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The global unmanned aerial vehicle market is witnessing a strong compounded annual growth, even in 2020 where the COVID‐19 emerged as a global pandemic. By January 2019, at least 60 countries were using or developing over 1,300 various UAVs. Top unmanned aerial systems and air vehicles in the market are Northrop Grumman (US), General Atomics (US), AeroVironment (US), Lockheed Martin (US), Elbit Systems (Israel), Israel Aerospace Industries (Israel), BAE Systems (UK), Parrot (France), Microdrones (Germany), SZ DJI Technology (China), Ehang (China), Yuneec International (China), Textron (US), Saab (Sweden), and Raytheon (US). The overall market is expected to reach $21.8 billion by 2027.

A number of European countries (France, Italy, Greece, Spain, Switzerland, and Sweden) are collectively developing the next generation of UCAVs (most notably the nEUROn) and the MALE unmanned aircraft. It is interesting to note that, as of March 2020, DJI accounts for around 70% of the world’s consumer UAV market. The dominant US UAV manufacturers include Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Aurora Flight Sciences, General Atomics, Northrop Grumman, and AeroVironment.