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The Interstate TDR was an early unmanned combat aerial vehicle — referred to at the time as an "assault drone" — developed by the Interstate Aircraft and Engineering Corporation during the Second World War for use by the United States Navy. Capable of being armed with bombs or torpedoes, 2000 aircraft were ordered, but only around 200 were ...
The Radioplane OQ-2 was the first mass-produced UAV or drone in the United States, manufactured by the Radioplane Company. A follow-on version, the OQ-3, became the most widely used target drone in US service, with over 9,400 being built during World War II .
The US Navy began experimenting with radio-controlled aircraft during the 1930s as well, resulting in the Curtiss N2C-2 drone in 1937. The N2C-2 was remotely controlled from another aircraft, called a TG-2. N2C-2 anti-aircraft target drones were in service by 1938. [29] The US Army Air Forces (USAAF) adopted the N2C-2 concept in 1939. [29]
Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer - Patrol bomber; Consolidated PBY/PBN Catalina - Seaplane patrol bomber; Consolidated PB2Y Coronado - Flying boat/patrol bomber; Consolidated XP4Y Corregidor - Flying boat/patrol bomber; Culver TDC - Radio-controlled drone; Culver TD2C - Radio-controlled drone; Curtiss F11C Goshawk - Biplane fighter; Curtiss R5C ...
During World War II, the U.S. Army and Navy used radio controlled planes called Radioplanes as artillery target drones. The National Model Aviation Museum located in Muncie, Indiana hosts the world's largest collection of RC aviation history. They display models from every era of RC donated by the RC community around the world.
CPA Media Pte Ltd / AlamyOn Oct. 7, 2001, a U.S. Air Force MQ-1 Predator drone flying over Afghanistan fired a missile at a building CIA analysts suspected of housing Taliban leader Mullah Omar.
The drone is the OQ-3. The Radioplane Company was an American aviation company that produced drone aircraft primarily for use as gunnery targets. During World War II, they produced over 9,400 of their Radioplane OQ-3 model, a propeller-powered monoplane, making it the
Archibald Montgomery Low (17 October 1888 [1] – 13 September 1956 [2]) developed the first powered drone aircraft. He was an English consulting engineer , research physicist and inventor, and author of more than 40 books.