"UAV" redirects here. An MQ-9 Reaper, a hunter-killer surveillance UAV A DJI Phantom UAV for commercial and recreational aerial photography AltiGator civil drone OnyxStar Fox-C8 XT in flight. UAV launch from an air-powered catapultAn unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), commonly known as a drone and also referred by several other names is an aircraft without a human pilot aboard. The flight of UAVs may be controlled either autonomously by onboard computers or by the remote control of a pilot on the ground or in another vehicle. ICAO classify unmanned aircraft into two types under Circular 328 AN/190:Autonomous aircraft currently considered unsuitable for regulation due to legal and liability issuesRemotely piloted aircraft subject to civil regulation under ICAO and under the relevant national aviation authorityThe typical launch and recovery method function of an automatic system or an external operator on the ground. Historically, UAVs aka drone were simple remotely piloted aircraft, but autonomous control is increasingly being employed.In the past, unmanned aerial vehicles have mostly found military and special operation applications, but also are increasingly finding uses in civil applications, such as policing and firefighting, and nonmilitary security work, such as inspection of power or pipelines. Drone are often preferred for missions that are too "dull, dirty or dangerous" for manned aircraft.Beyond the military applications of UAVs with which "drones" became most associated, numerous civil aviation uses have been developed, including aerial surveying of crops,acrobatic aerial footage in filmmaking, search and rescue operations, inspecting power lines and pipelines, counting wildlife, delivering medical supplies to remote or otherwise inaccessible regions, with some manufacturers rebranding the technology as "unmanned aerial systems" (UASs) in preference over the military-connotative term "drone". Further uses include reconnaissance operations, cooperative environment monitoring, border patrol missions, convoy protection, forest fire detection, surveillance, coordinating humanitarian aid, plume tracking, search & rescue missions, detection of illegal hunting, land surveying,fire and large-accident investigation,landslide measurement, illegal landfill detection, and crowd monitoring.Drone have been used by military forces, civilian government agencies, businesses, and private individuals. In the United States, for example, government agencies use Drone such as the RQ-9Reaper to patrol the nation's borders, scout property, and locate fugitives. One of the first authorized for domestic use was the ShadowHawk Drone in service in Montgomery County, Texas, and is being used by their SWAT and emergency management offices.Private citizens and media organizations use Drone for surveillance, recreation, news-gathering, or personal land assessment. Occupy Wall Street journalist Tim Pool uses what he calls an "occucopter" for live feed coverage of Occupy movement events. The "occucopter" is an inexpensive radio-controlled quadcopter with cameras attached and controllable by Android devices or iOS. In February 2012, an animal rights group used a MikroKopter hexacopter to film hunters shooting pigeons in South Carolina. The hunters then shot the down. Drone also have been shown to have many other civilian uses, such as in agriculture, movies, and the construction industry. In 2014, a Drone was used in search and rescue operations to successfully located an elderly gentleman with dementia who went missing for 3 days. In March 2015, the SXSW music festival in Austin, Texas banned drone, citing Wi-Fi bandwidth congestion and safety concerns. Drone its very expensive and perishableBasically A drone, in a technological context, is an unmanned aircraft. Drones are more formally known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). Essentially, a drone is a flying robot. The aircraft may be remotely controlled or can fly autonomously through software-controlled flight plans in their embedded systems working in conjunction withGPS. UAVs have most often been associated with the military but they are also used for search and rescue, surveillance, traffic monitoring, weather monitoring and firefighting, among other things.More recently, the unmanned aircraft have come into consideration for a number of commercial applications. In late 2013, Amazon announced a plan to use drones for delivery in the not-too-distant future. Personal drones are also becoming increasingly popular, often for drone-based photography. Other applications include drone surveillance and drone journalism, because the unmanned flying vehicles can often access locations that would be impossible for a human to get to. In late 2012 Chris Anderson, Editor-In-Chief of Wired magazine, retired to dedicate himself to his personal drones company, 3D Robotics. Personal drones are currently a hobbyists item most often used for aerial photography, but the market and potential applications are both expected to expand rapidly.In the United States, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is developing regulations for the operation of unmanned aircraft ( Drone ).DJI Phantom 3Yuneec Q500 Typhoon 4k rtf Quadcopter Essentially, a drone is a flying robot. The aircraft may be remotely controlled or can fly autonomously through software-controlled flight plans in their embedded systems working in conjunction withGPS. UAVs have most often been associated with the military but they are also used for search and rescue, surveillance, traffic monitoring, weather monitoring and firefighting, among other things.More recently, the unmanned aircraft have come into consideration for a number of commercial applications. In late 2013, Amazon announced a plan to use drone for delivery in the not-too-distant future. Personal drones are also becoming increasingly popular, often for Drone - based photography.