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Unmanned aerial vehicle

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), or unmanned aircraft system (UAS), commonly known as an aerial drone or simply drone, is an aircraft with no human pilot, crew, or passengers on board, which instead is either autonomous or controlled remotely. UAVs were originally developed through the twentieth century for military missions too "dull, dirty or…

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Unmanned aerial vehicle

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Unmanned aerial vehicle

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related to Further reading · 89
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related to Regulation · 12
Unmanned aerial vehicle → EASA, FAA, France, ICAO, In, Organization, RaceDayQuads, Regulatory, Remote ID, The, The International Civil Aviation, UAVs
related to Terminology · 9
Unmanned aerial vehicle → Also, Many, RPA, RPAV, Similar, The US FAA, UAV, UAVs, Unmanned
see also · 7
Unmanned aerial vehicle → Aerial Robotics CompetitionList, Corvo Precision Payload Delivery, Drone, InterceptorMicromechanical Flying InsectOptionally, SystemSatellite Sentinel ProjectTactical Control, SystemUnmanned, United StatesList

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