Army Cpl. Matthew G. Mena, Charlie Battery, 1st Battalion, 258th Field Artillery, New York Army National Guard, performs a systems check on an RQ-11 Raven B, a small unmanned aerial system, during the field training portion of the 1st Battalion, 254th Regional Training Institute (Combat Arms), New Jersey Army National Guard's unmanned aerial system Raven operator’s course at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, , May 15, 2019. The 254th, which is based out of Sea Girt, , trained 11 Army National Guard Soldiers from Arkansas, Florida, New York, and Texas May 5-17. (New Jersey National
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), commonly known as a drone, is an aircraft without any human pilot, crew, or passengers on board. UAVs are a component of an unmanned aircraft system (UAS), which includes adding a ground-based controller and a system of communications with the UAV. The flight of UAVs may operate under remote control by a human operator, as remotely-piloted aircraft (RPA), or with various degrees of autonomy, such as autopilot assistance, up to fully autonomous aircraft that have no provision for human intervention. UAVs were originally developed through the twentieth century for military missions too "dull, dirty or dangerous" for humans, and by the twenty-first, they had become essential assets to most militaries. As control technologies improved and costs fell, their use expanded to many non-military applications. These include forest fire monitoring, aerial photography, product deliveries, agriculture, policing and surveillance, infrastructure inspections, entertainment, science,[ smuggling, and drone racing.
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