

The global AI in Drone market size is predicted to grow from US$ 13060 million in 2025 to US$ 71530 million in 2031; it is expected to grow at a CAGR of 32.8% from 2025 to 2031.
AI in Drone refers to the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies into drones (also known as unmanned aerial vehicles, UAVs). This integration significantly enhances the capabilities and functionalities of drones, enabling them to perform more complex tasks autonomously. signifies the application of AI algorithms, machine learning models, and related technologies to drones. This enables drones to process data in real-time, make decisions independently, adapt to changing environments, and execute tasks with minimal human intervention.
Market Development
Technological Advancements: The combination of AI and drones has led to significant technological advancements. Drones equipped with AI can now operate autonomously, process data in real-time, adapt to changing conditions, and enhance safety by detecting and avoiding obstacles.
Emerging Applications: The AI-enabled drones are finding new applications across various industries. For instance, in agriculture, AI drones can scan fields to monitor crop health and growth, providing valuable data to farmers. In the military, AI drones have become crucial for reconnaissance, surveillance, and even combat operations.
Market Growth: The global drone market, including AI-enabled drones, is expected to grow steadily. According to some estimates, the market size is projected to reach substantial figures in the coming years, driven by technological upgrades, government policy concessions, and increasing user demand.
Key Drivers
Cost-Effectiveness and Versatility: Drones are cost-effective and versatile, making them suitable for a wide range of applications such as aerial photography, inspection of high-rise buildings, cargo transportation, and more. The integration of AI further enhances their capabilities and makes them more efficient.
Government Support: Governments around the world are increasingly recognizing the potential of drones and AI-enabled drones. They are formulating policies and providing incentives to promote the development and use of these technologies.
User Demand: With the increasing awareness of the benefits of AI-enabled drones, user demand is also growing. Users are looking for drones that can operate autonomously, provide real-time data processing, and adapt to changing conditions.
Challenges and Opportunities
Challenges: The integration of AI into drones presents some challenges, such as ensuring the safety and security of the drones, protecting data privacy, and addressing regulatory issues.
Opportunities: Despite these challenges, there are also significant opportunities in the AI-enabled drone market. For instance, the development of new technologies such as star-borne nodes, 4G transmission, and automatic micro-drones is expected to stimulate market growth. Additionally, the introduction of other technologies such as AI and enhanced video surveillance technology will further expand the market's potential.
Future Trends
Increased Competition: With more manufacturers entering the drone industry, competition is expected to intensify. This will provide users with more choices and drive innovation in the market.
Focus on R&D: More enterprises are focusing on research and development in related fields such as AI, investment, consultation, and education, providing tangible and intangible support for the global AI-enabled drone market.
Innovative Technologies: The market is expected to see more innovative technologies, such as advanced AI algorithms, improved sensors, and communication modules, that will enhance the capabilities of drones.
In conclusion, the AI-enabled drone market is poised for significant growth driven by technological advancements, government support, and increasing user demand. While challenges remain, the opportunities in this market are vast and present exciting prospects for innovation and development.
The “AI in Drone Industry Forecast” looks at past sales and reviews total world AI in Drone sales in 2024, providing a comprehensive analysis by region and market sector of projected AI in Drone sales for 2025 through 2031. With AI in Drone sales broken down by region, market sector and sub-sector, this report provides a detailed analysis in US$ millions of the world AI in Drone industry.
This Insight Report provides a comprehensive analysis of the global AI in Drone landscape and highlights key trends related to product segmentation, company formation, revenue, and market share, latest development, and M&A activity. This report also analyses the strategies of leading global companies with a focus on AI in Drone portfolios and capabilities, market entry strategies, market positions, and geographic footprints, to better understand these firms’ unique position in an accelerating global AI in Drone market.
This Insight Report evaluates the key market trends, drivers, and affecting factors shaping the global outlook for AI in Drone and breaks down the forecast by Type, by Application, geography, and market size to highlight emerging pockets of opportunity. With a transparent methodology based on hundreds of bottom-up qualitative and quantitative market inputs, this study forecast offers a highly nuanced view of the current state and future trajectory in the global AI in Drone.
This report presents a comprehensive overview, market shares, and growth opportunities of AI in Drone market by product type, application, key players and key regions and countries.
Segmentation by Type:
On Premise
Cloud Based
Segmentation by Application:
Law Enforcement
Fire Control
Contingency Management
Others
This report also splits the market by region:
Americas
United States
Canada
Mexico
Brazil
APAC
China
Japan
Korea
Southeast Asia
India
Australia
Europe
Germany
France
UK
Italy
Russia
Middle East & Africa
Egypt
South Africa
Israel
Turkey
GCC Countries
The below companies that are profiled have been selected based on inputs gathered from primary experts and analyzing the company's coverage, product portfolio, its market penetration.
Intel
Qualcomm
Skycatch
DroneSense
Shield AI
Auterion
DRONE VOLT
Folio3 AI
FlytBase
Skydio
Nanjing Ningyingzhineng
Coretronic Intelligent Robotics Corporation
DAC.digital
Percepto
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1 Scope of the Report
1.1 Market Introduction
1.2 Years Considered
1.3 Research Objectives
1.4 Market Research Methodology
1.5 Research Process and Data Source
1.6 Economic Indicators
1.7 Currency Considered
1.8 Market Estimation Caveats
2 Executive Summary
2.1 World Market Overview
2.1.1 Global AI in Drone Market Size (2020-2031)
2.1.2 AI in Drone Market Size CAGR by Region (2020 VS 2024 VS 2031)
2.1.3 World Current & Future Analysis for AI in Drone by Country/Region (2020, 2024 & 2031)
2.2 AI in Drone Segment by Type
2.2.1 On Premise
2.2.2 Cloud Based
2.3 AI in Drone Market Size by Type
2.3.1 AI in Drone Market Size CAGR by Type (2020 VS 2024 VS 2031)
2.3.2 Global AI in Drone Market Size Market Share by Type (2020-2025)
2.4 AI in Drone Segment by Application
2.4.1 Law Enforcement
2.4.2 Fire Control
2.4.3 Contingency Management
2.4.4 Others
2.5 AI in Drone Market Size by Application
2.5.1 AI in Drone Market Size CAGR by Application (2020 VS 2024 VS 2031)
2.5.2 Global AI in Drone Market Size Market Share by Application (2020-2025)
3 AI in Drone Market Size by Player
3.1 AI in Drone Market Size Market Share by Player
3.1.1 Global AI in Drone Revenue by Player (2020-2025)
3.1.2 Global AI in Drone Revenue Market Share by Player (2020-2025)
3.2 Global AI in Drone Key Players Head office and Products Offered
3.3 Market Concentration Rate Analysis
3.3.1 Competition Landscape Analysis
3.3.2 Concentration Ratio (CR3, CR5 and CR10) & (2023-2025)
3.4 New Products and Potential Entrants
3.5 Mergers & Acquisitions, Expansion
4 AI in Drone by Region
4.1 AI in Drone Market Size by Region (2020-2025)
4.2 Global AI in Drone Annual Revenue by Country/Region (2020-2025)
4.3 Americas AI in Drone Market Size Growth (2020-2025)
4.4 APAC AI in Drone Market Size Growth (2020-2025)
4.5 Europe AI in Drone Market Size Growth (2020-2025)
4.6 Middle East & Africa AI in Drone Market Size Growth (2020-2025)
5 Americas
5.1 Americas AI in Drone Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
5.2 Americas AI in Drone Market Size by Type (2020-2025)
5.3 Americas AI in Drone Market Size by Application (2020-2025)
5.4 United States
5.5 Canada
5.6 Mexico
5.7 Brazil
6 APAC
6.1 APAC AI in Drone Market Size by Region (2020-2025)
6.2 APAC AI in Drone Market Size by Type (2020-2025)
6.3 APAC AI in Drone Market Size by Application (2020-2025)
6.4 China
6.5 Japan
6.6 South Korea
6.7 Southeast Asia
6.8 India
6.9 Australia
7 Europe
7.1 Europe AI in Drone Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
7.2 Europe AI in Drone Market Size by Type (2020-2025)
7.3 Europe AI in Drone Market Size by Application (2020-2025)
7.4 Germany
7.5 France
7.6 UK
7.7 Italy
7.8 Russia
8 Middle East & Africa
8.1 Middle East & Africa AI in Drone by Region (2020-2025)
8.2 Middle East & Africa AI in Drone Market Size by Type (2020-2025)
8.3 Middle East & Africa AI in Drone Market Size by Application (2020-2025)
8.4 Egypt
8.5 South Africa
8.6 Israel
8.7 Turkey
8.8 GCC Countries
9 Market Drivers, Challenges and Trends
9.1 Market Drivers & Growth Opportunities
9.2 Market Challenges & Risks
9.3 Industry Trends
10 Global AI in Drone Market Forecast
10.1 Global AI in Drone Forecast by Region (2026-2031)
10.1.1 Global AI in Drone Forecast by Region (2026-2031)
10.1.2 Americas AI in Drone Forecast
10.1.3 APAC AI in Drone Forecast
10.1.4 Europe AI in Drone Forecast
10.1.5 Middle East & Africa AI in Drone Forecast
10.2 Americas AI in Drone Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
10.2.1 United States Market AI in Drone Forecast
10.2.2 Canada Market AI in Drone Forecast
10.2.3 Mexico Market AI in Drone Forecast
10.2.4 Brazil Market AI in Drone Forecast
10.3 APAC AI in Drone Forecast by Region (2026-2031)
10.3.1 China AI in Drone Market Forecast
10.3.2 Japan Market AI in Drone Forecast
10.3.3 Korea Market AI in Drone Forecast
10.3.4 Southeast Asia Market AI in Drone Forecast
10.3.5 India Market AI in Drone Forecast
10.3.6 Australia Market AI in Drone Forecast
10.4 Europe AI in Drone Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
10.4.1 Germany Market AI in Drone Forecast
10.4.2 France Market AI in Drone Forecast
10.4.3 UK Market AI in Drone Forecast
10.4.4 Italy Market AI in Drone Forecast
10.4.5 Russia Market AI in Drone Forecast
10.5 Middle East & Africa AI in Drone Forecast by Region (2026-2031)
10.5.1 Egypt Market AI in Drone Forecast
10.5.2 South Africa Market AI in Drone Forecast
10.5.3 Israel Market AI in Drone Forecast
10.5.4 Turkey Market AI in Drone Forecast
10.6 Global AI in Drone Forecast by Type (2026-2031)
10.7 Global AI in Drone Forecast by Application (2026-2031)
10.7.1 GCC Countries Market AI in Drone Forecast
11 Key Players Analysis
11.1 Intel
11.1.1 Intel Company Information
11.1.2 Intel AI in Drone Product Offered
11.1.3 Intel AI in Drone Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2020-2025)
11.1.4 Intel Main Business Overview
11.1.5 Intel Latest Developments
11.2 Qualcomm
11.2.1 Qualcomm Company Information
11.2.2 Qualcomm AI in Drone Product Offered
11.2.3 Qualcomm AI in Drone Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2020-2025)
11.2.4 Qualcomm Main Business Overview
11.2.5 Qualcomm Latest Developments
11.3 Skycatch
11.3.1 Skycatch Company Information
11.3.2 Skycatch AI in Drone Product Offered
11.3.3 Skycatch AI in Drone Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2020-2025)
11.3.4 Skycatch Main Business Overview
11.3.5 Skycatch Latest Developments
11.4 DroneSense
11.4.1 DroneSense Company Information
11.4.2 DroneSense AI in Drone Product Offered
11.4.3 DroneSense AI in Drone Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2020-2025)
11.4.4 DroneSense Main Business Overview
11.4.5 DroneSense Latest Developments
11.5 Shield AI
11.5.1 Shield AI Company Information
11.5.2 Shield AI AI in Drone Product Offered
11.5.3 Shield AI AI in Drone Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2020-2025)
11.5.4 Shield AI Main Business Overview
11.5.5 Shield AI Latest Developments
11.6 Auterion
11.6.1 Auterion Company Information
11.6.2 Auterion AI in Drone Product Offered
11.6.3 Auterion AI in Drone Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2020-2025)
11.6.4 Auterion Main Business Overview
11.6.5 Auterion Latest Developments
11.7 DRONE VOLT
11.7.1 DRONE VOLT Company Information
11.7.2 DRONE VOLT AI in Drone Product Offered
11.7.3 DRONE VOLT AI in Drone Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2020-2025)
11.7.4 DRONE VOLT Main Business Overview
11.7.5 DRONE VOLT Latest Developments
11.8 Folio3 AI
11.8.1 Folio3 AI Company Information
11.8.2 Folio3 AI AI in Drone Product Offered
11.8.3 Folio3 AI AI in Drone Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2020-2025)
11.8.4 Folio3 AI Main Business Overview
11.8.5 Folio3 AI Latest Developments
11.9 FlytBase
11.9.1 FlytBase Company Information
11.9.2 FlytBase AI in Drone Product Offered
11.9.3 FlytBase AI in Drone Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2020-2025)
11.9.4 FlytBase Main Business Overview
11.9.5 FlytBase Latest Developments
11.10 Skydio
11.10.1 Skydio Company Information
11.10.2 Skydio AI in Drone Product Offered
11.10.3 Skydio AI in Drone Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2020-2025)
11.10.4 Skydio Main Business Overview
11.10.5 Skydio Latest Developments
11.11 Nanjing Ningyingzhineng
11.11.1 Nanjing Ningyingzhineng Company Information
11.11.2 Nanjing Ningyingzhineng AI in Drone Product Offered
11.11.3 Nanjing Ningyingzhineng AI in Drone Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2020-2025)
11.11.4 Nanjing Ningyingzhineng Main Business Overview
11.11.5 Nanjing Ningyingzhineng Latest Developments
11.12 Coretronic Intelligent Robotics Corporation
11.12.1 Coretronic Intelligent Robotics Corporation Company Information
11.12.2 Coretronic Intelligent Robotics Corporation AI in Drone Product Offered
11.12.3 Coretronic Intelligent Robotics Corporation AI in Drone Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2020-2025)
11.12.4 Coretronic Intelligent Robotics Corporation Main Business Overview
11.12.5 Coretronic Intelligent Robotics Corporation Latest Developments
11.13 DAC.digital
11.13.1 DAC.digital Company Information
11.13.2 DAC.digital AI in Drone Product Offered
11.13.3 DAC.digital AI in Drone Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2020-2025)
11.13.4 DAC.digital Main Business Overview
11.13.5 DAC.digital Latest Developments
11.14 Percepto
11.14.1 Percepto Company Information
11.14.2 Percepto AI in Drone Product Offered
11.14.3 Percepto AI in Drone Revenue, Gross Margin and Market Share (2020-2025)
11.14.4 Percepto Main Business Overview
11.14.5 Percepto Latest Developments
12 Research Findings and Conclusion
*If Applicable.