Drone

A group photo of aerial demonstrators at the 2005 Naval Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Air Demo

This drone does not have (wings or) fixed wings.

An unmanned aerial vehicle, often called a drone, is an aircraft that is not operated by a pilot on board.

Drones may have an onboard computer to take care of adjustments to wind and changes in air pressure. Sometimes they are programmed to a particular target. Important decisions are usually supervised by people on the ground communicating by radio.

Large UAVs are mostly used by military forces, for example for reconnaissance. Some of them are programmed to be a target, to be shot at. A few carry weapons for unmanned combat. Drones also have civilian uses, such as firefighting or taking photographs.

Drones come in different sizes. Wingspans range from a few centimetres to about 60 metres (200 ft), the size of regular, manned aircraft.

Photographers mount cameras on drones for aerial photography. Google has built and tested drones, for delivery of merchandise. Some people use them in drone racing. Private drones are sometimes called a nuisance, even a danger. In many countries they are forbidden near cities and airports and other things.

There is an industry that makes and sells equipment for automatic tracking and detection of UAVs; There are commercial cameras that can track and detect some activity by UAVS.

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  A missile being launched from a drone
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  Control room (on the ground). It is used for controlling a drone.
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  Toy helicopter under radio control
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  Maasai seeing a drone for the first time (2018).

External media

External video

on Brave1 Market Official Videos.(in English)

""Ukraine had no guided aerial bomb. Now it does"". BRAVE1ua. 2026-05-18. Retrieved 2026-08-21.(in English) - The Ministry of Defense has already placed its first order. Pilots are training now. Combat deployment is imminent.(in English)

""We tested an FPV drone detection solution from the American startup Surtr as a part of the Test in Ukraine program"". BRAVE1ua. 2026-06-23. Retrieved 2026-08-21.(in English) - Watch the video to see how the trials went.(in English)

Related pages

• Combat drone