Sustainable product design engineering in industry 4.0: Civilian and military drones vis-à-vis digital transformation

This research elaborates outcome of both theoretical and empirical implementation of Sustainable Product Design Engineering vis-à-vis Drones within Civilian and Military Scopes. As background information, the common aspects consist of 3D Printing Technology and Big Data. The principal purpose of the study is to articulate the role of Product Design Engineering on Drones in Digital Transformation. The Scope of this research refers to drones with remote sensing technology, known as unmanned robots of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and unmanned surface vehicle (USV). In term of methodology, this research capitalizes quantitative approach. This study emphasizes the most important study result in term on the wide spectrum of drones using Vertical Take Off Landing (VTOL), in which Product Design Engineering (PDE) is its centre stage of this study. Precisely, the most important study result of this research refers to the Digital Transformation using simulation strategy based upon simulation software. Nowadays, The Digital Era has opened wider implementation of Drones in both Civilian and Military Perspectives. Precisely, as conclusion from last decade and incoming years, drones are not merely used in military warfare and military defense, but also in wide array of civilian for the benefit of humankinds, in the following, but not limited vis-à-vis individual hobby, community purpose, company's delivery ways, disaster prevention and aid, including medical purpose and surveillance.