Recent content by David Benowitz

Hello all, it's time for our Sixth DroneAnalyst Survey, looking at drone purchases, service providers, business/agency users and software services. If you’re involved in the industry in any way - whether flying for fun, work or involved in an org providing or buying drone services - have your...

Hello all, Earlier today I posted an article over on the Articles section of MavicPilot titled "Where is the Money for Commercial Drone Pilots?" This post breaks down research from our 2020 survey which includes data from service providers on how much revenue they're making, providing what...

Even if you didn't participate last year or buy the report, you've likely seen some insights from the research. We posted a bunch online and shared across other channels. Here are a few posts we made about the findings: 4 Forces that shaped the industry in 2020 Hobbyists drive commercial...

Today we’re launching the Fifth DroneAnalyst Market Sector Survey. This survey looks at drone purchases, service providers, business/agency buyers and software services to inform our Annual Market Sector Report. If you’re involved in the industry in any way - whether flying for fun, work or...

Good points, just to add before the moral decisions come they'll need to be able to make "aesthetic" decisions as well for a lot of applications. I'm seeing a lot of that tech in mobile phones (my iPhone now recommends how I should edit my photos), but don't see any drone companies moving into...

Agreed there, but I do like the promise of new players, and it is more exciting having Skydio and others in the market. But there's a lot of "fluff" and unnecessary concern going around today. Let's see how these new players mature and diversify in 2021 and how they act outside of their...

I've seen increasingly heated debates between Skydio, DroneXL and DJI on the value and impact of autonomous drones, and shared some of my thoughts on a recent post at DroneAnalyst here. There isn't one answer as the industry has many different types of adopters, but I wanted to share a few...

Today we’re launching the Fourth DroneAnalyst Market Sector Survey. This survey looks at drone purchases, service providers, business/agency buyers and software services to inform our Annual Market Sector Report. If you’re involved in the industry in any way - whether flying for fun, work or...