UAV en · NOUN
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(abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of unmanned aerial vehicle or uncrewed aerial vehicle: an aircraft with no onboard pilot, and sometimes completely unpiloted (autonomous), that is capable of controlled, sustained, level flight.
Near-synonym: UAS (the whole system versus the device itself; loosely synonymous)
Both groups have recently started testing their first prototypes. Matternet ran a series of successful field tests of its prototype UAVs in the Dominican Republic and Haiti in September, and met local groups to sell the idea.
2012 December 1, “An internet of airborne things”, in The Economist, volume 405, number 8813, archived from the original on 11 Mar 2023, page 3 (Technology Quarterly):Ukrainian and foreign UAV makers rock up early at an open field in the outskirts of Kyiv, to take part in a drone competition organized by the Ministry of Digital Transformation.
2023 June 3, Vasco Cotovio, Tim Lister, Frederik Pleitgen, William Bonnett and Daria Tarasova, “Exclusive: Inside Ukraine’s secretive drone program”, in CNN:
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bn মনুষ্যবিহীন আকাশযান (unmanned aerial vehicle) · mr मानवरहित हवाई वाहने (unmanned aerial vehicle) · ja 無人航空機 (unmanned aerial vehicle) · ta ஆளில்லாத வானூர்தி (unmanned aerial vehicle) · ro aeronavă fără pilot (unmanned aerial vehicle) · pt veículo aéreo não tripulado (unmanned aerial vehicle) · cs bezpilotní letadlo (unmanned aerial vehicle) · is dróni (unmanned aerial vehicle) · de unbemanntes Kleinfluggerät (unmanned aerial vehicle) · ms pesawat udara tanpa pemandu (unmanned aerial vehicle) · ky учкучсуз учуучу аппарат (unmanned aerial vehicle) · ca vehicle aeri no tripulat (unmanned aerial vehicle) · pl dron (unmanned aerial vehicle) · mi matatopa (unmanned aerial vehicle) · fi miehittämätön ilma-alus (unmanned aerial vehicle) · lv bezpilota lidaparāts (unmanned aerial vehicle) · be беспілотны лятальны апарат (unmanned aerial vehicle) · mk беспилотно летало (unmanned aerial vehicle) · ga aerfheithicil gan foireann (unmanned aerial vehicle) · hi मानव रहित विमान (unmanned aerial vehicle) · cmn 無人航空載具 /无人航空载具 (unmanned aerial vehicle) · tr İHA (unmanned aerial vehicle) · de Drohne (unmanned aerial vehicle) · et mehitamata õhusõiduk (unmanned aerial vehicle) · uz uchuvchisiz uchish apparati (unmanned aerial vehicle) · af onbemande vliegtuig (unmanned aerial vehicle) · nl onbemand luchtvaartuig (unmanned aerial vehicle) · bo མི་མེད་འཕུར་གྲུ (unmanned aerial vehicle) · hy անօդաչու թռչող սարք (unmanned aerial vehicle) · fr véhicule aérien sans pilote à bord (unmanned aerial vehicle) · hy ԱԹՍ (unmanned aerial vehicle) · de unbemanntes Luftfahrzeug (unmanned aerial vehicle) · ml അൺമാൻഡ് ഏരിയൽ വെഹിക്കിൾ (unmanned aerial vehicle) · pl bezpilotowiec (unmanned aerial vehicle) · ast vehículu aereu non tripuláu (unmanned aerial vehicle) · io senpilotist aviacilo (unmanned aerial vehicle) · cmn 無人機 /无人机 (unmanned aerial vehicle) · lt bepilotis orlaivis (unmanned aerial vehicle) · ar طائرة دون طيار (unmanned aerial vehicle) · tr insansız hava aracı (unmanned aerial vehicle) · pl bezzałogowy statek powietrzny (unmanned aerial vehicle) · he כלי טיס בלתי מאויש (unmanned aerial vehicle) · sk bezpilotné lietadlo (unmanned aerial vehicle) · pl bezzałogowiec (unmanned aerial vehicle) · kk ұшқышсыз ұшу аппараты (unmanned aerial vehicle) · az PUA (unmanned aerial vehicle) · de unbemanntes Fluggerät (unmanned aerial vehicle) · hu pilóta nélküli repülőgép (unmanned aerial vehicle) · uk БЛА (unmanned aerial vehicle) · it aeromobile a pilotaggio remoto (unmanned aerial vehicle) · te మానవరహిత వైమానిక వాహనం (unmanned aerial vehicle) · tg паҳпод (unmanned aerial vehicle) · mi waka matatopa (unmanned aerial vehicle) · es vehículo aéreo no tripulado (unmanned aerial vehicle) · sl brezpilotno letalo (unmanned aerial vehicle) · th โดรน (unmanned aerial vehicle) · ug ئادەمسىز ئۇچقۇ (unmanned aerial vehicle) · az pilotsuz uçuş aparatı (unmanned aerial vehicle) · uk безпілотний літальний апарат (unmanned aerial vehicle) · eo senpilota aviadilo (unmanned aerial vehicle) · gl vehículo aéreo non tripulado (unmanned aerial vehicle) · si නියමුවන් රහිත ගුවන් යානය (unmanned aerial vehicle) · id pesawat nirawak (unmanned aerial vehicle) · li ónbemand lóchvoertuug (unmanned aerial vehicle) · ru БПЛА (unmanned aerial vehicle) · ba пилотһыҙ осоу аппараты (unmanned aerial vehicle)