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first unmanned drone
The earliest unmanned aerial vehicle in the history of drones was seen in 1839 when Austrian soldiers attacked the city of Venice with unmanned balloons filled with explosives. -
First Drone
The world's first drone was created by Jacques and Louis Breguet. It was unsteerable needing four men to control it. In its first flight, it lifted only two feet off the ground. -
First Military Drones
The kitty hawk flight was the first military drone that was made 16 years after the first quadcopter in 1907. it was programmed as a flying bomb that could destroy targets. -
First Military Drones
The Fritz X that was made in WWII was 2,300 and used for sinking ships. It was operated and used in 1943. -
Military drones
UAV technology improved throughout World War II and into the Cold War as well. But they were largely seen as unreliable and expensive novelties nowhere near as reliable as the exciting new innovations in manned aircraft like the Flying Fortress and the SR-71 Blackbird. -
The RC plane boom
This was the first time that remote-controlled drones were made for customers at a reasonable cost. some were designed for indoor use but others were bigger and designed for outdoor use. -
The first armed drone strikes
After 9/11 the CIA began to fly drones over Afghanistan. The drone was targeted for Osama Bin Laden. but killed an innocent man on accident thinking it was Osama Bin Laden. -
FAA creates commercial drone permits
The FAA lifted laws on certain business drone use. businesses could finally use drones for more recreational uses instead of more military uses. -
Here come the Parrot AR drone
The Parrot AR Drone was entirely controlled by WIFI. It was a big hit so the made the Parrot AR 2.0. which let users pick up and play -
Amazon Prime Air
On December 13 Amazon released a commercial on a drone that could deliver 30-minute deliveries. But would have to change some federal laws. -
The Lily drone debacle
The lily drone was a big product at the start racking up $34 million dollars. but not long after that, the company started experiencing difficulties and had to shut down the company. -
Drones get smarter
Drones have cameras and controllers with longer batteries used for games and events. They are a big hit and still growing to this day. -
Where are drones going
Altair Aerial is creating easy-to-fly drones in the hopes of getting even more people into the market with low-cost beginner-friendly UAV technology. The Chinese company EHANG wants to turn drones into a taxi service and has built a quadcopter capable of carrying passengers. Flyability is leading the way to create drones that are able to operate indoors in complex, confined spaces along with people.
