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 for drone ...

2024年8月27日 · UCAVs are unmanned combat aerial vehicles used in a combat environment for various rules including interdiction, intelligence, reconnaissance, and a variety of other usages. In recent years, the prevalence of UCAV systems greatly increased as a result of advancing technical standards and the constantly evolving combat ecosystem.

1 天前 · The General Atomics XQ-67A is the latest unmanned combat aerial vehicle to be developed under the Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program of the US Air Force. Since 2021, the USAF has been working toward what they dub the OBSS (Off-Board Sensing Station) program to develop an unmanned combat aircraft intended to work alongside manned ...

Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles: Current Types, Ordnance and Operations provides a comprehensive review of trends, capabilities, and operations involving unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs). The scope of the book is limited to drones that were either designed to deploy ordnance or are being re-engineered to do so.

2025年1月31日 · Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), military aircraft that is guided autonomously, by remote control, or both and that carries sensors, target designators, offensive ordnance, or electronic transmitters designed to interfere with or destroy enemy targets.

2021年12月1日 · This article examines the future of unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs). As a foresight tool it uses the Three Horizons framework, which helps understand the process of change underway at present in combat aviation as a result of the advances in technology associated with the fourth industrial revolution.

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 …

2022年7月28日 · Present-day unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) typically consist of an unmanned aircraft vehicle (UAV) paired with a ground control station. UAS have become ubiquitous in U.S. military operations since the 1990s with the introduction of the MQ-1 …

2025年1月10日 · On the other side of the war, Ukrainian officials are on record noting the need for tens of thousands of uncrewed robotic ground vehicles in 2025 for combat and logistics missions. These officials also noted that Ukrainian forces have been using dozens of domestically made AI-augmented systems to enable aerial drones to reach targets on the battlefield without being …

The United States military should explore multiple types of Unmanned Combat Air Vehicles (UCAVs) to deal with the realities of casualty aversion and increasing battlefield lethality, but should procure simple and expendable platforms now while