A study into the use cases of unmanned systems and overall market potential has indicated that HALE platforms being solely used for internet service provision is unlikely to be able to produce a return on investment.
The study – commissioned by the NASA Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate – will take in several expected key growth areas for civil and commercial applications of UAVs, in a bid to determine market forecasts for their operation across several existing and emerging use cases.
However, while the prognosis within the industry was generally considered to be positive, there were certain use cases where the