The first pilot less vehicles were developed in Britain and the USA during the First World War britain aerial target a small radio controlled aircraft, was first tested in 1917, while the American aerial torpedo known as the Kettering bug, first flew in October 1918

In 1935 the British produced a no of radio controlled aircraft to be use as targets for training purpose the term drone started to be used at this time inspired by the name of one of these models the dh .82b queen bee radio controlled drones were also started manufacturing in USA for targeting and training purposes

Recoinnaisance UAVs we’re first deployed in the Vietnam war on a large scale , drones also began to be used in a range of new roles , such as acting as decoys in combat, launching missiles against fixed targets and dropping leaflets for phsicological operations

There are four types of drones fixed wing drones, single rotor drones , fixed wing hybrid VTOL the top drone companies in india are ideaforge, dhaksha unmanned systems, garuda aerospace, paras defence and space technologies Abraham karem (born 1937) is regarded as the founding father of UAV (drone)