This document discusses the commercial drone ecosystem, including the growing market size for consumer and commercial drones. It shows data on the increasing revenues from commercial drones for Parrot from 2014 to 2015. It also outlines some of the major challenges for commercial drones, such as regulations, operating beyond line of sight, and data collection and privacy issues. Finally, it provides examples of commercial drone regulations in Switzerland, France, and the US.

1. THE COMMERCIAL
DRONE ECOSYSTEM
Benoit Curdy
Organizer, DroneApps

2. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Consumer Commercial Military

3. Market Size ?
Defense
Consumer / Commercial

4. 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%

5. Commercial Drones
Disruptiveness Index
Weak Massive
Media
Surveying
Parcel Delivery
Space Industry
Agriculture
Inspection
Public Safety

6. Who Will Own the (Air)Space?
Incumbents Newcomers

7. Challenges
Technical
Regulation
Beyond
Line-of-Sight
Sensors &
Data Mining
Trusted
Operators
Urban
Areas

8. International
Commercial Drone
Regulation
Airport
Payload
Line-of-sight
Crowd
Exemption
Altitude

9. International
Commercial Drone
Regulation
SWITZERLAND
No exemption required if:
100m <30 Yes
FRANCE
Accreditation + Pilot’s Licence
S1
S2
S3
S4
150m
50m
150m
50m
25
25
4
2
Oui
Non
Oui
Non
US
Exemption always required
Section 333

10. The Drone Ecosystem
inSwitzerland
A Perfect Mix

11. Research
Industry
Culture