Welcome to Lesson 1! In this lesson, you will become familiar with the history behind the use of the UAS. You will also be familiar with the current status of the UAS development. In addition, you will be exposed to the different classes of UAV/UAS according to their size, weight, and missions.
At the end of this lesson, you will have a working knowledge about how the unmanned aerial missions started, the current status and the classes of the UAV/UAS.
At the successful completion of this lesson, you should be able to:
Lesson Activities
Links
[1] http://news.psu.edu/story/300122/2014/01/14/research/programming-drones-fly-birds?utm_source=newswire&utm_medium=email&utm_term=300215&utm_content=01-14-2014-14-59&utm_campaign=engineering%20newswire
[2] http://www.airspacemag.com/flight-today/drones-for-hire-125909361/
[3] http://www.airspacemag.com/flight-today/robot-reporters-125191633/
[4] https://www.e-education.psu.edu/geog892/sites/www.e-education.psu.edu.geog892/files/Free-Report-6-Predictions-for-2016.pdf
[5] https://psu.instructure.com/files/138261760/download?download_frd=1
[6] https://www.e-education.psu.edu/geog892/sites/www.e-education.psu.edu.geog892/files/images/lesson01/remotesensing-04-01671.pdf
[7] https://psu.instructure.com/files/156251265/download?download_frd=1