"UAS" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: UAS [plural], UASs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|UAS|UASs}} UAS (plural UAS or UASs)
  1. (aviation) Initialism of uncrewed aerial system or initialism of unmanned aerial system: an aircraft with no onboard pilot, and sometimes completely unpiloted, as well as the other components of the system, including automated guidance and telemetry, a remote operator if any, etc. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: uncrewed aerial system or initialism of unmanned aerial system (extra: an aircraft with no onboard pilot, and sometimes completely unpiloted, as well as the other components of the system, including automated guidance and telemetry, a remote operator if any, etc) Categories (topical): Aviation Synonyms: drone, UAV Derived forms: C-UAS, CUAS, sUAS
    Sense id: en-UAS-en-noun-en:uncrewed_aerial_system Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 64 2 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 54 2 44 Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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