On the one hand, Chinese UAV supervision is becoming more and more strict, and standardization construction is accelerating. At the same time, countries around the world also strengthen drone management to ensure aviation safety and public safety.
On the other hand, with the development of many years, the industry and market of civilian UAV are maturing day by day, and the vertical field application is more and more widely.
As a result, while continuing to improve the UAV regulatory system, countries still have a positive attitude towards the development of the civilian drone industry.
Since 2018, both government and enterprises have been adopting policy measures and technological innovations, new product development and other different ways to promote the healthy and sustainable development of UAV. Therefore, some of the important events related to drones have been listed during the whole year.
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs proposes to continue to promote the pilot of agricultural UAV subsidy.
Adopting UAV for plant protection not only can improve the operational efficiency, save the related costs, but also can avoid the problems of personnel safety. It can be described as "kill two birds with one stone".
Therefore, continuing to push forward the pilot policy of purchasing subsidy of agricultural UAV is beneficial to further expand the market, promote the popularization of UAV plant protection operation mode, and then help the development of agricultural modernization in China.
Amazon's new patent on drones revealed
In the UAV field, Amazon continues to strengthen the overall layout, using logistics and distribution drones as the fulcrum, continues to promote technology development and innovation, applying for a number of UAV patents.
"ISO International Standard for Agricultural UAV"began to formulate.
Under the background of sustained market growth and rapid development of the industry, it is increasingly urgent to establish international standards for agricultural drones from a global perspective.
Great Wall station of UAV Racing League is over.
On July 17, the 2018X-FLY UAV Racing League, hosted by the X-FLY UAV Race League, completed its first ever drone race through China's Great Wall.
UAV detection equipment deployed at Capital Airport.
In August, four sets of UAV detection equipment were deployed at the Capital Airport. The detection range of the equipment can cover 2 kilometers within and outside the boundary of the flying area.
The Civil Aviation Administration issued the "Measures for the Implementation of UAV Flight Management in Shenzhen (Provisional)"
On November 16, CAAC’s Central and South Regional Administration issued the "Measures for the Implementation of UAV Flight Management in Shenzhen (Provisional)", which came into effect on November 19, 2018.
It will effectively explore the method of UAV flight management, promote the construction of domestic UAV supervision system, and provide the experience and reference for the comprehensive supervision platform covering the whole country.
Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China(MIIT) issued "Specifications for UAV Manufacturing Enterprises (Draft for Opinions)"
On 23 November, in order to further strengthen the UAV industry management, standardize the industry market order, accelerate to cultivate the superior enterprises, and improve the quality of industrial development, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China(MIIT) organized and issued the "Specifications for UAV Manufacturing Enterprises (Draft for Opinions)"
DJI launched new agricultural UAV T16.
On December 4, DJI agriculture’s 2019 New Product Conference was held in Shenzhen. At the meeting, DJI Agriculture officially issued a brand new flagship agricultural drone T16, and put forward the slogan of "defining the second generation of agricultural UAV in the industry".
For many small and medium-sized enterprises, whether in technology or capital strength, it is difficult to compete with DJI.
