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2015-06 Master's assignment: unmanned aircraft for use in agriculture


Business Plan development for a Remotely Piloted Aircraft System For Agriculture


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Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS are rapidly gaining interest in the agricultural sector. These remotely or autonomously controlled systems are already widely used for military operations. Further developments based on emerging technologies for agricultural applications are promising. The applications for such 100 kg pay load capacity drones are:

The advantages for the agricultural sector using RPAS speak for themselves

It is therefore important to address the business needs in the sector and subsectors and market potential of the RPAS. Other important issues that will impact the Market are the legal aspects related to airspace, airworthiness and operations of RPAS specific for the sector.

Assignment

The proposed assignment is to:

The business plan will be developed and validated as result of all info: market studies and analyses, drone costing, manufacturing, sales, etc.. If possible this might include innovative/smart business plan techniques or wider analyses tools like eg Strategic Niche Management (Geels, Schot, 2007). Inspiration on the search can also start with Wim de Ridder s publication, de ontdekking van de toekomst) The business plan should therefore be State of the Art.  

 The guidance for the study will be by the director of the company, and the financial manager. 

Details

Duration: 4-9 months
Location: Voorthuizen
Internship level: MSc Business Administration Aeron.Eng.
Start date: ASAP

Information

Ir. Winfried Rijssenbeek
Drone4Agro BV,
E: Winfriedrijssenbeek@gmail.com
T. +31 653172983

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