Great and small: the many types of drone

A wide variety of unmanned aerial vehicles are being used for military and civilian purposes around the world. Drones range in size from vast solar-powered fixed-wing aircraft to minute helicopter-like devices fashioned on hummingbirds. US Congress has decided that from 2015 they should be given access to domestic airspace.

This graphic shows some of the types in production or development by the growing US drone industry.