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Military use of Drones!

Military use of Drones!. by, Scott Amack. Agenda. History Current State of Drones Future State of Drones. History. British Kites ( 1806) Lord Thomas Cochran of the HMS Pallas Dropped propaganda leaflets on the French coast Austrian Balloons (1849)

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Military use of Drones!

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  1. Military use of Drones! by, Scott Amack

  2. Agenda • History • Current State of Drones • Future State of Drones

  3. History • British Kites (1806) • Lord Thomas Cochran of the HMS Pallas • Dropped propaganda leaflets on the French coast • Austrian Balloons (1849) • Battle with Venice using tethered balloons • Contributed to the collapse of the Venetian Revolt • Civil War (1863) • Patents issued for unmanned aerial bombardment balloon • Confederate army want to annihilate General Grants army • Consensus was that these forward thinkers were crazy

  4. History • Nikola Tesla (1898) • Remote Control Patent • Remote boat bomb • Aerial Torpedo (1938) • U.S. Navy Developed • Curtiss "N2C-2“ Remote Controlled Drone • Successful test attack on destroyer 20 miles away • Japanese Balloons (1944) • Fire Balloons carried explosives • Attack on U.S. soil • 6 confirmed deaths

  5. History • Radiation Testing (1946) • Remote Control B-17 Flying Fortress • Launched from ground control • Piloted remotely from another aircraft • MQM-57 Falconer (1955) • Remote controlled reconnaissance drone • Carried camera payload and flares for night time • 30 minute flight time • Model Ryan 147A/B (Firebee) (1962) • Recon flights over China and Vietnam • Used for SAM detection • Chinese shot down 5 drones • U.S. adopted “no comment” policy on drone usage

  6. History • Israel vs. Syria (1982) • Electronic Decoys • Electronic Jammers • Resulted in minimal loss of life • DARPA Amber Project (1984) • First inverted v-tail drone • Used for Reconnaissance and ELINT (electronics intelligence) • Remote Cruise Missile • Predator (1994) • Developed using information learned from Amber Project • First mission Spring 1995 Albania • Initially created for reconnaissance

  7. History • Reaper (Predator B) (2001) • Designed for long endurance high altitude surveillance • Carries 15 times the payload of the predator • 1st hunter-killer drone for tactical combat • moved from using UAVs primarily in intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance roles before Operation Iraqi Freedom, to a true hunter-killer role with the Reaper

  8. Current State • Reaper • Added capability for increased payload • Increased fuel capacity for 37 hour endurance • Built in suppression of air defenses • Electronic Jamming • Integration of Gorgon Stare “Video Like” surveillance • New York Air National Guard unit fully transitioned from F-16 pilots to Reaper pilots • The Reaper has a range of 3,682 mi (5,926 km) and an operational altitude of 50,000 ft (15,000 m)

  9. Current State • Global Hawk • Used as replacement for U2 spy plane • Wide area search imagery • High resolution spot mode • Predator • Used to kill prominent Al-Qaeda Operatives • 195 in operation (2009) • 70 lost to air crashes • 55 lost to operator error, equipment failure, or weather • 4 have been shot down • 11 lost to operational accidents on combat missions

  10. Future State of Drones • Micro Air Vehicles • Long Term Usage • Blend into Environment • Silent Monitoring • Work in Swarms • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z78mgfKprdg

  11. References • http://www.ctie.monash.edu.au/hargrave/rpav_home.html • http://www.defense.gov/News/NewsArticle.aspx?ID=44164 • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Model_147_Lightning_Bug • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MQ-9_Reaper • http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/military/rise-of-the-drones.html • http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=16040

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