Authority forecast: 2017 global UAV production will reach 3 million set-UAV-IT information
According to the authority of the global IT consulting firm Gartner predicted, 2017 UAV production and sales will surge 39%, up to 3 million units. While the global market revenue is expected to reach US $6 billion (about 41.2 billion), an increase of 34%.
Drone surge in demand for personal and commercial use, although the civil market has to deal with government regulators, but does not affect the popularity of drones. Gartner analysts said the rapid development of the UAV market as a whole, but different dynamics of individual and commercial markets.
Personal drones used for entertainment, such as various types of pictures, the self timer, capable of flying short distances, a short time (usually no more than 5km and 1h), altitude restrictions within 500m. Weight no more than 2kg, the price is $5,000 (34,000 yuan). Commercial UAV market is much smaller, with average selling prices significantly higher than private drones, as more and more perfect relevant regulations of the State, the market started gradually stabilizing, companies in almost every industry will buy drones for testing, deployment, and so on.
Commercial UAVs typically has a higher payload, longer flight time and, in addition, such drones are usually experts in one field, such as mapping, transport or industrial inspection, so the price varies.
Agriculture is generally considered to be the first large-scale commercial UAV market, but more strict agricultural economy revolves around production, return on investment and pricing, more sensitive to costs, means that the agricultural development of the UAV market is not as quickly as the other markets. Gartner predicts that by 2020, agricultural UAV market will grow 7%.
Industrial UAV market was a great success, concentrated in the petroleum, natural gas and other areas such as energy, transport and infrastructure, laws and regulations on the market is not as significant as expected. Gartner predicts that by 2020, detection zone occupies 30% of the UAV market. Transport of UAV gradually began to attract the attention of the outside world, but not in recent years the main role because the return on investment has not been without cost, proven operational and individual customer delivery.
权威预测：2017年全球无人机生产销售将达300万台 - 无人机 - IT资讯
根据全球权威IT咨询公司高德纳的预测，2017年无人机产销量将大幅增长39%，达300万台。而全球市场收入预计将达60亿美元(约412亿元)，增加34%。
用于个人和商业用途的无人机需求大涨，虽然民间市场不得不与各国政府监管部门打交道，但并没有影响无人机的受欢迎程度。高德纳的分析师表示，无人机市场整体发展迅速，但个人与商业市场的动态却截然不同。
个人用无人机多用于娱乐功能，如拍各类照片、自拍等，能够短距离、短时间飞行(通常不超过5km和1h)，飞行高度限制在500m以内。重量一般不超过2kg，价格5,000美元(约3.4万元)以内。商用无人机市场则小得多，与私人用无人机相比平均售价明显更高，随着越来越多的国家完善相关规定，市场开始逐渐稳定，几乎每个行业的公司都会购买无人机进行测试、部署等。
商用无人机通常具有更高的有效载荷、更长的飞行时间，此外，这类无人机通常精于某个领域，如测绘、运输或工业检查，因此价格不一。
农业通常被认为是第一个大型商业无人机市场，但农业经济围绕更严格的产量、投资回报和定价，对成本更敏感，意味着农业无人机市场的发展速度不会像其它市场一样迅速。高德纳预测到2020年，农业无人机市场将增长7%。
而工业无人机市场取得了很大成功，主要集中在石油、天然气等能源和基础设施、运输领域，法律法规对市场的影响不如原先预期得那么显著。高德纳预测到2020年，检测用途将占无人机市场的30%。运输型无人机逐渐开始吸引到外界的注意，但不会是近几年内的主要角色，因其投资回报率尚未在无人机成本、运营和单个客户交付方面得到证明。