An unmanned combat aerial vehicle, also known as a combat drone, fighter drone or battlefield UAV, is an unmanned aerial vehicle that carries aircraft ordnance such as air-to-surface missiles, anti-ta
A British MQ-9A Reaper operating over Afghanistan in 2009 equipped with two GBU-12 Paveway laser-guided bombs and four AGM-114 Hellfire air-to-surface missiles.
1972: Ryan Firebee with 2 Maverick missiles
An IAF Hermes 450 from 200 Squadron
A TAI Anka-3 (center) performing manned-unmanned teaming with manned aircraft TAI Hürjet (left) and a TAI Hürkuş (right) in 2024
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An unmanned aerial vehicle, or unmanned aircraft system, commonly known as an aerial drone or simply drone, is an aircraft with no human pilot, crew, or passengers on board, which instead is either au
Unmanned combat aerial vehicle
…An unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV), also known as a combat drone, fighter drone or battlefield UAV, is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that carries aircraft ordnance such as air-to-surface missiles, anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs), and/or aerial bombs on hardpoints or within…
A General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper, an unmanned combat aerial vehicle used for both intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance (ISTAR) and drone strike missions.
Ingenuity is an extraterrestrial autonomous UAV that performed the first powered controlled flight by an aircraft on another planet.
DJI Phantom, a small civilian quadcopter designed for commercial and recreational aerial photography. This type of craft is also used or adapted for surveillance by law enforcement and military organisations.
DJI Mini, a consumer-grade drone used for recreational flying