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Drone Technology: Presented By: Srihari Reddy

The document discusses drone technology, providing information on what drones are, their history, uses, and current generation. Drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), are aircraft controlled remotely without a human pilot on board. Their uses include military missions like surveillance and commercial applications like firefighting and inspection. The history of drones dates back to World War I, but they have advanced significantly in recent decades with models like the MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper capable of flying offensive missions globally. The current generation of drones can stay airborne for over 14 hours and be piloted remotely by game players using an Xbox controller.

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Drone Technology: Presented By: Srihari Reddy

The document discusses drone technology, providing information on what drones are, their history, uses, and current generation. Drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), are aircraft controlled remotely without a human pilot on board. Their uses include military missions like surveillance and commercial applications like firefighting and inspection. The history of drones dates back to World War I, but they have advanced significantly in recent decades with models like the MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper capable of flying offensive missions globally. The current generation of drones can stay airborne for over 14 hours and be piloted remotely by game players using an Xbox controller.

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DRONE

TECHNOLOGY

Presented by:
Srihari Reddy
CONTENTS


 Introduction
 What is Drone Technology
 Uses of Drone
 History
 Current Generation of Drones
 Conclusion
INTRODUCTION

The term drone is used in popularly known as Unmanned Aerial


Vehicles or UAV ’s.

WHAT IS A UAV?

As its name implies a UAV is an aircraft without a human pilot
on board. It is controlled by a human on ground via a remote
device. It can also be controlled autonomously by using computers.

Historically UAV ‘s were simple remote controlled devices but


now the autonomous control is increasingly being employed. The
reason being the threat from human errors.
USES

 MILITARY
-Search and Destroy missions

-Commercial aerial surveillance
-Military Training

 CIVIL
-Firefighting
-Search and Rescue
-Inspection and Monitoring of sensitive sites
HISTORY OF UAV ‘s

 The earliest attempt for an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle


was made by A. M. Low in 1916.
 Hewitt-Sperry developed an Automatic Airplane
during and after World War I.
 First scale RPV (Remote Piloted Vehicle), developed
by the film star and model airplane enthusiast
Reginald Denny in 1935.
 More were made in the technology rush during World
War II. These were used both to train antiaircraft
gunners and to attack flying missions.
 Nazi Germany also produced and used various UAV
aircrafts during the course of WWII.

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Plane Controlled by Radio


Plane Used in Navy
Plane used for Commercial aerial surveillance
Drone developed in Canada
Drones used for Fire Accidents
UAV’s in United States


 The birth of UAVs (called RPVs at the time) in
United States began in 1959 when United States Air
Force (USAF) officers, concerned about losing pilots
over hostile territory.

 Due to that concern they began planning for the use


of unmanned flights.
CURRENT GENERATION OF DRONES
 The current generation of drones such as the MQ-1 PREDATOR and MQ-
9 REAPER drones are capable of flying offensive missions from
anywhere around the world.
 The REAPER can stay up to 14 hours in the air when fully loaded. Not to

mention its 3000lbs payload which it can deliver just by clicking a button.
 The smaller version of the REAPER, the PREDATOR has an even higher
endurance of 24 hours but it carries no payload and is mainly used for
surveillance.
 This version was deployed in Pakistan in 2004 by the CIA (Central
Intelligence Agency) to kill so called AL-QAEDA terrorists amongst
which most proved to be innocent civilians.
 Since then the presence of these machines has been increasing due to
their higher strike rates, ease of operation, minimal costs and other major
factors.
 An interesting fact is that these days the American Air Force is training
more UAV pilots than combat aircraft crew all combined.
 An even interesting fact is that most of the new crew being administered
to control these machines are teenaged gamers who are given their
training off a XBOX controller.
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MQ-1 PREDATOR
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MQ-9 REAPER
CONCLUSION


 It can be concluded from the above discussion that as with other
man made technologies this technology is also not without its
benefits and drawbacks.

 The need of the time is to research upon its advantages rather than
disadvantages. However the mass murder of humans using this
technology should be put to a halt as soon as possible.

 The drones being developed would be more precise, less likely to


kill civilians, and less prone to being hacked.

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