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A British MQ-9A Reaper operating over Afghanistan in 2009. An unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV), also known as a combat drone, fighter drone or battlefield UAV, is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that is used for intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance and carries aircraft ordnance such as missiles, anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs), and/or bombs in hardpoints ...
The first Committee of the UN General Assembly saw its very first side event on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, on Friday, 23 October 2015. According to the UN, an increasing number of countries and non-state actors have shown interest in the use of both commercial and military use of drones.
Tier III: For two decades, the role of medium range tactical UAV was filled by the Pioneer UAV. In July 2007, the Marine Corps announced its intention to retire the aging Pioneer fleet and transition to the RQ-7 Shadow tactical unmanned aircraft system by AAI Corporation. The first Marine Shadow systems have already been delivered, and training ...
Elbit Systems Hermes 450 taking off Northrop Grumman Bat carrying EO/IR and SAR sensors, laser rangefinders, laser designators, infrared cameras Anka-3, Hürjet and Hürkuş. A General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper, a hunter-killer surveillance UAV Although most large military UAVs are fixed-wing aircraft, rotorcraft designs (i.e., RUAVs) such as this MQ-8B Fire Scout are also used.
The first target drone converted to the battlefield unmanned aerial photo reconnaissance mission was a version of the MQM-33 conversion for the US Army in the mid-1950s designated the RP-71, [32] later re-designated the MQM-57 Falconer. [citation needed] The US military acquired a number of other drones similar in many ways to the Radioplane ...
Aeromot K1AM UAV/Target drone for the Brazilian Navy, based in Northrop KD2R-5 Drone. [29] AGPlane UAV of AGX/Aeroalcool.Agricultural and civilian surveillance UAV. [30] [31] Arara M1 Small surveillance UAV. [30] Arara T1 Small UAV/target of AGX/Aeroalcool for the Brazilian Navy. [30] Avibras Falcão Tactical UAV, Avibras [32] [33]
Target drones of the United States (42 P) Pages in category "Unmanned military aircraft of the United States" The following 68 pages are in this category, out of 68 total.
The first action was a head-on maneuver, as the Phantom lined up for the kill, the UAV (drone) pulled a high-G turn and flew over the F-4's canopy. The Firebee was banking into 100-degree maneuvers, and making 180-degree reversal turns within 12 seconds. [9] The Phantoms were no longer attacking the UAV, they were now the targets. [9]