Prototype of Sukhoi S-70 Okhotnik-B, a heavy UCAVĪn unmanned aerial vehicle ( UAV), commonly known as a drone, is an aircraft without any human pilot, crew, or passengers on board.
For other uses, see UAV (disambiguation).Įlbit Systems Hermes-450 taking off Northrop Grumman Bat carrying EO/IR and SAR sensors, laser range finders, laser designators, infra-red cameras A DJI Phantom quadcopter UAV for commercial and recreational aerial photography 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.
