1. Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems

2. Why Become a Remote Pilot?
Increasing Numbers of UAVs in Use
Increasing Amount of Money Spent on UAVs
Increasing Amount of Money Spent on Research for Using UAVs
Increasing Demand for Remote Pilots

3. Aerospace Industries Association 2014 or 2015
UAV spending will generate $89 billion in ten years
Over 1,000,000 hours of UAV flying in the US today
Was 100,000 hours in 1999

4. Congressional Research Service 2015
Production of UAVs will rise from $4 billion to $14 billion in ten years

5. Forecast International The Market for UAV Reconnaissance Systems (2015 – 2024)
Market worth $39.1 billion over the next ten years
R&D to account for another $28.8 billion of spending
$2 to $3 billion in service contracts
Total market value of $70.98 billion

6. Sophic Capital Drones: A Rising Market (2015)
Drone market cumulatively worth $91 billion over the next decade

7. National Public Radio 2015
USAF is Increasing the Number of it’s UAV Pilots