Whether they are called Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), or even Remotely Piloted Aerial Systems (RPAS), drones are zooming across the sky more than ever before—and it’s only the beginning.

The consumer market heavily uses drones for application such as aerial photography, surveillance, leisure, filmmaking and other recreational and light commercial purposes. According to DroneAnalyst, there has been a slowdown in consumer sales of drones since 2016. While there was a short-term bump in interest and sales during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown and drone racing is growing in popularity, this segment is expected to grow in the coming years, but not as fast as it has in previous years—particularly when compared to commercial usage.