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An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), or unmanned aircraft system (UAS), commonly known as a drone, is an aircraft with no human pilot, crew, or passengers onboard, ...
The modern concept of U.S. military UAVs is to have the various aircraft systems work together in support of personnel on the ground. The integration scheme is described in terms of a "Tier" system and is used by military planners to designate the various individual aircraft elements in an overall usage plan for integrated operations.
A British MQ-9A Reaper operating over Afghanistan in 2009. An unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV), also known as a combat drone, fighter drone or battlefield UAV, is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that is used for intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance and carries aircraft ordnance such as missiles, anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs), and/or bombs in hardpoints ...
Abbreviation Term Notes M medium Wake turbulence category: MAC mean aerodynamic chord: MAC mid-air collision: MAHF Missed Approach Holding Fix Used in RNAV MANAB Manual of Word Abbreviations [15] Used in Canada MAP manifold absolute pressure: MAP missed approach point Or: MAPt. Instrument approach. MAPS Minimum Aviation Performance Standards MATS
MiniBe (flying wing for mapping, could be modified as a loitering munition), RayBe (tilt-rotor mapping drone), Iris (multipurpose quadrotor for inspection, cargo and surveillance), and OmniBe (hybrid fixed-wing VTOL for wide area surveillance), made by Bentara Tabang Nusantara (BETA UAS), a drone startup based in Bandung [118]
During test Baker, two drones were flown directly above the explosion; when the shock wave reached them, both gained height, and the lowest was damaged. The U.S. Navy conducted similar tests with Grumman F6F Hellcat drones. The B-17 drones were employed in a similar manner in Operation Sandstone in 1947, and in Operation Greenhouse in 1951.
The prevalence of DJI drones was attributable to their market dominance, affordability, high performance, and reliability. [125] [124] They were also preferred for their commercial availability. [126] Ukraine has used DJI drones extensively after being invaded, while battlefield footage suggests their usage by Russia as well.
Drone, a member of the Drones Club in P. G. Wodehouse's novels; Drones, intelligent machines in the utopian society The Culture of Iain M. Banks; Drone, a humanoid assimilated by the Borg in Star Trek; Drones, service robots in Silent Running (1972) Drones or yanme'e, fictional species in the Covenant in Halo