siliconindia | | MARCH 20214Drones are increasingly being used in diverse industries, exhibiting their usefulness in terms of enhanced efficiency and transparency. From its humble beginnings of usage restricted only to reconnaissance, it is now being used for a wide range of applications. Drones are finding applications in real estate/infrastructure, agriculture, media & entertainment, industrial, law enforcement, and other industries. As a result, the global drone services market size is predicted to become worth USD 67.43 billion by 2026, exhibiting a CAGR of more than 40 per cent during the period. The rising demand for commercial drones in agricultural applications such as crop rotation, crop protection, and organic farming is expected to accelerate the drone services market growth. One of the largest growing areas for drone technology is aerial surveying and mapping. What once required either on foot expeditions or manned aircraft to achieve can now be done with unmanned aerial vehicles. Being the fastest-growing drone market, India is expected to become the world's third-largest UAV technology market by 2024. However, while drones have many possible functionalities, the true potential of drone technology is yet to be fully explored across industries, leveraging emerging technologies like AI, AR/VR, IoT and 3D modeling. There is a huge scope and a lot of room for innovation and development as tastes and preferences change and get more diversified. In addition, as the market evolves, focus also need to be directed towards up-skilling the existing human resource as that is the way forward for increased adoption. A host of service providers have emerged in this segment looking to leverage the early mover's advantage. In this issue, we present to you a list of 10 Most Promising Drone Service Providers that have managed to stay ahead of the curve and are going from strength to strength in meeting the varied needs of the customers. We look forward to your feedback. Sudhakar SinghEditoreditor@siliconindia.comRising to the Applications Vol 08 · Issue 5 - 14 · March, 2021 Publisher Alok Chaturvedi Editor Sudhakar Singh Associate Editor Susila Devi Govindaraj Editorial Team Avinash Roy Aveek Pal Chaudhuri Komal Banchhor Abantika Bhattacharjee Rajan Sarma VP - Sales & Marketing Virupakshi Pattar Advertising Managers Editorial queries editor@siliconindia.com To subscribe Visit https://www.siliconindia.com/subscribe/ or send email to subscription@siliconindia.com Cover price is Rs.150 per issue. Printed and Published By Alok Chaturvedi on behalf of SiliconMedia Technologies Pvt Ltd and Printed at Precision Fototype Services at Sri Sabari Shopping Complex, 24 Residency Road Bangalore-560025 and Published At No. 124, 2nd Floor, Surya Chambers, Old Airport Road, Murugeshpalya, Bangalore-560017. Editor Alok ChaturvediCopyright © 2021 SiliconMedia Technologies Pvt Ltd, All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher.advertise@siliconindia.comVisualisers Karthik K S. SivasankarGroup Art DirectorAshok KumarNoidaAshu Sethi Garima Anand Shivam AgarwalCirculation Manager Magendran Perumal Ashwini D Naik Indranil Chakraborthy Sanjana Mohanty Shivam AgarwalCorrespondentsSambit Satpathy Subhadarshani MohantyEditorial
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