| Commercial (Civil) Applications |
NASA published an Overview of UAV Civil Applications potential uses( see NASA UAV Civil for an overview of this comprehensive review). UAV World has published an article on UAVs for Commercial Use. IN 2001, Dr. K.C. Wong, University of Sindey, has published a UAV "Survey of Regional Developments: Civil Applications" examing civil UAV applications in Australia. The Mitre Corporation, a principle "DoD think tank" offers strategic views on several emergent Civil UAV Applications including a Stratospheric Telecommunications Airship, High Altitude Imagery, Border Patrol, Maritime Surveillance, Environmental Sensing, Media and Traffic Monitoring, and Tactical Law Enforcement.
The NASA Civil UAV Team headquartered at the Dryden Flight Center has published a survey (report) including appendices listing high priority commercial target application mission summaries and a capabilities and technologies section.
Following, on this and subsequent pages, are categorized lists of promising commercial UAV applications that have been compiled from the available literature and which reflect the best opportunities for short term development. Applications completed or currently under study by Centers of Excellence, are linked to a source URL or document. As the UAVM/UAV industry experience curve expands and new projects come onstream, these pages will be updated to reflect that experience curve.
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General Commercial Applications
Meteorology see also Weather 1, 2, 3
Hurricane Monitoring see also 1, 2
Cryospheric Research - Arctic and Antarctic
Civil Engineering
Bridge Inspection
Scientific Research see also 1, 2, 3, 4
Transmission Line Inspection
Pipeline Inspection see also 1, 2
HAZMAT Inspection
Epidemic Emergency Medical Supply see also 1, 2, 3, 4
Traffic Monitoring
Aerial Surveying
Damage Assessment
Insurance Claim Appraisal
Real Estate Marketing
Golf - Resort Marketing
Stadium Event Monitoring
Concert Security
Sports Video
Runway Inspection
Corridor Mapping
Virtual Tours
Landmark Inspection
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Coffee Harvest Optimization
Vigor Mapping and Frost Mitigation
Crop Disease Management see also 1, 2, 3
Corn Precision AG Studies see also 1
Herd Tracking and Management
Entomology
Forestry Inspection
Fisheries Management
Species Conservation
Wildlife Inventory
Mineral Exploration
Remote Aerial Survey
Forest Fire Surveillance
Forest Fire Mapping
Volcano Monitoring
Remote Aerial Mapping
Oil Spill Tracking
Snow Pack Avalanche Monitoring
Ice Pack Monitoring
Poaching Patrol
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Homeland Security and DOJ
Terrorist Response
Border Patrol see also 1, 2, 3
Disaster Management see also 1, 2, 3
Port Inspection
NBC CBR Monitoring
SIGINT
Nuclear Facility Monitoring
Trans-shipment Convoy Monitoring (White Paper) MLB Company
Perimeter Surveillance
SWAT Operations
Hostage Negotiations
HAZMAT Inspection
Gas Leak Detection
Search and Rescue - See Also 1, 2, 3, 4
Drug Interdiction
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General ISR see also 1, 2, 3, 4
Narcotics Sensors
Crime Scene Mapping
Fire Scene IR Mapping
CSI
Unexploded Ordinance
Landmine Detonation
Event Monitoring
Leak Plume Sampling and Tracking
Hostage Negotiations
SWAT Surveillance
Light Cargo Drops
Command and Control
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