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The area of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) has witnessed unprecedented levels of growth in military and civilian applications like surveillance, reconnaissance, mapping, cartography, border patrol, inspection, homeland security, search and rescue, fire detection, agricultural imaging, and traffic monitoring. In 1997, the total income of the UAV global market, including the Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) segment, reached $2.27 billion, a 9.5% increase over 1996. However, the total market for UAVs will reach in a few years more than $16 billion. The US DOD is the major funding source of research and development, as well as procurement. Europe is the distant second player, expected to spend about €2 billion in research and development, and procurement.

An independent study conducted by the Teal Group, a defense and aero-space market analysis firm based in Fairfax VA, claims that UAVs will continue to be the most dynamic growth sector of the world aerospace in-dustry. It is estimated that UAV spending will more than triple over the next decade, totaling close to $55 billion, with the US accounting for 77% of the worldwide RDT&E spending on UAV technology and about 64% of the procurement. These US expenditures represent higher shares of the aerospace market than for worldwide defense spending in general, with the US accounting for about 67% of total world-wide defense RDT&E spending and 37% of procurement spending, according to forecasts in International Defense Briefing, another Teal Group competitive intelligence service.

Another conclusion of the Teal Group is that a civil UAV market will slowly emerge over the next decade, starting first with government organizations requiring surveillance systems similar to military UAVs such as coast guards, border patrol organizations and similar national security organizations. A rapidly evolving and dynamic sector of the overall UAV market is the VTOL vehicle segment. America as a continent accounts for 68% of all VTOL vehicles developed worldwide, while Europe and Asia contribute 22% and 10%, respectively. Moreover, most of VTOL vehicles manufac-tured in the American continent are contributed by the US. The US alone manufactures 66% of the total number of VTOLs worldwide with most VTOLs being used for military applications.

The future of UAVs is bright and this area will continue to grow. Archytas Unmanned Systems LLC aims at providing solutions to challenges in a broad area of unmanned systems development: basic and applied research, prototype building, design, blue prints to assembly, certification, education, and community outreach through our annual unmanned systems conference.

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