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Plethora of Military UAV Roadmaps but none for civilians

By Frank Tobe | April 22, 2010

All these roadmaps refer to civilian uses for UAVs — but they’re really talking about homeland security rather than commercial uses.

The real civilian UAV roadmap is part of the robotics roadmap floundering in Congress and at the FAA.

Here are links to some of the roadmaps: Air Force, Navy, Army, DoD, and Robotics Roadmap.

And here’s a link to a colorful worldwide roundup of UAV proliferation.

Barron Associates has small R&D project to develop collision avoidance methodologies.

About The Author

Frank Tobe

Frank Tobe is the founder of The Robot Report and co-founder of ROBO Global which has developed a tracking index for the robotics industry, the ROBO Global™ Robotics & Automation Index. The index of ~90 companies in 13 sub-sectors tracks and captures the entire economic value of this global opportunity in robotics, automation and enabling technologies.