Interest in UAV usage is increasing with increasing deployments by several countries around the world. The global research and development budget for drones is estimated to reach nearly four billion U.S. dollars by 2020. Amazon, the world's largest online retailer, is projected to have approximately 450,000 drones in its delivery fleet by 2020 under its proposed service "Amazon Prime Air".

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