AUVSI 2017: Commercial versus military (video)

11th May 2017 - 21:30 GMT | by Beth Maundrill, Richard Thomas in Dallas

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While the commercial market dominates AUVSI Xponential this year in Dallas, there has been the unveiling and promotion of some military platforms, including the Snipe UAV from AeroVironment.

Moreover, the conference had some key military speakers and a much stronger focus on the defence than the show floor did.

Richard Thomas, editor of Unmanned Vehicles magazine, discusses with staff reporter Beth Maundrill the state of the commercial market at the event as well as some other key themes that came out of the week in Dallas.

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Beth Maundrill

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