AVAITION TECHNOLOGY --- DRONE AIRCRAFT

Drone is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Basically a drone is an aircraft without a human pilot on board. It is controlled either autonomously by computers in the vehicle or the remote control of a pilot on the ground or in another vehicle.

Drone has the ability of being capable of controlled, sustained level flight and powered by a jet or reciprocating engine. 

The drone air flights are of different types namely:

·         Target and decoy - providing ground and aerial gunnery a target that simulates an enemy aircraft or missile

·         Reconnaissance - providing battlefield intelligence

·         Combat - providing attack capability for high-risk missions (see Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle)

·         Research and development - used to further develop UAV technologies to be integrated into field deployed UAV aircraft

·         Civil and Commercial UAVs - UAVs specifically designed for civil and commercial applications.

http://www.theuav.com/

Autonomy technology that will become important to future UAV development falls under the following categories:

·         Sensor fusion

·         Communication

·         Motion planning

·         Trajectory generation

·         Task allocation and scheduling

·         Co-operative tactics

http://jarelaircraftdesign.com/products/uav-fpv-ap-aircraft 

Abdullah Alhumaidi

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