2023 industry prediction in the field of drones – Upvision

By Jakub Karas, Co-Founder and CTO, Upvision

Jakub KARAS

In 2023, we expect to see a continuation of the significant progress in civil drone operations development that has been accelerated in the past year around the world through various new deployments, certifications, demonstrations and other reports and decisions from authorities such as the FAA or EASA, supported by industry and other stakeholders.

This will be tied to the further development and implementation of UTM and associated technologies such as Detect and Avoid (DAA), UAS Remote ID and iConspicuity for visibility and other manned assets and secure operations for all airspace participants needed to increase the safety of drone operations with a view to supporting the development of advanced drone operations in BVLOS on a large scale. Similarly, new methods of investigating the risks of drone operations are being addressed to safely develop drone applications in urban environments. There are also first certifications in the world for BVLOS operations, drone delivery services etc.

This has a great impact on the development and efficiency of drone use also in the geospatial industry where BVLOS flying is needed in most usecases and applications. Especially in the field of mapping and monitoring of larger areas, simplification flight processes and reducing flying time also in terms of the need for certain climatic conditions for some usecases.

We can observe and expect a great development of the use of drones in the field of creating digital twins of buildings and Building Information Modeling (BIM).

At the same time, we can expect a trend of increasing use of special sensors on drones, especially LiDAR, in view of the increasing competition among manufacturers of these sensors designed specifically for drones and also in terms of demand due to the decreasing cost of use and availability of this technology whether in construction, urban planning, BIM and other applications such as environmental, forestry, archaeology, etc.

About Author

Jakub Karas is co-founder and CTO of Upvision (founded in 2013), one of the biggest drone operator in the Czech Republic. He has more than 20 years of experiences in photogrammetry and remote sensing, GIS, new technologies (laser scanning, mobile mapping) and especially in drones.

Jakub Karas is President of the Czech Unmanned Aerial Alliance (UAVA), drone industry representative in International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS), Czech drone industry representative and advisor in many international research projects and author of several books focused on drones. jakub.karas@upvision.cz

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