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History of UAV’s

  • . Project aerial Target

    .  Project aerial Target
    The first program to develop unmanned flying vehicles
  • Hewitt-sperry automatic plane

    Hewitt-sperry automatic plane
    Test trials for unmanned flying vehicles but the fisrt world war ended before they could be used. Developed by Hewitt Sperry using radio control system
  • V-1 and V2

    V-1 and V2
    First major missiles fired at humans, Developed by Peenemunde army research centre in Germany, fired on the British during the blitz
  • GAF Jindivik

    GAF Jindivik
    Post world war two advances in unmanned aircraft. Developed by GAF in Brittan and tested in Australia. Using radio control system
  • project “red wagon”

    project “red wagon”
    US first use of UAV’s in Vietnam. was very classified. After Francis Gary Powers was shot down over Russia the United States wanted to avoid the same event and event and developed UAV's for their milatary
  • clash in the tonkin Gulf

    clash in the tonkin Gulf
    United states first use of UAV's in warfare in vietnam. developed by Skunk works and Ryan Aeronautical.
  • tadiran mastiff

    tadiran mastiff
    considered the first modern battlefield UAV. Developed by tadiran electronic Industries
  • september 11 terrorist attacks

    september 11 terrorist attacks
    The CIA's UAV program was commissioned as aresult of the attacks.
  • global hawk

    operates virtually autonomously, only needs a person to press a button to launch it. used by the united staes
  • preditors

    preditors
    UAV's armed with helfire missiles, devloped by the united states goverment