ABSTRACT
The state of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) is in flux throughout the world as individual countries seek to promote differing restrictions —usually focusing on safety, privacy, or corporate concerns. UAS companies have grown quickly, offering different services with differing technologies. The economic conditions in Japan that require a focus on automation and technology developments to make up for an aging workforce do not necessarily exist in the United States market, and cannot be directly applied throughout the world. New sensor payloads are being developed to industry-specific needs. An example of this is seen in the attention that technology companies are paying specifically to agricultural needs. To date operations within agriculture have mainly consisted of: terrain, rock, tree, and obstacle mapping; hybrid lifecycle charting; chlorophyll damage detection; and ground-covering profiling. The opportunities are endless, and the international markets are adapting to motivate, support, develop, and apply these new technologies quickly.
