Drone Entrepreneurship: 30 Businesses You Can Start

If you want to start a drone business, this is the book for you. From horse carriage to car, from standalone PC to internet, drones will revolutionize the aviation industry. There are already successful commercial drone businesses all around the world. Drones are currently in an emerging commercialization phase and those that start businesses now could benefit by being the first. Interest is growing in civil uses, including commercial photography, aerial mapping, crop monitoring, advertising, communications and broadcasting. Drones may increase efficiency, save money, enhance safety, and even save lives. There are hundreds of things a drone can do but this book focuses on 30 commercial applications that will generate an income for drone entrepreneurs. Applications are explained, sensors are recommended and workflows are discussed to show you how to crease a successful drone business. Appendix 7 200 Commercial UAV Applications, Appendix 9 Commercial UAV Sensor Manufacturing Companies, Appendix 10 Commercial UAV Manufacturing Companies, Appendix 11 Commercial UAV Component Companies, Appendix 12 Commercial UAV Services Companies, Appendix 14 Commercial UAV Insurance Companies

Author: James O. Poss, Jerry LeMieux
Publisher: Unmanned Vehicle University Press
Published: 10/09/2013
Pages: 154
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.47lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9780578132037

About the Author
Doctor Jerry LeMieux is the President of Unmanned Vehicle University(R). He holds a PhD in engineering and has over 25 years of experience with research, development, technology transfer, integration and flight test and evaluation. Doctor LeMieux has over 20 years of course development and teaching experience at major Universities and Aviation Schools including; MIT, Boston University, University of Maryland, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University and Daniel Webster College. He has taught aeronautical, mechanical and electrical engineering and advanced mathematics courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels. He has flown as a fighter/top gun pilot and Delta Air Lines pilot and has accumulated over 40 years and 10,000 hours of aviation experience. He has consulted on numerous airspace issues for the US Federal Aviation Administration, Air Force, Army, Navy, NASA, DARPA and most major defense contractors. Doctor LeMieux is currently working with the FAA sponsored RTCA Special Committee 203 and 288 on legislative and airspace issues related to integrating unmanned air systems into US National Airspace. The FAA has invited him to speak on UAS integration into the NAS and has requested to use the UVU commercial applications list. He is recognized as an authority on UAS and has recently been featured in the national media discussing the future of UAS on such programs as ABC Nightline and Fox News. He is the author of the first textbook on Unmanned Systems: Introduction to Unmanned Systems, Air, Ground, Sea and Space, Technologies and Commercial applications. The introduction is written by Brian Binnie, test pilot for SpaceShipOne and second commercial astronaut. He is also Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Unmanned Systems Engineering the official Journal of Unmanned Vehicle University(R). Recent interviews have been with ABC Nightline News, Fox News, Arizona Republic, Cronkite News, Cape Cod Times, Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET), Small UAS News, Experimental Aircraft Association, Washington Times, Flying Magazine, Las Vegas Review Journal, Big Beacon, Irish Times, Defense IQ, Flightglobal and others.

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