At the same time target drones like the Queen Bee and the RP-1 were being developed,
additional research during the late 1930s aimed at producing an aircraft that would not fly to a
target and self-terminate but deliver its payload and return to base for future deployment. These
more sustainable, higher longevity and higher altitude craft were quickly applied to the needs of
the Cold War and a new mission was born: reconnaissance. Bearing familiar resemblance to
modern UAVs, surveillance drones of the late 1950s and early sixties were being testing with “a
125-mm or a 70-mm film camera, flares for use with nighttime photography, an IR sensor,”
plumbing for dispensing chemical or biological agents from underwing tanks and a side-looking
airborne radar (SLAR) that was capable of transmitting imagery back in real time via a ground
sensor (Newcome 74). During this decade, the kinks in autonomous navigation were being
worked out allowing an unmanned craft to auto correct its course and thereby ensuring accurate
At the same time target drones like the Queen Bee and the RP-1 were being developed,additional research during the late 1930s aimed at producing an aircraft that would not fly to atarget and self-terminate but deliver its payload and return to base for future deployment. Thesemore sustainable, higher longevity and higher altitude craft were quickly applied to the needs ofthe Cold War and a new mission was born: reconnaissance. Bearing familiar resemblance tomodern UAVs, surveillance drones of the late 1950s and early sixties were being testing with “a125-mm or a 70-mm film camera, flares for use with nighttime photography, an IR sensor,”plumbing for dispensing chemical or biological agents from underwing tanks and a side-lookingairborne radar (SLAR) that was capable of transmitting imagery back in real time via a groundsensor (Newcome 74). During this decade, the kinks in autonomous navigation were beingworked out allowing an unmanned craft to auto correct its course and thereby ensuring accurate
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