Unmanned Aerial Vehicles are aerial platforms
controlled autonomously, by remote control, or both and carries
sensors, target designators, offensive ordnance, or electronic
transmitters designed to interfere with or destroy enemy targets. Being
without any crew, life-support systems, and the design-safety
requirements of manned aircraft, UAVs can be remarkably efficient,
offering substantially greater range and endurance than equivalent
manned systems. UAVs are descended from target drones and remotely piloted vehicles (RPVs) employed by the military forces of many countries in the decades immediately after World War II.
These days’ utilization of drones or unmanned aerial vehicles has greatly increased both in the defense as well as in the civil sectors. These unmanned vehicles besides being an economical solution are also
safe as it does not endanger life of the operator(pilot). Presently the UAVs are being used as:
Military UAV for Reconnaissance
Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles(UCAV)
Target Designator
Battlefield Monitoring
Target Drones
Mapping and Area survey
Traffic Management
City safety/ security Management
Perimeter Monitoring or sensitive areas/ infrastructures
Monitoring of Border areas
Monitoring of Highways, Motorways and Pipelines
Power lines monitoring/ inspections
Logistic support particularly in difficult terrains
Fire Inspections
Fire extinguishing
Tree plantation in rough terrains
Plants protection
Anti-locust operations
Search and Rescue operation
In addition to drones, the same technology is also being utilized for building intelligent robots for application like:
Mines /IEDs detection
EOD functions
Runway/ road inspections
Intelligent patrolling
Fire / smoke detection & fire fighting
Washing and Disinfection