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Rohit Chaurasia and Vandana Mohindru*

Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Chandigarh Group of Colleges, Mohali, India

Abstract

Research on Unmanned Aircraft Vehicle (UAV) or unmanned aircraft system (UAS) are increasingly becoming popular in recent times and are widely used for various commercial purposes like photogrammetry, surveying, remote sensing for mapping, rescuing as well as for military purposes and so on. This chapter presents a wider explanation of UAV in terms of working, communication, various types along with various technologies, starting from the various platforms of different types of drones to various categories, its working, types, sizes, and various other technologies employed in making of it. The communication aspect of a UAV is critical from both security and safety points of view and it is discussed in a separate section thoroughly. UAVs have tremendous applications in various fields and therefore their recent advancement has also raised concern for their misuse in a certain activity. Still, UAVs have a lot of limitations to overcome to properly meet the demand of the market in the 21st century. It also discusses the latest on-going technology used in drones and their recent advancement that will likely be the wave of the future.

Keywords: UAV types, radio communication, tactical & strategic drones, military drones, photogrammetry, UAV application, mapping