Sunday, February 19, 2017

Does UAV improvement really benefit mankind-prompt 6

by Weiyu Li

The UAV first made in 20th century 20s during the second world war. It was designed to throw bombs to the enemies' areas. After the thought came out, the initial UVA are used to train the air defense soldiers.
Then the days went on, the UAV developed so fast that many people couldn't imagine the how big the power it would have.
However, the fast development doesn't give the public tranquilizer, but the panic spread all over the world because of the American army use UAV during the Iraq War.
Not only the Iraq, but also the whole middle east. There are serious issues for U.S. UAV manufacturers and sensor makers in addressing the export market in general and the Middle East specifically. Because of Israel's proximity, getting authorization to sell systems to other countries in the region is very difficult. In addition, Middle Eastern nations often want systems used by the military that are considered MTCR Category I systems (with a presumption of denial of exports according to the MTCR's rules).(1)
We can't see the disadvantage only, there are also some good aspects.
Expectations that U.S. UAVs would dominate the market both in the Middle East and worldwide have never been realized, despite the systems' effectiveness in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

U.S. industry's serious competitive advantages over exporting rivals in Israel, Europe, and China have not yet resulted in export strength. The U.S. market will spend 62% of the $28.5 billion spent on R&D over the period from 2012 to 2021, according to projections prepared by the Teal Group. The U.S. market will represent 55% of the $60.6-billion procurement market over the same period. That figure means that U.S. industry will have clear advantages both in its ability to fund research and in having the economies of scale that should make it the world's leader in sales.(2)


(1),(2) from  Hopes rise for U.S. UAV sales to Middle East by Finnegan,P
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