Overview
This website
provides an overview of the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), commonly
known as drones. It examines the history
of drones and compares the use of drones for both military and commercial
purposes. Finally, it looks at the
future of drone aircraft technology.
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| Picture 1. Remote Controlled Helicopter |
What are drone aircraft?
The term
‘drone aircraft’ is used to describe an unmanned aerial vehicle (being an
aircraft without a human pilot aboard).
Drone aircraft are either controlled by on-board computers or remotely
by a pilot who may be in a different aircraft, on the ground or even, through
the use of special monitoring and control stations, thousands of kilometres
away.
There are
many different types of drones, but this blog will principally distinguish
between military and commercial drones.
Why drones?
