History of Drones

The earliest recorded use of an unmanned aerial vehicle for warfighting occurred on July 1849,[14] serving as a balloon carrier (the precursor to the aircraft carrier)[15] in the first offensive use of air power in naval aviation.[16][17][18] Austrian forces besieging...

Drone Classifications

UAVs typically fall into one of six functional categories (although multi-role airframe platforms are becoming more prevalent): Target and decoy – providing ground and aerial gunnery a target that simulates an enemy aircraft or missile Reconnaissance – providing...