Defence sensors market trends show that a number of military sensor-based technologies are moving from the defence to the commercial market due to their greater range of uses. For instance, LIDAR is used to map the terrain during the battle. The US Navy also employs LIDAR-equipped Firescouts to find pirates in open waters. LIDAR is already a widely utilised technique in the commercial sector in several fields, such as atmospheric physics, geography, geomorphology, geomatics, archaeology, and seismology.