Week 11 - RPA's

Question 1

Other Names for Drone

Answer 1

• Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)
• Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS)
• Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA)

Question 2

History of Unmanned Aircraft

Answer 2

• Drones used as aerial torpedoes in World War I
• Target and Assault Drones in World War II
• Unmanned aircraft with mounted cameras were introduced in the 1940’s
• RPA’s used as radar decoys in the 1950’s and 1960’s
• Long range reconnaissance aircraft in the 1970’s and 1980’s
• The thought of autonomous operations was introduced in the 1990’s
• RPA operations began to be considered an industry in itself after the events of 9/11

Question 3

6 Levels of Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) Automation

Answer 3

1. No Automation
2. Human Assistance
3. Partial Automationorridors
4. Conditional Automation
5. High Automation
6. Full Automation