Civil drones look at agricultural plant protection in the future

[ China Agricultural Machinery Industry News ] UAV is the acronym for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. It is a non-manned aircraft that uses radio remote control equipment and its own program control device, including unmanned helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft. Multi-rotor aircraft, unmanned airships, unmanned parachute aircraft. From a certain point of view, the drone can complete complex air missions and various load tasks under unmanned conditions, and can be regarded as an "airborne robot."

According to different fields of use, drones can be divided into three categories: military, civilian and consumer. The performance requirements of drones are different: 1) military drones for sensitivity, flight altitude, intelligence, etc. With higher requirements, it is a highly skilled drone, including reconnaissance, bait, electronic countermeasures, communication relay, drone and unmanned combat aircraft; 2) civilian drones generally for speed, ceiling and The requirements such as the voyage are low, but there are high requirements for personnel operation training and comprehensive cost. Therefore, it is necessary to form a mature industrial chain to provide the lowest possible parts and support services. At present, the industrial-grade drone market is large. In the provision of government public services, such as police, fire, weather, etc., accounting for about 70% of the total demand, the market with great potential for future drones may be at the industrial level, and new market demand may appear in agricultural plant protection, goods. Transportation, air wireless network, data acquisition and other fields; 3) Consumer-grade UAVs generally use low-cost multi-rotor platforms for aerial photography, games and other leisure purposes.

Military, civilian and consumer drones

First, the status of the industry: the future of drones for civilian use, the future of civilian use for agricultural plant protection

As a member of modern air military forces, military drones have the characteristics of no casualties, limited use restrictions, good concealment, and high efficiency. The status and role in modern warfare are increasingly prominent in recent local wars. . Since the advent of the world's military drones in 1917, military drones have matured over the course of a century. The particularity of the use of military drones determines that its research and development and production are mainly led by the government.

Before the introduction of multi-rotor models in Dajiang in 2011, the customer groups in the market were mainly small groups such as model enthusiasts and enthusiasts. On the one hand, Dajiang integrates GPS, motion camera and drone, so that the aircraft can hover automatically, which greatly reduces the control threshold of the drone. On the other hand, Dajiang adopts the mode of “small profits but quick turnover”. The magnitude of the multi-rotor drone is reduced. The above two points have enabled the customer base of consumer drones to expand from the previous DIY enthusiasts to the general public, and the customer scale has increased several hundred times.

At present, in the consumer market, DJI Innovation has accounted for 70% of the global consumer-grade UAV market share. Zero and E-Air are also rushing to occupy a place in it. Foreign competitors include Parrot from France and 3DRobotics from the US. This market has already shown a crowded situation, showing a super competitive landscape.

Consumer-grade UAV market in Xinjiang, a unique source of data Source: Internet, Beijing Oulixin Research Center

The plant protection drone is a drone for agricultural and forestry plant protection operations. This type of unmanned aircraft has three parts: flight platform, GPS flight control and spray structure. It can be sprayed through ground remote control or GPS flight control. You can spray medicines, etc. As a large agricultural country, China uses drones for plant protection operations. It not only has high work efficiency, but also poses no threat to the safety of personnel. At the same time, it can save a lot of labor, save agricultural input costs, and ultimately increase the economic benefits of growers. The broad demand base means that the plant protection drone will be a star in the future civilian field.

Agricultural plant protection drones belong to civilian drones Source: Internet, Beijing Oulixin Research Center

Second, the industrial chain: upstream R & D and manufacturing, midstream operation and operation, downstream auxiliary support

The plant protection drone industrial chain can be divided into three industrial stages: upstream, midstream and downstream. The upstream is mainly the R&D and manufacturing of machine complete machines and main core systems and components. The midstream is the operation and operation of drones, and the downstream is the auxiliary support system.

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