Blog Article Continuation(s) Opportunities in Aerial Robotics 2014 onward

Lets call one other market UAV's can fit in "Mission Specific" (A.K.A Military UAV's). These are UAV's that are built for the military on as a custom build on a standard platform.

Missions include, but not limited to:

Scouting, find out whats "over that hill" before sending troops or equipment into possible harms way.
Surveillance, anything from just watching an area to preliminary mapping out a mission.
Target acquisition, identify targets and / or designate and "lock on" for other mission equipment.
Communication, point to point or relay for weak signal communication areas
Search / Rescue / Aid, find lost troops or equipment, carry / deliver items to enable self rescue or aid, some larger UAV's even have the capability to recover the troop or equipment.

The list is larger, but these are a few that Mission Specific UAV's are already being used for.
Cost of these UAV's range from $2000 to a million or more.

While your Blog is geared more to the civilian side, it should be noted that a lot of the hobbyist UAV's technology was created by a military need.