“The first pilotless aircraft were made and tested during the war” (Hunt, 2013). This aircraft was first designed by a man named Charles F. Kettering and was assembled with the help of Oliver Wright. These two were appointed by the U.S. Army to design unmanned flying vehicles that had an effective range of 40 miles. The Kettering Bug was made with paper mache and wood reinforcements and was used as a flying bomb, exploding on contact. This aircraft costed $400 to produce and carried 300 pounds of explosives. Kettering Bug was produced toward the end of World War I, the American Government ordered over 20,000 units. Although the Kettering Bug was never used in the first great war, and drones wouldn’t be widely spread for almost another century, they were the start of the development of remotely piloted aircraft (Hunt,
“The first pilotless aircraft were made and tested during the war” (Hunt, 2013). This aircraft was first designed by a man named Charles F. Kettering and was assembled with the help of Oliver Wright. These two were appointed by the U.S. Army to design unmanned flying vehicles that had an effective range of 40 miles. The Kettering Bug was made with paper mache and wood reinforcements and was used as a flying bomb, exploding on contact. This aircraft costed $400 to produce and carried 300 pounds of explosives. Kettering Bug was produced toward the end of World War I, the American Government ordered over 20,000 units. Although the Kettering Bug was never used in the first great war, and drones wouldn’t be widely spread for almost another century, they were the start of the development of remotely piloted aircraft (Hunt,