pilotless vehicle

  • 1pilotless aircraft — An aircraft, such as a drone, not piloted by a human, but usually flown by a preset or self reacting device or radio commands. Also referred to as an RPV (remotely piloted vehicle), a UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle), or a UCAV (uninhabited combat… …

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  • 2Unmanned 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 …

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  • 3remotely piloted vehicle — An aircraft, such as a drone, unattended by a human pilot within it but kept on course by a preset or self reacting device or radio command. Also called a pilotless aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), and uninhabited combat aerial vehicle… …

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  • 4remotely piloted vehicle — n. pilotless aircraft, aircraft which is controlled from a distance and intended for assignments that do not require human participation, RPV …

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  • 5RPV — aeronaut. abbr. Remote Pilotless Vehicle com. abbr. Remote Pilotless Vehicle acronym Remotely Piloted Vehicle …

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  • 6DRDO Lakshya — Lakshya PTA Role Pilotless Target Aircraft Manufacturer HAL Designer DRDO (ADE) …

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  • 7MGM-1 Matador — Matador (missile) redirects here. For the anti tank rocket, see MATADOR (weapon). Martin MGM 1 Matador Service history …

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  • 8History of unmanned aerial vehicles — Unmanned aerial vehicles, known variously as UAVs, drones, and remotely piloted vehicles (RPVs), have been a feature of aviation for much of its history, though in limited or secondary roles, and often overlooked. For the purposes of this article …

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  • 9aerospace industry — Introduction       assemblage of manufacturing concerns that deal with vehicular flight within and beyond the Earth s atmosphere. (The term aerospace is derived from the words aeronautics and spaceflight.) The aerospace industry is engaged in the …

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  • 10Wallops Flight Facility — (WFF) Airport codes|WAL|KWAL, located on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, is operated by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center primarily as a rocket launch site to support science and exploration… …

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