Unmanned combat aerial vehicle

A drone (Switchblade 300) being used by a US Army soldier

A combat drone, also called attack drone, strike drone or unmanned combat aerial vehicle is designed for military use. Sometimes it is just called a drone. It usually carries cameras and other instruments to gather information about the battlefield, and radios to communicate its information. It may also carry a bomb or other weapon, or none.

Different drones

The switchblade drone, a small drone that can be launched from a hand-held tube. It has a high-resolution camera. It can be used for reconnaissance and surveillance missions.
Phoenix Ghost, can blow up (or Kamikaze drone) or loitering munition. ^[1]

Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle Media

A British MQ-9A Reaper operating over Afghanistan in 2009
1972: Ryan Firebee with 2 Maverick missiles
A Turkish made Azerbaijani Baykar Bayraktar Akıncı over the runway
The BAE Taranis model is one of the larger designs
Maiden flight of the Autonomous Flying Wing Technology Demonstrator from Chitradurga ATR
An IAF Hermes 450 from 200 Squadron
Baykar Kızılelma is a jet-engine UCAV developed for the Turkish Air Force and Turkish Navy.
A X-47B UCAV technology demonstrator