Drone Types

Drone Types – “Know Your Drones”

Updated 1/23/2025

RPVs, UAVs, & M-P/Ds: Remote Control and Autonomous Aerial Devices, also known variously as RPV – Remotely Piloted Vehicles, UAV – Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, UAS – Unmanned Aerial Systems, M-P/D – MicroPlanes/Devices, etc.

Important TWZ (The War Zone) Articles:

Military’s UFO-Hunting Aerial Surveillance System Detailed In Report – A GREMLIN system is first being used to establish baseline data of aerial activity around a sensitive site so that anomalies can be better spotted in the future. Howard Altman Updated on Nov 15, 2024, TWZ
Drone Warfare’s Terrifying AI-Enabled Next Step Is Imminent – How leveraging AI to allow lower-end kamikaze drones to choose their own targets will change warfare and debates around autonomous weapons. Tyler Rogoway Updated on Feb 5, 2024, TWZ
Skyborg AI Computer “Brain” Successfully Flew A General Atomics Avenger Drone – The Air Force’s Skyborg continues to be integrated into more aircraft, signaling that a variety of aircraft could someday be flown by the AI system. Brett Tingley Posted on Jun 30, 2021, TWZ
Adversary Drones Are Spying On The U.S. And The Pentagon Acts Like They’re UFOs – The U.S. military seems aloof to the fact that it’s being toyed with by a terrestrial adversary and key capabilities may be compromised as a result. Tyler Rogoway Updated on Apr 16, 2021, TWZ

See also…

Aerogel (and possible aerogel-drones)
HAPS High-Altitude Platforms
Larry J. Hancock (Atomic Facility UFO Study) – Anomaly Archives resource page
Mystery Airships
Mystery Drone Flaps
UFaux Alien Invasion: Fake / False Flag / Hoax / Staged – Alien Invasion (Anomaly Archives resource page) [includes info on the alleged Project Blue Beam]

Anti-Drone Bumper Sticker circa mid-2000s

Drones for Christ – How Jerry Falwell’s Liberty U.—the world’s largest Christian university—became an evangelist for drone warfare. By David Swanson July 2013, SoJo.net – Sojourners

Popular Science Magazine March 2010 Aerobot Invasion

Insect-Like Micro-Drones (bugbots or micro air vehicles MAVs):

MIT Unveils New Robot Insect, Paving the Way Toward the Rise of Robotic Pollinators by Ryan Whalen – January 18, 2025 – TheDebrief.org
Micro-Drones Combined With DNA Hacking Could Create A Very Scary Future by Robert Johnson, Oct 28, 2012 – Business Insider

Above: Mockup of mosquito drone Biology Forums (Business Insider)

Tools for Identifying Aircraft:

Flightradar24 – app and website
Skytrack: Open-source aircraft reconnaissance tool – Skytrack is an open-source command-line tool for plane spotting and aircraft OSINT reconnaissance. HelpNetsSecurity.com – January 18, 2024 – Skytrack is available for free on GitHub.

Tools for Identifying Astronomical Objects and Satellites:

14 best astronomy and stargazing apps for smartphones. A good smartphone app can help you locate and photograph objects in the night sky. Here are some of the best, tried and tested. Jamie Carter Published: September 18, 2024 – SkyAtNightMagazine.com
Best stargazing apps: AR apps and virtual star maps to help you navigate the night sky. By Jase Parnell-Brookes, Contributions from Mina Frost, Rowena Cockett – last updated March 25, 2024 – Space.com
Best mobile apps to identify space stations and satellites. By Chris Vaughan last updated April 13, 2022 – Space.com

Archival Links:

SMiles Lewis’ UFOU-VisibleCollege Drone Page circa pre-2001

Predator / Reaper – General Atomics

U.S. Air Force. MQ-9 Reaper Combat Drone. Taxi, Takeoff, and Land. MIL3010 – March 2024

Customs and Border Protection drone goes down in field off S. Gas Plant Road – FOX West Texas – July 14, 2024

Global Hawk – Northrup Grumman

Others…

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Unmanned aerial vehicles in civilian use (below circa 2010)

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B –

Black Hornet – Teledyne

Teledyne FLIR Black Hornet Nano – Wikipedia

Black Hornet 4 Nano UAV – The Future of Battlefield Reconnaissance – Teledyne FLIR – October 2023

What Can This $195,000 Black Hornet Drone Do? US Military Power – July 2023

Bolt & Bolt-M – Anduril Industries – October 2024

C –

Cobra – Raytheon

Cormorant (MPUAV) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mCTVvh-zPE

MPUAV (Cormorant) Lockheed Martin – February 2012

Claim of Cormorant still being used and more advanced than last reported… CIA StarGate Spy: Remote Viewing Mars, Nazi Occult & Space Warfare | David Morehouse Danny Jones – March 2024: “01:49:46 – Lockheed Cormorant drone” (as referenced by Psicoactivo #228)

Cormorant – UrbanAero – Israeli ambulance drone / first concept drawings circa at least 2009

Cormorant Megiddo Airfield May-July 2018 Demos – UrbanAero / iHLS TV – Cormorant CasEvac UAV demo – iHLS Israel Homeland Security iHLS – May 2018

D –

Draganflyer -Drganfly Innovations Inc.

E –

Eagle Eye – HV-911 Eagle Eye – Bell Helicopter (circa 2005)

2018 – The Coast Guard Selects the ScanEagle UAS for NSC Cutters – cgaviationhistory.org

F –

FlyCroTug –

This tiny wasp-inspired drone can pull 40 times its own weight – The FlyCroTug can also open doors, inspect buildings 24 Oct 2018ByCourtney Miceli, Science.org

This tiny wasp-inspired drone can pull 40 times its own weight – Science Magazine – Oct 2018

G –

Ghost-X: Modular, Multi-Mission sUAS – Anduril Industries – September 2024

Global Observer – AeroVironment

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M –

MQ-25 – Lockheed Martin / Skunk Works

Lockheed Martin / Skunk Works MQ-25, US Navy aerial refuelling drone – feature video #SAS2018 MechDesignTV – April 2018

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P –

Q –

Qube – AeroVironment

R –

S –

ScanEagle – Insitu / Boeing

ScanEagle VTOL – ScanEagle paired with FLARES VTOL [assist] (2024)

Insitu launches ScanEagle 3 UAV at Xponential 2018. 2 May, 2018 – armyrecognition.com

2018 – The Coast Guard Selects the ScanEagle UAS for NSC Cutters – cgaviationhistory.org

US to provide ScanEagle drones to Ukraine – The long-endurance unmanned aerial system could be used to locate and target Russian forces. By Jon Harper August 19, 2022