Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation unmanned aerial vehicle
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- initialism aviation
Unmanned aerial vehicle ; anunpiloted aircraft capable of controlled, sustained, level flight.
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Examples
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Several prior commenters have already pointed out that a sand-bunny with a UAV is still a sand-bunny.
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[A UAV is sent through the gate to recon over Tollan.]
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The Predator UAV is scary technology with a tweenager at the controls … I think Asimov did more for human contemplation of robotic sentience (and its pitfalls) than any scientist.
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Really interesting viewing here… 2009
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The first of those, flying the UAV, is available widely; primitive weapons are available widely as well, and so is the fundamental computational power.
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Posted in UAV and Chinook helicopters, afghanistan, department of defense, manley report.
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Posted in UAV and Chinook helicopters, afghanistan, department of defense, manley report.
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Posted in UAV and Chinook helicopters, afghanistan, department of defense, manley report.
Canadian Forces Scramble To Meet Manley Recommendations « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2008
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The Watchkeeper, based on the Elbit Hermes 450 UAV, is expected to begin operating in 2010.
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The Watchkeeper, based on the Elbit Hermes 450 UAV, is expected to begin operating in 2010.
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But the fancy-pants term UAV is well earned these days because of the amazing things amateur enthusiasts can do with them.
Rambles at starchamber.com » Blog Archive » Home-made UAVs 2009
chained_bear commented on the word UAV
Unmanned aerial vehicle(s). Usage:
"At least 40 other countries--from Belarus and Georgia to India, Pakistan and Russia--have begun to build, buy, and deploy unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs, showcasing their efforts at international weapons expos.... In the last six months alone, Iran has begun production on a pair of weapons-ready surveillance drones, while China has debuted the Pterodactyl and Sour Dragon, rivals to America's Predator and Global Hawk."
—P.W. Singer, "Defending Against Drones," Newsweek, March 8, 2010, p. 38
March 12, 2010
reesetee commented on the word UAV
Uav. That's not exactly "uav," is it?
March 17, 2010
hernesheir commented on the word UAV
Also remotely piloted vehicle, or RPV.
May 2, 2010