In today’s military, Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) are highly desired by combatant commanders for their versatility and persistence. In a recently released market study “U.S. Military Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) Market Forecast 2010-2015”
the US UAV market is forecast to top $12.7 Billion by 2015.

The report U.S. Military Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) Market Forecast 2010-2015 provides year-by-year forecasts for the following UAV market segments:
- Revenues by UAV Groups (by vehicle airspeed, weight, and operating altitude)
- Unmanned Air Vehicles
- Payloads
- Ground Control Systems
- R&D, tests and evaluation
- Data management
- Service, support and maintenance
- Training