1. To make, repair, or fasten by stitching, as with a needle and thread or a sewing machine: sew a dress; sew on a button. 2. To furnish with stitches for the purpose of closing, fastening, or attaching: sew an incision closed. v. intr. To work with a needle and thread or with a sewing machine. sew up Informal. 1.
Drone is a misused word...those of us in the UAV line of work groan loudly whenever we hear it being said in the news. Lets be clear: there ARE military vehicles called drones...they are used specifically for target practice (take off, fly more or less in a straight line until shot down for training purposes).
There are roughly 1,000 such drone pilots, known in the trade as 18Xs, working for the US Air Force today. Another 180 pilots graduate annually from a training program that takes about a year to complete at Holloman and Randolph Air Force bases in, respectively, New Mexico and Texas.