THE COMMERCIALDRONE ECOSYSTEM

Benoit Curdy

Organizer, DroneApps

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Consumer Commercial Military

Market Size ?

Defense

Consumer / Commercial

Parrot Q1 (2015 vs 2014)

2015

49%Of Group revenues 16%

2014

34.6 7.6Drones revenues (million)

Commercial Drones (million) 6.0 2.3

Of Drones revenues 17%

Commercial Drones

Disruptiveness Index

Weak Massive

MediaSurveying

Parcel DeliverySpace Industry

AgricultureInspectionPublic Safety

Who Will Own the (Air)Space?

Incumbents Newcomers

Challenges

Technical

Regulation

BeyondLine-of-Sight

Sensors &Data Mining

TrustedOperators

UrbanAreas

International

Commercial DroneRegulation

Airport

Payload

Line-of-sight

Crowd

Exemption

Altitude

International

Commercial DroneRegulation

SWITZERLANDNo exemption required if:

100m <30 Yes

FRANCEAccreditation + Pilot’s Licence

S1

S2

S3

S4

150m

50m

150m

50m

25

25

4

2

Oui

Non

Oui

NonUS

Exemption always required Section 333

The Drone Ecosystem in Switzerland

A Perfect Mix

Research

Industry

Culture