The focus on the first part of this project is to select a particular technology in your discipline and write a 4\u20135 page (about 300 words per page) paper in APA format providing an overview addressing the specific topics below. You should also include as part of this paper any acknowledgements and resources used (e.g., websites, textbooks, articles). Each written assignment should include four or more references.<\/p>\n
Topic selected: Drone Technology<\/p>\n
1.) Technology selected including what it does and how it works
\n2.) Origins of technology<\/p>\n
Attached are the notes gathered thus far. Additional and more appropriate academic sources will be needed for source information.<\/p>\n
This is part 1 of 4. Writer will be reselected by Preferred Writer ID for further writings to expand upon this topic. All 4 parts will be merged into a 20 pg accumulative paper.
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\nWarzones, and unpredictable environments due to weather changes, etc present some of the most extreme regions for humans to access without a great cost to physical and economic well being. The need for technology that could access this region and perform tasks at limited economic cost and near zero human casualties have for many years presented a challenge to societies and motivated investment into development of existing technologies to realize newer and more capable utilities. Necessity is the mother of all inventions. With the dawn of the first and second world war, majority of countries fighting or embroiled in the conflict, came to find a greater need for better technology development that could easily allow them to access a variety of regions at lower costs. This need saw majority of these countries employ a wide range of specialists to define and develop new technologies that would essentially create an avenue for them to attain the upper hand. Countries such as Britain were able to develop the radar technologies, while other countries evaluated the idea of creating even complex technologies for the purposes of surveying, reconnaissance, communication and even perform actual strikes on the enemy.
\nHow a Drone Works
\nThe drone is one critical invention that was born off this era of necessity and heavily based on preexisting concept of the aeroplane. Throughout the 20th and the 21st century, the technology has only grown and attained greater importance due to its wide range of applications. Summarily, the term drone is an umbrella term used to define any unpiloted aircraft. More commonly, drones are used to refer to Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). These are important crafts that are applied and used to carry out a very wide variety of tasks ranging from delivery of goods and services in the local as well as global setting to military operations. This wide range also gives the implication that drones can be as small as a mobile phone, or as big an aircraft all relative to the function they are about to perform. The following report creates context around drone technology outlining its pasts and elaborating on its current development and applications. Summarily, this report highlights that the \u201cdrone\u201d was originally created for military and aviation industry but with increasing technological adaptation, the invention has become more efficient, safer for large scale human use, dynamic and easily manipulated to perform a wide variety of functions across essentially becoming a mainstream utility.
\nDrones generally have four users, the military, commercial owners and as tools for recreation (mass consumers smaller drones). Drones additionally have four critical components, they include connectivity, rotors (alternatively winged drones), accelerometer and finally cameras (in modern drones). Connectivity is a platform that allows drones to be controlled remotely. It consists of an antenna that is connected to a mobile platform or a platform on the ground. CTIA Research Team (2020) indicates in other drones user can preprogram gps coordinates into the drone and plan a flight path. Dukowitz (2019) identifies that a drone controller in the connectivity platform of the sender sends radio signals from remote control to the drone. Rotor are rotating aerofoils that allows the drone to move either direction according to commands received from the controller. There are four types of drones (Smith, 2018):
\n1.\tMulti Rotor Drones- more than one rotor
\n2.\tFixed Wing Drones
\n3.\tSingle Rotor Helicopter- rotor on the top
\n4.\tFixed Wing Hybrid VTOL-combination of both rotor and fixed wing
\nThe signals contain programmed commands that tell the drone what actions to perform. Dukowitz (2019) additionally identifies that \u201cRadio signals are sent from the radio transmitter in the drone controller and received by the drone’s receiver.\u201d They tell a drone what to do. Military drones are more complex and have more sophisticated systems, some are larger and have special functions. Researchers identify that from takeoff until it exits the line of sight, the drone is controlled with a direct data link from a ground control station. The ground control station transfers its communication with the drone to a satellite link to control the aircraft. The drone additionally relays its position with the use of a gps (Cuadra and Whitlock, 2014). The use of satellites to communicate is applied since the larger commercial and military drones are used to travel a larger distance than smaller recreational drones that are usually always in line of sight of the ground control deck.
\nModern drones have more complex technology such as the radar positioning and return home feature. Corrigan (2020) identifies that using the dual Global Navigational Satellite Systems (GNSS) such as GPS and GLONASS drones can fly both using radio and in non satellite region and use programmed data to trace their way back home. Modern drones also have obstacle detection technologies, stabilization tools, and navigation tools that allow them to become aware of their surroundings and record vast amounts of information.
\nHistory of the \u201cDrone\u201d
\nThe term drone synonymously used to refer to UAVs but this was not always the case.Drones\/ UAVs were initially referred to as radio controlled aerial targets and later shifted to remotely-controlled pilotless aerial vehicle (Budanovic, 2017). The name, while common today was actually coined in the 1930s when a remote controlled aerial vehicle was developed and modelled after De Havilland Tiger Moth biplane trainer.
\nArguably the drone is an invention that takes a lot of inspiration from the aeroplane. The first modern drone was developed in 1916 by the british and it was named the Ruston Proctor Aerial Target 16 years after the Wright brothers had developed the first aircraft (Drone enth, 2020). The drone had a lot of similarities to the earlier developed manned airplane. This was earlier envisioned as a flying bomb, and it was meant to be used to deliver explosives remotely (Boyne, 2010). The technology was radio controlled. But after years and years of experimentation on the prototype, the technology never picked and it was scrapped. Later on the Americans were able to successfully develop the Kettering Bug which was to be used also for military purposes.
\nDuring the second world war drone technology was slightly improved. It is not until later on in the late 20th century when drone technology had become increasingly important and its true potential in warfare became vastly expanded. Drone enth\u2019 (2019) identifies that \u201cWhat we do know is that modern drone warfare began in earnest in 1982, when Israel coordinated the use of battlefield UAVs alongside manned aircraft to wipe out the Syrian fleet with very minimal losses. The Israeli Air Force used military drones to recon the enemy\u2019s position, to jam communications, and to act as decoys that would prevent the loss of pilot life.\u201d Since then the technology became increasingly researched and developed and adopted to a variety of areas in life, but the military remains to be the most important beneficiary of the product.
\nApplication of the Drone Technology
\nAs already expressed drones have a wide range of application. Their usability is relative to the efficiency, availability, simplicity and safety they provide. Research indicates that their application in the contemporary spaces include use as radio controlled toy planes for kids and adult enthusiasts, photography and video (cameras can be attached), delivery of packages by commercial companies or surveillance and reconnaissance in inaccessible regions, and in the military they are used for virtually the same purposes and more advanced activities such as delivering guided missiles packages.
\nFuture of Drones
\nWith the development of the technology, the future of drones remains bright. Opportunities in the field are limitless and they are increasingly becoming a commonplace in the modern society. Research shows that drones will be employed in agriculture, conservation, delivery and fulfillment, disaster mitigation efforts, logistics, film making among many other field (Cal U, nd). Drone enth (2019) identifies that companies in America and China are increasingly investing money in research and development to further advance its usability, with the American online giant retail company Amazon seeking to deploy drones for delivery of retail packages enmass, and Chinese company ENHANG seeking to develop a drone taxi system. The future for the technology remains bright.<\/p>\n
\nBoyne. (2010). The Remote Control Bombers – Air Force Magazine. Air Force Magazine. Retrieved from https:\/\/www.airforcemag.com\/article\/1110bombers\/.
\nBudanovic, N. (2017). The Early Days Of Drones – Unmanned Aircraft From World War One And World War Two. WAR HISTORY ONLINE. Retrieved from https:\/\/www.warhistoryonline.com\/military-vehicle-news\/short-history-drones-part-1.html.
\nCal U. Future Drone Technology | Future of Drones | Aircrafts. California University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved from https:\/\/www.calu.edu\/academics\/undergraduate\/associate\/drone-technology\/future-drone-technology-and-uses.aspx#:~:text=In%20the%20future%20farmers%20and,monitor%20and%20spray%20their%20crops.&text=As%20drone%20technology%20advances%2C%20the,also%20be%20delivered%20by%20drone.
\nCorrigan, F. (2020). How Do Drones Work And What Is Drone Technology. DroneZon. Retrieved from https:\/\/www.dronezon.com\/learn-about-drones-quadcopters\/what-is-drone-technology-or-how-does-drone-technology-work\/.
\nCTIA Research Team. (2020). Up, Up and Away: How Do Drones Work?. Ctia.org. Retrieved from https:\/\/www.ctia.org\/news\/up-up-and-away-how-do-drones-work.
\nCuadra, A., & Whitlock,, C. (2014). How drones are controlled. Washington Post. Retrieved 26 May 2021, from https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-srv\/special\/national\/drone-crashes\/how-drones-work\/.
\nDrone Enthusiast. (2020). The History Of Drones (Drone History Timeline From 1849 To 2019). Dronethusiast. Retrieved from https:\/\/www.dronethusiast.com\/history-of-drones\/.
\nDuckowitz. (2019). Drone Controllers: A Look at How They Work and Important Terminology. UAV Coach. Retrieved from https:\/\/uavcoach.com\/drone-controller\/#:~:text=A%20drone%20controller%20works%20by,received%20by%20the%20drone’s%20receiver.
\nSmith, E. (2018). Types of Drones – Explore the Different Types of UAV’s. Electronic Circuits and Diagrams-Electronic Projects and Design. Retrieved from https:\/\/www.circuitstoday.com\/types-of-drones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"