4.1.4. Drones to better understand how diseases spread
4.1.5. Drones used to monitor behaviour of killer whales
4.1.6. NMSU tests unmanned aircraft over active mine
4.1.7. Multicopter RFID readers
4.1.8. AeroVironment small UAVs
4.1.9. AirMule
4.1.10. AirShip Technologies Group
4.1.11. Hirobo Japan
4.1.12. Rotomotion
4.1.13. Robot insects
4.1.14. Robot locusts
4.1.15. Reconnaissance bugs and bats
4.1.16. Nano air vehicle
4.1.17. Lite Machines Corporation USA
4.1.18. NRL UAV from a submerged submarine
4.1.19. Skyfront Tailwind
4.1.20. Sony Japan
4.1.21. Technical University of Turin
4.1.22. Vienna University of Technology
4.2. Large electrical UAVs
4.2.1. VESPAS Europe
4.2.2. AeroVironment Helios and Global Observer
4.2.3. AtlantikSolar unmanned aerial vehicle endurance record
4.2.4. Aurora Flight Sciences USA
4.2.5. Lockheed Martin USA
4.2.6. Airbus HAPS solar plane
4.2.7. Boeing and Versa USA, QinetiQ & Newcastle University UK
4.2.8. Japanese solar sail to Venus
4.2.9. NASA Aeronautics' Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration
IDTECHEX RESEARCH REPORTS AND CONSULTING
TABLES
1.1. Types of UAV. Those mainly remote controlled in green, mainly autonomous in red
1.2. Global electric UAV market, number million 2015-2025. Those categories with over 90% of the UAVs having cameras are shown in blue.
1.3. Global electric UAV market $ ex-factory unit value 2015-2025
1.4. Global electric UAV market value $ billion 2015-2025 with assumptions
1.5. Value of global electric, non-electric and total UAV market 2015-2025
1.6. Examples of civil drone applications 2014-5
2.1. Some DJI Phantom 2 quadcopter specifications
3.1. Electric vehicle drivetrain options, with those most adopted and prioritised for the future shown shaded
3.2. Summary of preferences of traction motor technology for vehicles
3.3. Advantages vs disadvantages of brushed vs brushless vehicle traction motors for today's vehicles
3.4. Most likely winners and losers in the next decade
3.5. Supplier numbers listed by continent
3.6. Traction motor supplier numbers listed by country in alphabetical order
3.7. Applications targeted by our sample of motor suppliers vs market split, listed in order of 2012 market size
3.8. Suppliers of vehicle traction motors - split between number offering asynchronous, synchronous and both, where identified
3.9. Suppliers offering brushed, brushless and both types of synchronous motors, where identified
3.10. Vehicles with asynchronous, synchronous or both options by category in number and percentage of category, listed in order of declining asynchronous percentage
3.11. 212 electric vehicle models analysed by category for % asynchronous, power and torque of their electric traction motors and where intensive or rough use is most typically encountered. The rated power and traction data are enhanced
3.12. Other motor features declared by vehicle manufacturers
3.13. What is on the way in or out with traction batteries
3.14. 142 manufacturers and putative manufacturers of lithium-based rechargeable batteries with country, cathode and anode chemistry, electrolyte morphology, case type, applicational priorities and customer relationships, if any, in sel
3.15. Multiple forms of energy management in aviation
3.16. Choices of flexible photovoltaics
4.1. Data for RQ-11A version of AeroVironment Raven
FIGURES
1.1. Cost reduction of components of small drones to 2015
1.2. Global electric UAV market value $ billion 2015-2025 with assumptions
1.3. Value of global electric, non-electric and total UAV market 2015-2025
1.4. US military UAV procurement including systems 1988-2013
1.5. Northrup Grumman X47-B designed to take off from and land on aircraft carriers. Not currently a candidate for electric power train
1.6. Cost of Traditional alternatives to UAVs
1.7. Some impacts of UAVs
1.8. AeroVironment Raven UAV
1.9. Collaborative UAV missions
1.10. Registered number of unmanned agricultural helicopters in Japan and sprayed area 1990-2011
1.11. Forecast for UAVs in border security $ million 2016, 2021
1.12. The envisioned final version of the VineRobot
1.13. Hype curve for autonomous vehicles
1.14. RoboBees - the team found inspiration in nature and simple science
1.15. Amazon drone docking station
1.16. Flying Whales' 60-ton Large Capacity Airship, or LCA60T
2.1. Gannet diving and planned Cormorant military spy plane/submarine
2.2. DJI Phantom 2 Quadcopter with Zenmuse H3-3D
2.3. Tamron lens systems suitable for drones.
3.1. Hybrid technology evolving as traction batteries improve
3.2. The convergence of hybrid and pure electric technologies for cars and aircraft
3.3. Hybrid electric aircraft experimental configuration using fuel cell
3.4. Large format quadcopter
3.5. Turnigy quadcopter motor
3.6. Small quadcopter
3.7. Nanoflie
3.8. Supplier numbers listed by continent
3.9. Traction motor supplier numbers listed by country
3.10. Suppliers of vehicle traction motors - split between number offering asynchronous, synchronous and both, where identified
3.11. Multiple electric motors on a NASA solar powered, unmanned aircraft for the upper atmosphere
3.12. The four Cri Cri electric motors
3.13. Construction of a battery cell
3.14. Approximate percentage of manufacturers offering traction batteries with less cobalt vs those offering ones with no cobalt vs those offering both. We also show the number of suppliers that offer lithium iron phosphate versions.
3.15. The UPS 747 that crashed in the UAE with a shipment of lithium batteries
3.16. Burning Dreamliner pictures
3.17. Principle of PEM fuel cell
3.18. PEM fuel cell in long endurance upper atmosphere unmanned aircraft
3.19. Pilot plus payload vs range for fuel cell light aircraft and alternatives
3.20. Total weight vs flight time for PEM fuel cell planes