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Practice drones.
The Montgolfier brothers in France who are pictured within this even, were the first to experiment and introduce the use of balloons in 1782. In preparation for their test flights, unmanned objects were usually lifted up before humans were. -
During the Spanish - American war.
During the Spanish-American War in 1898, the U.S. military are fitting a camera to a kite, which had turned to producing the first ever aerial reconnaissance photos. -
The Albatross and the Amber
During the 1970s and 1980s, a variety of new technologies had emerged, including whats known as the Global Positioning System, long-range data links, lightweight computer equipment and composite materials, as well as satellite communications and digital flight controls. The Albatross and the Amber were the harbingers of the modern and original era of U.A.V.s. -
First used an unmanned Predator drone
It was over ten years ago, on February the 4th, 2002, that the CIA first used an unmanned Predator drone in a targeted killing. -
The X-47B
Developed by Northrop Grumman under a 2007 established contract at a cost of $1.4 billion, the X-47B is capable of carrying many weapons and is designed to be the developememnt for a drone program that will provide needed intelligence, surveillance and targeting. -
LEMV
The development of the largest drone in the world,
