Presented By:

Piyush Kapoor 2K14G065

Shreya Tandon 2K14G091

Jobin Joseph 2K14G045

Saransh Gakhar 2K14G086

Shalvika Gangwani 2K14G087

Bragadesh V 2K14G025

One of the major tool use

for advertising

Creating connectivity

between people

Services provided by

Facebook are:

Voice Call

Video call

Messaging

Video Viewing

Social media presence

Other facilities

provided to the

customer are:

Newsfeeds

Following

ABOUT FACEBOOK

• An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)

• Also referred to as an unpiloted aerial vehicle and

a remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) by

the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)

• It is an aircraft without a human pilot aboard.

Types of Drones

Remotely piloted aircraft

Autonomous aircraft

Currently considered unsuitable for regulation

due to legal and liability issues

Subject to civil regulation under ICAO and under

the relevant national aviation authority

• Making drones capable of flying at altitudes over 60000

feet

• Benefits:

• Flying above the weather

• Better harnessing of solar energy

• Flying for months at a stretch

• Roadblocks:

• Regulatory risks: no rules to govern flights above 60000

feet

• Technical risks: no rules about streaming beams from

that height down to the Earth; solar harnessing not

efficient (max. 20%)

• Solutions being executed:

•Dedicated team at Facebook Connectivity Lab working

on policy, advising technology & development teams

•Analysing weather patterns in 21 countries in Latin

America, Africa & Asia, for better design inputs

•R&D teams at Facebook pushing the limits of battery,

solar & composite materials technology

MANUFACTURING CHALLENGES

• Ascenta Aerospace

doesn’t have the

operational capability to

manufacture these

drones

• Operational timeline

optimistic but not

realistic: 3 to 5 year

timeframe

• Technology for

lightweight solar panels

and battery banks

required for the project

currently non-existent

• Composite materials

required for the drone

body very expensive;

should bring down the

weight from 272 tonnes

(of a 747)

• Skilled labour for

manufacturing is rare;

much time will be

wasted on T&D

• 1st testing deadline likely to be missed: MAY 2015!

• Defining the operating rule: “one pilot per plane” or a

multi-plane traffic control centre??

• Obtaining regulatory licenses for operating unmanned

aircraft at altitudes above 60000 feet

• Launching dedicated satellites for the project: current

satellites unable to bear the load of a worldwide WiFi

airborne network