpose Date Manufacturer UAV Designation/
Image End user Country
Asses Storm Damage on
Power Cables
2012
Insitu,
aerovironment,
and other
unidentified
makers
Electric Power
Research
Institute
US
video of river sediment newly released by the removal of Elwha Dam
2012 Aerovironment
Raven
U.S. Geological
Survey, the
federal Bureau
of Land
Management
and the National
Park Service
US
to capture aerial shots for
an upcoming reality show 2012 Quadrocopter
CineStar-8
Laminated
Pictures (movie
company)
US
the CAMCOPTER S-100
achieved the first ever
UAS first flight with the
CINEFLEX camera
2012 lFbeDEDo
Camcopter S-100 with
CINEFLEX camera
Brain Farm
Digital Cinema,
Snaproll Media
US
Firefighting 2012 Dragonfly
Innovations Inc
Draganflyer VTOL
Bellevue Omaha
Fire Department US
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Purpose Date Manufacturer UAV Designation/
Image End user Country
monitoring a location
before a drug raid, or
looking for a fleeing
burglary suspect
2012 AeroVironment
North Dakota
Sheriff US
surveillance missions over wildfires
2007
Mercury
Computer
Systems
VistaNav-SSR
U.S. Forest
Service US
to investigate the location and severity of erosion along the Missouri River
2012
Aerovironment
and General
Atomics
RQ-11A Raven
MQ-9 Predator
The U.S.
Geological
Survey (USGS)
US