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An MQ-9 Reaper sits on the flight line at Creech Air
The term drone has been used from the early days of aviation to name remotely-flown target aircraft used for practice firing a battleship's guns, such as the 1920s Fairey Queen and 1930s de Havilland Queen Bee.

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is defined as a "powered, aerial vehicle that does not carry a human operator, uses aerodynamic forces to provide vehicle lift, can fly autonomously or be piloted remotely. UAV is a term that is commonly applied to military use cases. Missiles with warheads are not considered UAVs because the vehicle itself is a munition.

The term unmanned aircraft system (UAS) was adopted by the United States Department of Defense (DoD) and the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

An unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV), also known as a combat drone is used for intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance and carries aircraft ordnance such as missiles, machine guns, and bombs.
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Spc. Rocco Scinto inspects the wing of a MQ-1C Gray

Spc. Rocco Scinto inspects the wing of a MQ-1C Gray

Spc. Rocco Scinto inspects the wing of a MQ-1C Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft during a routine maintenance check at the Gray Eagle hangar on Fort Stewart Dec. 11. (Photo illustration by Sgt. William Begley, 3rd C... More

The Navy's unmanned X-47B lands aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71).

The Navy's unmanned X-47B lands aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodo...

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Aug. 17, 2014) The Navy's unmanned X-47B lands aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). The aircraft completed a series of tests demonstrating its ability to operate safely a... More

Spc. Gunner Livingston, an unmanned aircraft repairer,

Spc. Gunner Livingston, an unmanned aircraft repairer,

Spc. Gunner Livingston, an unmanned aircraft repairer, 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 7th Infantry, inspects the Aerosonde Hybrid Quad before a vertical take off at a training site at Joint Base Lewis-McChord... More

Remote controlled flying machine with four helicopter blades

Remote controlled flying machine with four helicopter blades

This remote controlled toy aircraft has four helicopter-type blades, flies silently, and has several cameras -- one pointing down, one pointing forwards. It hovers a few feet off the floor of the store. It is ... More

An MQ-9 Reaper, assigned to the 62nd Expeditionary

An MQ-9 Reaper, assigned to the 62nd Expeditionary

An MQ-9 Reaper, assigned to the 62nd Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron, armed with four GBU-38 Joint Direct Attack Munition parks on a flightline before a mission on Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan Feb. 22, ... More

An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstrator completes

An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstrator completes

An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstrator completes its first flight at Edwards Air Force Base. The Unmanned Combat Air System Carrier Demonstration program will demonstrate the capability of an autonomo... More

The 3D-printed On-Demand Small Unmanned Aircraft System

The 3D-printed On-Demand Small Unmanned Aircraft System

The 3D-printed On-Demand Small Unmanned Aircraft System is a new concept whereby Soldiers add requirements to mission planning software, and the system selects the optimal configuration for an aerial vehicle. I... More

A U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper assigned to the 556th

A U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper assigned to the 556th

A U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper assigned to the 556th Test and Evaluation Squadron armed with an AIM-9X Block 2 missile sits on the ramp at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, Sept. 3, 2020. During the weapon test, air... More

Lockheed Martin MQ-25 - A fighter jet sitting on top of an airport tarmac

Lockheed Martin MQ-25 - A fighter jet sitting on top of an airport tar...

The Lockheed Martin Skunk Works® purpose-built MQ-25 unmanned tanker concept is designed to deliver robust refueling capability to support our combat strike fighters and extend the range of our aircraft carrier... More

AL ASAD AIR BASE, Iraq –Spc. William Lindmeier, an

AL ASAD AIR BASE, Iraq –Spc. William Lindmeier, an

AL ASAD AIR BASE, Iraq –Spc. William Lindmeier, an unmanned aircraft system repairer from Company 10, 10th Aviation Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, performs maintenance on a MQ-1C Gray Eagle at Al Asad Air Ba... More

160519-N-GP524-056 (27147688255)

160519-N-GP524-056 (27147688255)

160519-N-GP524-056 ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 19, 2016) – Quartermaster 3rd Class Greg Flippen launches a RQ-20A Puma AE (All Environment) unmanned aircraft system from the flight deck of the guided-missile destroyer... More

The Navy's unmanned X-47B lands aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71).

The Navy's unmanned X-47B lands aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodo...

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Aug. 17, 2014) The Navy's unmanned X-47B lands aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). The aircraft completed a series of tests demonstrating its ability to operate safely a... More

An MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft assigned to

An MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft assigned to

An MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft assigned to the 163d Attack Wing soars over Southern California skies on a training flight to March Air Reserve Base, California, on September 15, 2016. (Air National Gu... More

An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstrator completes its first flight at Edwards Air Force Base.

An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstrator completes its first f...

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (Feb. 04, 2011) An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstrator completes its first flight at Edwards Air Force Base. The Unmanned Combat Air System Carrier Demonstration program... More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Austin Mitchell, an

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Austin Mitchell, an

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Austin Mitchell, an intelligence specialist with 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division holds a RQ-20 Puma unmanned aircraft system surveillance and reconnaissance... More

U.S. Marine Sgt. Kevin Ware launches a Small Unmanned

U.S. Marine Sgt. Kevin Ware launches a Small Unmanned

U.S. Marine Sgt. Kevin Ware launches a Small Unmanned Aircraft System, as part of exercise Joint Assault Signals Company Black, Waiouru Military Camp, New Zealand, Sept. 12, 2018. The Small Unmanned Aircraft Sy... More

The Navy's unmanned X-47B flies near the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71).

The Navy's unmanned X-47B flies near the aircraft carrier USS Theodore...

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Aug. 17, 2014) The Navy's unmanned X-47B flies near the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). The aircraft completed a series of tests demonstrating its ability to operate safely and... More

An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System demonstrator conducts

An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System demonstrator conducts

An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System demonstrator conducts a touch and go landing on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). The aircraft, nicknamed Salty Dog 501, made its debut a... More

200429-F-SP573-1077 (April, 4) A MQ-4C Triton taxis

200429-F-SP573-1077 (April, 4) A MQ-4C Triton taxis

200429-F-SP573-1077 (April, 4) A MQ-4C Triton taxis at Andersen Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Michael S. Murphy)

Soldiers of the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old

Soldiers of the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old

Soldiers of the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) receive supplies from a Joint Tactical Aerial Resupply Vehicle (JTARV) on Fort A.P. Hill, Va., September 22, 2017. The JTARV, a quadcopter also known as... More

An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator aircraft is transported  on an aircraft elevator aboard the aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman (CVN 75).

An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator aircraft is tr...

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Dec. 13, 2012) An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator aircraft is transported on an aircraft elevator aboard the aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). (U.S. Navy photo cou... More

The X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstrator (UCAS-D)

The X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstrator (UCAS-D)

The X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstrator (UCAS-D) prepares to launch from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Theodore Roosevelt is the third carrier to test the ta... More

160518-N-GP524-799 (27079027141)

160518-N-GP524-799 (27079027141)

160518-N-GP524-799 ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 18, 2016) – A RQ-20A Puma AE (All Environment) unmanned aircraft system, launched from the guided-missile destroyer USS Stout (DDG 55), flies overhead. Stout is currently... More

Aeryon Scout In Flight - A black and white photo of a drone flying in the sky

Aeryon Scout In Flight - A black and white photo of a drone flying in ...

Aeryon Scout UAV in flight. Public domain photograph - aircraft, aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Aeryon Scout UAV - A black case sitting next to a white and gray drone

Aeryon Scout UAV - A black case sitting next to a white and gray drone

Aeryon Scout UAV system with its controller, missions and support cases

40th CAB takes charge of UAS missions in the Middle East (part 1)

40th CAB takes charge of UAS missions in the Middle East (part 1)

Unmanned aerial system repairers from Company F, 227th Aviation Regiment, 40th Combat Aviation Brigade, based out of Fort Hood, Texas, inspect an MQ-1C Gray Eagle in the Middle East, Jan. 7. Company F Gray Eagl... More

An Insitu ScanEagle, a small unmanned aerial vehicle,

An Insitu ScanEagle, a small unmanned aerial vehicle,

An Insitu ScanEagle, a small unmanned aerial vehicle, is caught on the SkyHook retreival system to end its flight during a demonstration for leaders from the Coast Guard Acquisition Directorate and the Research... More

An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator aircraft is transported  on an aircraft elevator aboard the aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman (CVN 75).

An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator aircraft is tr...

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Dec. 11, 2012) An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator aircraft is transported on an aircraft elevator aboard the aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). (U.S. Navy photo cou... More

Two Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton unmanned aerial vehicles are seen on the tarmac at a Northrop Grumman test facility in Palmdale, Calif.

Two Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton unmanned aerial vehicles are seen on...

PALMDALE, Calif. (May. 21, 2013) Two Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton unmanned aerial vehicles are seen on the tarmac at a Northrop Grumman test facility in Palmdale, Calif. Triton is undergoing flight testing as ... More

The Navy's unmanned X-47B lands aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71).

The Navy's unmanned X-47B lands aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodo...

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Aug. 17, 2014) The Navy's unmanned X-47B lands aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). The aircraft completed a series of tests demonstrating its ability to operate safely a... More

The Navy's unmanned X-47B prepares to launch from the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71).

The Navy's unmanned X-47B prepares to launch from the aircraft carrier...

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Aug. 17, 2014) The Navy's unmanned X-47B prepares to launch from the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). The aircraft completed a series of tests demonstrating its ability to opera... More

Air Force Maj. Scott Gregg, Black Dart project officer,

Air Force Maj. Scott Gregg, Black Dart project officer,

Air Force Maj. Scott Gregg, Black Dart project officer, speaks to the media in front of an MQ-9 unmanned aircraft system, at Naval Base Ventura County and Sea Range, Point Mugu, Calif., July 31, 2015. The drone... More

A U.S. Army MQ-1C Gray Eagle with B company, 229th

A U.S. Army MQ-1C Gray Eagle with B company, 229th

A U.S. Army MQ-1C Gray Eagle with B company, 229th Aviation Regiment known as "Flying Tigers" prepares for takeoff at the Air Combat Element landing strip, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC), Twenty... More

Sailors move an X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System

Sailors move an X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System

Sailors move an X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System demonstrator onto an aircraft elevator aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). George H.W. Bush is scheduled to be the first aircraft carrier ... More

A Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft system (UAS) was the

A Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft system (UAS) was the

A Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft system (UAS) was the military-grade UAS used in the two-year project at Dugway Proving Ground to observe golden eagle nests. The project compared three observation methods to dete... More

160321-M-MB391-068 (25443408683)

160321-M-MB391-068 (25443408683)

160321-M-MB391-068 CHERRY POINT, N.C. (March 21, 2016) A RQ-21A Blackjack recovers after it was launched for the first time into Class D airspace over MCAS Cherry Point. The RQ-21A Blackjack system is modular,... More

An MQ-9B SkyGuardian glides beneath the clouds July

An MQ-9B SkyGuardian glides beneath the clouds July

An MQ-9B SkyGuardian glides beneath the clouds July 10, 2018, over Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems and Northrop Grumman Corporation, both tenants of Grand Forks AF... More

An MQ-9 Reaper assigned to the 214th Attack Group,

An MQ-9 Reaper assigned to the 214th Attack Group,

An MQ-9 Reaper assigned to the 214th Attack Group, Arizona Air National Guard, flies over Alpena, Mich., during a training sortie during Northern Strike 19 at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, July 2... More

330-PSA-120-61 (80-KN 1814) (21651537675)

330-PSA-120-61 (80-KN 1814) (21651537675)

330-PSA-120-61 (80-KN 1814): The U.S. Navy’s new, long range anti-submarine weapon system, “Dash” (Drone Anti-Submarine Helicopter), hovers in free flight over the flight deck of USS Hazelwood (DD 531). Suspen... More

An RQ-4 Global Hawk from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam

An RQ-4 Global Hawk from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam

An RQ-4 Global Hawk from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam is towed down the taxiway at Misawa Air Base, Japan, May 24, 2014. The RQ-4 Global Hawk is a high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aircraft system with an... More

The MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system completes

The MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system completes

The MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system completes its inaugural cross-country ferry flight at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. Triton took off from the Northrop Grumman Palmdale, Calif., facility Sept. 1... More

An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstrator completes

An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstrator completes

An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstrator completes its first flight at Edwards Air Force Base. The Unmanned Combat Air System Carrier Demonstration program will demonstrate the capability of an autonomo... More

The Navy's unmanned X-47B lands aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71).

The Navy's unmanned X-47B lands aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodo...

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Aug. 17, 2014) The Navy's unmanned X-47B lands aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). The aircraft completed a series of tests demonstrating its ability to operate safely a... More

A German military Mikado quadcopter flies through the

A German military Mikado quadcopter flies through the

A German military Mikado quadcopter flies through the air during a unmanned aircraft system demonstration held Oct. 14, 2015, at Camp Marechal de Lattre de Tassigny in Kosovo. During the event, Multinational Ba... More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Daniel Echevarria, intelligence

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Daniel Echevarria, intelligence

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Daniel Echevarria, intelligence analyst, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, launches an RQ-20B Puma drone during Operation Wild Buck (OWB) at Marine Corps Base... More

The Global Hawk unmanned aircraft is weighed and systems checked after its arrival at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia. The aircraft flew non-stop from Edwards Air Force Base, California, to Langley as part of a NATO seminar hosted by the Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic

The Global Hawk unmanned aircraft is weighed and systems checked after...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Langley Air Force Base State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator: TSGT J... More

A British MQ-9 Reaper sits on a runway March 17. Both

A British MQ-9 Reaper sits on a runway March 17. Both

A British MQ-9 Reaper sits on a runway March 17. Both British and American Reapers are deployed to Afghanistan.

Staff Sgt. Jason Trias of the 29th Brigade Support

Staff Sgt. Jason Trias of the 29th Brigade Support

Staff Sgt. Jason Trias of the 29th Brigade Support Training Battalion of Hawaii prepares to launch an Unmanned Aircraft Vehicle during a training exercise at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center, Miss., Sep... More

Contractors hoist the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator to the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75).

Contractors hoist the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstr...

NORFOLK (Nov. 26, 2012) Contractors hoist the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator to the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). The air vehicle arrived by barge from ... More

U.S. Navy sailors assist with the onload of the X-47B

U.S. Navy sailors assist with the onload of the X-47B

U.S. Navy sailors assist with the onload of the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System demonstrator aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). The air vehicle arrived by barge from Naval Air Station Pa... More

An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator is loaded onto the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77).

An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator is loaded onto...

NORFOLK (May. 06, 2013) An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator is loaded onto the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). George H.W. Bush is scheduled to be the firs... More

X-47B UCAS launch, US Navy Photogrpah

X-47B UCAS launch, US Navy Photogrpah

An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System demonstrator launches from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). George H.W. Bush is the first aircraft carrier to successfully catapult laun... More

An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator completes an arrested landing on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77).

An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator completes an a...

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Jul. 10, 2013) An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator completes an arrested landing on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). The landing marks t... More

The Navy's unmanned X-47B flies near the aircraft carrier

The Navy's unmanned X-47B flies near the aircraft carrier

The Navy's unmanned X-47B flies near the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). The aircraft completed a series of tests demonstrating its ability to operate safely and seamlessly with manned aircraf... More

Sgt. Justin Carrington, unmanned aircraft system repairer

Sgt. Justin Carrington, unmanned aircraft system repairer

Sgt. Justin Carrington, unmanned aircraft system repairer with Delta Company, 9th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, prepares to launch an RQ-7 Shadow unmanned ... More

U.S. Marines with 2nd Marine Division, attend a class

U.S. Marines with 2nd Marine Division, attend a class

U.S. Marines with 2nd Marine Division, attend a class to learn to assemble and fly a 3D printed unmanned aircraft system on Camp Lejeune, N.C., August 26, 2017. The ODSUAS drone was created through 3D printing ... More

Staff Sgt. Justin Seeley, 3rd Battalion, 52nd Infantry

Staff Sgt. Justin Seeley, 3rd Battalion, 52nd Infantry

Staff Sgt. Justin Seeley, 3rd Battalion, 52nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Security Force Assistance Brigade, launches a RQ-11B Raven unmanned aircraft system Oct. 16, 2017, on Kelley Hill on Fort Benning, Georgia. S... More

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Jonathan Kim, an intelligence

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Jonathan Kim, an intelligence

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Jonathan Kim, an intelligence analyst with Headquarters Company, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, prepares to launch an RQ-11B Raven Digital Data Link Small Unmanned Aircraft Sy... More

MQ-9 Reaper and aircrew underneath Nevada sunset

MQ-9 Reaper and aircrew underneath Nevada sunset

An MQ-9 Reaper sits on the flight line as the sun sets at Creech Air Force Base, Nev., Nov. 20, 2019. The Reaper provides dominant, persistent attack and reconnaissance 24/7/365. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman... More

Agile Reaper equipment arrives at Naval Air Station Point Mugu

Agile Reaper equipment arrives at Naval Air Station Point Mugu

Senior Airman Austin Sievert, 49th Aircraft Communications Maintenance Unit ground control station technician, pushes a Mobile Electric Power cart during Exercise Agile Reaper, Sept. 7, 2020, at Naval Air Stati... More

180705-A-FJ530-1206 SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii (July

180705-A-FJ530-1206 SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii (July

180705-A-FJ530-1206 SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii (July 5, 2018) Soldiers assigned to Delta Company, 25th Aviation Regiment, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, prepare an MQ-1C Gray Eagle unmanned aerial system for its... More

An MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle taxies after

An MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle taxies after

An MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle taxies after landing at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, Nov. 8. Reapers are remotely piloted and can linger over battlefields, providing persistent strike capabilities to ground f... More

The OH-58D Kiowa Warrior, AH-64D Apache Longbow and

The OH-58D Kiowa Warrior, AH-64D Apache Longbow and

The OH-58D Kiowa Warrior, AH-64D Apache Longbow and Warrior A land at Michael Army Airfield, Utah, Sept. 16, 2011, after the Manned Unmanned Systems Integration Capability exercise. The aircraft joined with the... More

Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada-Airmen assigned to the

Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada-Airmen assigned to the

Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada-Airmen assigned to the 432nd Wing/432nd Air Expeditionary Wing represented Creech Air Force Base, Nev., at the Lethbridge International Airshow July 14-16, 2017 in the Alberta provi... More

200126-N-AC117-0364 AIR FORCE BASE, Guam (Jan. 26,

200126-N-AC117-0364 AIR FORCE BASE, Guam (Jan. 26,

200126-N-AC117-0364 AIR FORCE BASE, Guam (Jan. 26, 2020) - An MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system idles on a runway at Andersen Air Force Base. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class MacA... More

U.S. Army Spc. Corey Deer, an unmanned aerial vehicle

U.S. Army Spc. Corey Deer, an unmanned aerial vehicle

U.S. Army Spc. Corey Deer, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operator with the 1st Battalion, 504th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, launches a Raven during a UAV refresher cou... More

U.S. Army Spc. Tyler Brewer, unmanned aircraft systems

U.S. Army Spc. Tyler Brewer, unmanned aircraft systems

U.S. Army Spc. Tyler Brewer, unmanned aircraft systems repair and technical inspector, UAS Platoon, Bravo Company, 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, of Eugene, Ore.... More

An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System demonstrator taxis

An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System demonstrator taxis

An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System demonstrator taxis on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). George H.W. Bush is scheduled to be the first aircraft carrier to catapult launch... More

An MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft takes off

An MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft takes off

An MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft takes off on a training mission, May 13, 2013. The Reaper is part of a remotely piloted aircraft system. A fully operational system consists of several sensor/weapon-equ... More

U.S. paratroopers assigned to the Company D, 54th Brigade

U.S. paratroopers assigned to the Company D, 54th Brigade

U.S. paratroopers assigned to the Company D, 54th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade, conduct pre-flight checks on an RQ7B Shadow Technical unmanned aircraft system at Aeroclub Postonja in Slove... More

Undisclosed Location - U.S. Army Spc. Benjamin Crandall,

Undisclosed Location - U.S. Army Spc. Benjamin Crandall,

Undisclosed Location - U.S. Army Spc. Benjamin Crandall, a Soldier assigned to Company B, 229th Aviation Regiment, 449th Combat Aviation Brigade ground guides a MQ-1C Gray Eagle Unmanned Aircraft System to a la... More

Senior Airman Madelyne Kowalczyk, 11th Security Forces

Senior Airman Madelyne Kowalczyk, 11th Security Forces

Senior Airman Madelyne Kowalczyk, 11th Security Forces Squadron counter small unmanned aircraft systems NCO in charge, operates a sUAS on Joint Base Andrews, Md., March 1, 2019. Air Force Special Operations Com... More

U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. --  United States Air

U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- United States Air

U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- United States Air Force Academy Cadets in the Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Operations Program familiarize themselves with quadcopter flight controls at The Cadet Field House, M... More

U.S. Marines with the Logistics Combat Element, Marine

U.S. Marines with the Logistics Combat Element, Marine

U.S. Marines with the Logistics Combat Element, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin (MRF-D), test developmental drones, which deliver gear during Exercise Koolendong at Mount Bundey Training Area, Northern Territo... More

A U.S. Army MQ-1C Gray Eagle with B company, 229th

A U.S. Army MQ-1C Gray Eagle with B company, 229th

A U.S. Army MQ-1C Gray Eagle with B company, 229th Aviation Regiment known as "Flying Tigers" prepares for takeoff at the Air Combat Element landing strip, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC), Twenty... More

Members of the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing discuss

Members of the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing discuss

Members of the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing discuss the first operationally-flown transatlantic Global Hawk with the wing historian Sept. 21, 2008. It was also the first joint-launch in the history of the aircr... More

U.S. paratroopers assigned to the Company D, 54th Brigade

U.S. paratroopers assigned to the Company D, 54th Brigade

U.S. paratroopers assigned to the Company D, 54th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade, conduct pre-flight checks on an RQ7B Shadow Technical unmanned aircraft system at Aeroclub Postonja in Slove... More

U.S. Army Sgt. Christopher Curley, an infantryman with

U.S. Army Sgt. Christopher Curley, an infantryman with

U.S. Army Sgt. Christopher Curley, an infantryman with small unmanned aircraft systems operator duties, with 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, assigned to the Joint Multinational Readiness Center at Hohenfe... More

A U.S. Marine Corps Cargo Resupply Unmanned Aircraft

A U.S. Marine Corps Cargo Resupply Unmanned Aircraft

A U.S. Marine Corps Cargo Resupply Unmanned Aircraft System (CRUAS) with Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron (VMU) 2, Marine Air Control Group 28, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward), lands at Camp Bastion, ... More

An RQ-7B tactical unmanned aircraft system (TUAS) lands

An RQ-7B tactical unmanned aircraft system (TUAS) lands

An RQ-7B tactical unmanned aircraft system (TUAS) lands at Al Taqaddum Air Base, Iraq, Nov. 30, 2015. U. S. Army soldiers with Delta Company, 7th Engineer Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Divis... More

An MQ-9 Reaper sits under a sunshade in the early morning

An MQ-9 Reaper sits under a sunshade in the early morning

An MQ-9 Reaper sits under a sunshade in the early morning at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, Oct. 25, 2019. Reapers and the Airmen that support the Remotely Piloted Aircraft mission are integral parts in fightin... More

An U.S. Marine Corps cargo resupply unmanned aircraft

An U.S. Marine Corps cargo resupply unmanned aircraft

An U.S. Marine Corps cargo resupply unmanned aircraft system (CRUAS) with Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron (VMU) 3, Marine Air Control Group 38, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward), arrives at Camp Bastio... More

An unmanned aerial vehicle – an RQ-7B Shadow – shoots

An unmanned aerial vehicle – an RQ-7B Shadow – shoots

An unmanned aerial vehicle – an RQ-7B Shadow – shoots into the sky after being launched by U.S. Army Soldiers with the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Platoon, Company B, 4-3 Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 4th Inf... More

A U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper assigned to the 556th

A U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper assigned to the 556th

A U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper assigned to the 556th Test and Evaluation Squadron armed with an AIM-9X Block 2 missile sits on the ramp at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, Sept. 3, 2020. During the weapon test, air... More

U.S. Army Spc. Christopher Cardwell, Delta Company,

U.S. Army Spc. Christopher Cardwell, Delta Company,

U.S. Army Spc. Christopher Cardwell, Delta Company, 776th Brigade Engineer Battalion, Detachment 1, Unmanned Aircraft Systems maintainer, prepares a RQ-7B Shadow for flight during Bold Quest 20.2 at Camp Atterb... More

Lance Cpl. Anthony Nolley-Crosson, an intelligence

Lance Cpl. Anthony Nolley-Crosson, an intelligence

Lance Cpl. Anthony Nolley-Crosson, an intelligence clerk with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, prepares to launch an RQ-11B Raven unmanned aircraft system during UAS flight operations at Marine Corps Trainin... More

An MQ-9 Reaper sits on the flight line at Hurlburt

An MQ-9 Reaper sits on the flight line at Hurlburt

An MQ-9 Reaper sits on the flight line at Hurlburt Field Fla., April 24, 2014. The MQ-9 Reaper is an armed, multi-mission, medium-altitude, long-endurance remotely piloted aircraft that is employed primarily as... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Newton Seale (left) and Airman

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Newton Seale (left) and Airman

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Newton Seale (left) and Airman 1st Class Eric Rosales, both 62nd Attack Squadron crew chiefs, work on an MQ-9 Reaper on Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Jan. 18, 2018. The efforts at Ka... More

432nd Wing/432nd Air Expeditionary Wing Airmen pose

432nd Wing/432nd Air Expeditionary Wing Airmen pose

432nd Wing/432nd Air Expeditionary Wing Airmen pose with an MQ-9 Reaper for a photo at Creech Air Force Base, Nev., Nov. 19, 2019. The MQ-9 and its aircrew are one of the most demanded U.S. Air Force assets due... More

Cpl. Gavin Ball, an unmanned aircraft system pilot

Cpl. Gavin Ball, an unmanned aircraft system pilot

Cpl. Gavin Ball, an unmanned aircraft system pilot with Lima Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, controls a UAS during an amphibious raid as part of Exercise Talisman Saber 17, at Fresh... More

An unmanned aircraft investigates the contents of a

An unmanned aircraft investigates the contents of a

An unmanned aircraft investigates the contents of a bucket while negotiating an operational evaluation obstacle course during a demonstration Aug. 22, 2017, at the Department of Homeland Security Common Unmanne... More

An Instant Eye quadcopter flies overhead during a 2nd

An Instant Eye quadcopter flies overhead during a 2nd

An Instant Eye quadcopter flies overhead during a 2nd Marine Division fly day at Landing Zone Falcon, Camp Lejeune, N.C., April 18, 2018. The Instant Eye is an Unmanned Aerial System used so Marines can assess ... More

Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada-Airmen assigned to the

Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada-Airmen assigned to the

Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada-Airmen assigned to the 432nd Wing/432nd Air Expeditionary Wing represented Creech Air Force Base, Nev., at the Lethbridge International Airshow July 14-16, 2017 in the Alberta provi... More

U.S. Army Spc. Joshua Phan, an armor crewman with Iron

U.S. Army Spc. Joshua Phan, an armor crewman with Iron

U.S. Army Spc. Joshua Phan, an armor crewman with Iron Troop, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, throws an Unmanned Aircraft System into operations during training March 16, 2013 at Hohenfels, Germany. The reg... More

Pfc. Anthony Garcia and Pfc. Cody Rouse Unmanned Aircraft

Pfc. Anthony Garcia and Pfc. Cody Rouse Unmanned Aircraft

Pfc. Anthony Garcia and Pfc. Cody Rouse Unmanned Aircraft Systems Repairers, with the 1st Engineer Battalion, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, steady an RQ-7 Shadow Unmanned Aerial Vehicl... More

U.S. Army Spc. Nathan C. Phillips, an unmanned aircraft

U.S. Army Spc. Nathan C. Phillips, an unmanned aircraft

U.S. Army Spc. Nathan C. Phillips, an unmanned aircraft system repairer with the 4th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division positions a starter for an AAI RQ-7 Shadow... More

An MQ-9 Reaper is parked on a taxiway during sunset

An MQ-9 Reaper is parked on a taxiway during sunset

An MQ-9 Reaper is parked on a taxiway during sunset at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, Nov. 17, 2020. The Reaper is an armed, multi-mission, long-endurance Remotely Piloted Aircraft that is managed and flown by ... More

The MQ-1C Gray Eagle aircraft sits static on the tarmac

The MQ-1C Gray Eagle aircraft sits static on the tarmac

The MQ-1C Gray Eagle aircraft sits static on the tarmac as flight crews prepare it for display. The Gray Eagle demonstrated its capabilities during the Manned Unmanned Systems Integration Capability Exercise at... More

A U.S. Navy Special Warfare Combatant-Craft Crewman

A U.S. Navy Special Warfare Combatant-Craft Crewman

A U.S. Navy Special Warfare Combatant-Craft Crewman assigned to Naval Special Warfare deploys the Puma All Environment Unmanned Aircraft System during a training mission with Hellenic Navy special operators fro... More

An Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) belonging to intelligence

An Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) belonging to intelligence

An Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) belonging to intelligence specialists assigned to 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, returns from a test flight during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise 2014. Twenty-two n... More

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