Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) include both autonomous (capable of operating without human input) drones and remotely piloted vehicles (RPVs). A UAV is capable of controlled, sustained level flight and is powered by a jet, reciprocating, or electric engine. [1] .

The Interstate TDR was an early unmanned combat aerial vehicle — referred to at the time as an "assault drone" — developed by the Interstate Aircraft and Engineering Corporation during the Second World War for use by the United States Navy. Capable of being armed with bombs or torpedoes, 2000 aircraft were ordered, but only around 200 were built.

2023年6月6日 · Believe it or not, drones as we know them right now actually originated more than a century ago during World War I and World War II. They certainly weren’t pretty. But for better or worse, war...

2015年12月16日 · These long-gone systems used servos, gyroscopes, motors, and rotary switches, and they’re all lovingly described in Unmanned Systems of World Wars I and II, an encyclopedic history of remotely...

The Radioplane OQ-2 was the first mass-produced UAV or drone in the United States, manufactured by the Radioplane Company. A follow-on version, the OQ-3, became the most widely used target drone in US service, with over 9,400 being built during World War II .

A Watchkeeper UAV. This drone was operated by 32 Regiment, Royal Artillery for intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance (ISTAR) during Operation 'Herrick XVI' in Afghanistan, 2012.

2011年5月17日 · Perhaps the best-known unmanned vehicle of World War II was the German Fieseler Fi 103, also called the V-1 “Buzz Bomb” (“V-1” stood for Vergeltungswaffe Eins, or “vengeance weapon one ...

2015年12月28日 · Now synonymous with distant pilots soaring high above a battlefield they will never see first hand, the roots of today’s sleek and sophisticated unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) actually stretch back almost a century. With World War I (1914-1918) providing a crucible for technological innovation, experiments began in unmanned flight.

It often goes unnoticed that UAV development and employment is being pursued by more than 50 countries world-wide. This paper examines the history of unmanned aerial vehicles including the initial concepts and employment and the role of UAVs in warfare, providing examples from several conflicts throughout the world.

2022年7月15日 · During WW2, the U.S. actually developed and used an early UAV. Interstate TDR-1 at the National Museum of Naval Aviation, Florida. The use of drones for combat is nothing new, but early...