Abraham Karem was born in Baghdad, Iraq, to an Assyrian Jewish couple. His family moved to Israel in 1951, where he grew up. From an early age, he had an innate passion for aeronautics, and at the age of 14, he started building model aircraft. Karem is regarded as the founding father of UAV (drone) technology. He graduated as an aeronautical engineer from the Technion. He built his first drone during the Yom Kippur War for the Israeli Air Force. In the 1970s, he immigrated to the United States.
Engineering career
He founded Leading Systems Inc. in his home garage, where he started manufacturing his first drone, Albatross, and later on, the more sophisticated Amber, which eventually evolved into the famous General Atomics MQ-1 Predator drone, which brought him the title of "Drone father".[1]
Karem has been described by The Economist magazine as the man who "created the robotic plane that transformed the way modern warfare is waged and continues to pioneer other airborne innovations".[1] Leading Systems has since gone bankrupt and was bought up by the US defense contractor General Atomics, which employed Karem and his team for the development of ultra-high endurance UAVs. The new development resulted in the creation of the Predator, based on the previous model Amber.[2]
Awards and recognition
In 2010, Karem was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering for the development of long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicles and variable rotor speed VTOL aircraft systems.
References
^ ab"The dronefather". The Economist. The Economist Newspaper Limited. December 1, 2012. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
^Steve Coll, Ghost Wars (Penguin, 2005 edition), pp. 527-8 and 658 note 5.
April 10, 2023
abraham, karem, born, 1937, designer, fixed, rotary, wing, unmanned, aircraft, regarded, founding, father, drone, technology, bornjune, 1937, 1937, baghdad, iraqcitizenshipisraelialma, matertechnion, israel, institute, technologyoccupationengineerknown, forpre. Abraham Karem born 1937 is a designer of fixed and rotary wing unmanned aircraft He is regarded as the founding father of UAV drone technology Abraham KaremBornJune 27 1937 1937 06 27 age 85 Baghdad IraqCitizenshipIsraeliAlma materTechnion Israel Institute of TechnologyOccupationEngineerKnown forPredator Drone TitleFounder of Karem Aircraft Contents 1 Biography 2 Engineering career 3 Awards and recognition 4 ReferencesBiography EditAbraham Karem was born in Baghdad Iraq to an Assyrian Jewish couple His family moved to Israel in 1951 where he grew up From an early age he had an innate passion for aeronautics and at the age of 14 he started building model aircraft Karem is regarded as the founding father of UAV drone technology He graduated as an aeronautical engineer from the Technion He built his first drone during the Yom Kippur War for the Israeli Air Force In the 1970s he immigrated to the United States Engineering career EditHe founded Leading Systems Inc in his home garage where he started manufacturing his first drone Albatross and later on the more sophisticated Amber which eventually evolved into the famous General Atomics MQ 1 Predator drone which brought him the title of Drone father 1 Karem has been described by The Economist magazine as the man who created the robotic plane that transformed the way modern warfare is waged and continues to pioneer other airborne innovations 1 Leading Systems has since gone bankrupt and was bought up by the US defense contractor General Atomics which employed Karem and his team for the development of ultra high endurance UAVs The new development resulted in the creation of the Predator based on the previous model Amber 2 Awards and recognition EditIn 2010 Karem was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering for the development of long endurance unmanned aerial vehicles and variable rotor speed VTOL aircraft systems References Edit a b The dronefather The Economist The Economist Newspaper Limited December 1 2012 Retrieved June 2 2019 Steve Coll Ghost Wars Penguin 2005 edition pp 527 8 and 658 note 5 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Abraham Karem amp oldid 1144743518, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
