Unmanned Aircraft System — (UAS) is the term introduced by The United States Department of Defense (DoD) and adopted by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to replace the term Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). A typical UAS consists of the Unmanned Aircraft (UA), the… … Wikipedia
Unmanned — describes autonomous machines for example:* Unmanned Aerial Vehicle * Unmanned Aircraft System * Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle * Robotic spacecraft * Autonomous Underwater Vehicle * Unmanned reef lights of the Florida Keys * Driverless carIt could… … Wikipedia
Larynx (unmanned aircraft) — Larynx otherwise known as Long Range Gun with Lynx Engine was an early British pilotless aircraft, to be used as a guided anti ship weapon.Started in September 1925, it was a early cruise missile guided by an autopilot.A small monoplane powered… … Wikipedia
Unmanned aerial vehicle — UAV redirects here. For the entertainment company, see UAV Corp.. For the veterans organization, see Ukrainian American Veterans. A group photo of aerial demonstrators at the 2005 Naval Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Air Demo. An unmanned aerial vehicle … Wikipedia
Unmanned combat air vehicle — A MQ 9 Reaper during a training mission An unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) or combat drone is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that is designed to deliver weapons (attack targets) without an onboard pilot. Currently operational UCAVs are under … Wikipedia
Aircraft — An aircraft is a vehicle which is able to fly through the Earth s atmosphere or through any other atmosphere. Rocket vehicles are not aircraft if they are not supported by the surrounding air. All the human activity which surrounds aircraft is… … Wikipedia
Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle — Erstes Stealth UCAV der Welt: Boeing X 45 RQ 7 Shadow … Deutsch Wikipedia
aircraft — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ fixed wing, jet, light, low flying, supersonic ▪ Three men were flying in a light aircraft at low altitude when a passenger jet approached. ▪ attacks by helicopters and fixed wing aircraft … Collocations dictionary
unmanned aerial vehicle — noun a reusable unmanned aircraft, either remotely controlled or flying to a pre set program; remotely piloted vehicle; drone. Abbrev.: UAV …
Aircraft registration — A Van s Aircraft RV 7 displaying registration G KELS. The G prefix denotes a civil aircraft registered in the United Kingdom An aircraft registration is a unique alphanumeric string that identifies a civil aircraft, in similar fashion to a… … Wikipedia