UAV
noun
plural UAVs
: rpv
UAVs, as the Pentagon calls them, are operated not unlike the hobbyist's remote-controlled airplanes; soldiers on the ground man computer stations with controls that fly the aircraft.—
Daniel G. Dupont
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On both days, U.S. Navy ships and planes targeted a Houthi command and control facility along with advanced conventional weapon production and storage facilities that housed uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAV) and missiles, according to CENTCOM.
—Emily Brooks, The Hill, 1 Jan. 2025
The team was part of First Platoon, First Company of the Achilles Strike UAV Battalion, the unit that Fedorenko’s former infantry company had grown into since the war began.
—C.j. Chivers Robert Fass Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Analysis of the drone recovered from the attack site showed that the drone was an Iranian Shahed UAV, and the navigation system used in the drone was the Sepehr Navigation System, which was manufactured by Abedini’s company, prosecutors said in a news release.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 17 Dec. 2024
In a novel development, one unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) appeared to take off from a Ukrainian sea drone before making its way to an oil platform, where it was seen behind two fleeing figures before the camera cuts out, presumably as the drone exploded.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 8 Dec. 2024
In September, Latvia's Defense Ministry reported that a Russian strike UAV crashed in the Rezekne region in the east of the country after flying across Belarus.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 5 Dec. 2024
The Saturday attacks followed after a UAV was launched towards Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's home in the coastal city of Caesarea.
—Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 19 Oct. 2024
Its members call themselves the Long-Range UAV Unit.
—Sebastian Shukla, CNN, 16 Oct. 2024
This corrects an earlier version which reported UAV owned roughly 7.53 million shares.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2024
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Emily Brooks, The Hill, 1 Jan. 2025
The team was part of First Platoon, First Company of the Achilles Strike UAV Battalion, the unit that Fedorenko’s former infantry company had grown into since the war began.
—C.j. Chivers Robert Fass Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Analysis of the drone recovered from the attack site showed that the drone was an Iranian Shahed UAV, and the navigation system used in the drone was the Sepehr Navigation System, which was manufactured by Abedini’s company, prosecutors said in a news release.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 17 Dec. 2024
In a novel development, one unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) appeared to take off from a Ukrainian sea drone before making its way to an oil platform, where it was seen behind two fleeing figures before the camera cuts out, presumably as the drone exploded.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 8 Dec. 2024
In September, Latvia's Defense Ministry reported that a Russian strike UAV crashed in the Rezekne region in the east of the country after flying across Belarus.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 5 Dec. 2024
The Saturday attacks followed after a UAV was launched towards Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's home in the coastal city of Caesarea.
—Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 19 Oct. 2024
Its members call themselves the Long-Range UAV Unit.
—Sebastian Shukla, CNN, 16 Oct. 2024
This corrects an earlier version which reported UAV owned roughly 7.53 million shares.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2024
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“UAV.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/UAV. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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