The document provides an overview of drones, defining them as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) controlled either autonomously or remotely. It discusses the manufacturing process of drones, highlights their various uses such as surveillance and target engagement, and details the operational aspects including command control and target tracking. The document also mentions the Predator B drone as a specific example of such technology.

1. Asad Qayyum Babar

2. Learning Objectives
 Understand the term Drone
 Manufacturing of Drone
 The Uses of Drone
 The Drone Operating System
 Launch & Landing, Surveillance & Action
 General information about Predator B

3. What is Drone ?
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV),
commonly known as a drone is an
aircraft without a human pilot on board.
Its flight is either controlled autonomously
by computers in the vehicle, or under
the remote control of navigator, or pilot (in
the military UAVs called combat system
officer) on the ground or in another
vehicle.

4. Manufacturing of Drone
More advanced drone are made from
large, old – anti – ship missiles which had
their war heads removed. Obsolete jet &
propeller powered aircraft have also been
modified into remote controlled drones,
but such modifications are costly.

5. Uses of Drone

6. Drone Operating System
The launching of a target drone, used as a weapon carrier to attack
on a required target is controlled of in commanding centre. It is
monitored by commanding officers called Combat System Officers in
the operating room. These pilot sensor operators in the operating
room send commands to satellite (to fly the drone via satellite link).
Satellite will receive command and then it further sends to aircraft.
The heat detectors present in the aircraft detects warm & heat of
living bodies. After finding and identifying, it automatically fixes &
tracks the ground targets.

8.  Launch & Landing

Surveillance
Several drones with different sensors and weapons
could operate together to locate potential targets.
 Action
The drone could engage the target themselves immediately or
could call in autonomous land units to confirm the
identification before an attack.

9. Predator B

10. General information