Worldwide transactions of companies involved in the unmanned systems sector rose from eight in 2010 to 44 in 2014, with 16 deals already concluded in the first quarter of this year.
Meanwhile, between 1 January 2014 and 24 April 2015, 49 capital raises were registered by companies in the UV sector through a variety of sources, including crowd-funding.
The figures were disclosed by Westbury Group, a Connecticut-based investment banking firm, at the start of the Unmanned Systems exhibition in Atlanta.
Debating the unmanned vehicles market, growth and areas of potential interest in the future, a panel of experts argued that