UAV
noun
plural UAVs
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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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Swarmer helps reduce the human workload required to run complex UAV operations.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 28 Jan. 2026
The Ju Tian is a massive, long-range UAV carrier capable of deploying a swarm of up to hundred drones and a number of missiles dedicated to striking targets at land, air and sea.
—Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
But there had been other, ongoing litigation between Trump Media and UAV in a Florida state court.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 2 Dec. 2025
In Rubicon’s arsenal is the Molniya drone, a relatively simple UAV largely made of plywood.
—Tim Lister, CNN Money, 22 Nov. 2025
Modris Kairiss, one of the country’s foremost military UAV specialists.
—Alex Holmes, NBC news, 12 Nov. 2025
View gallery - 4 images In a demonstration not so much of marksmanship but more of the advantages of microwaves, an Epirus Leonidas directed energy, high-power microwave (HPM) anti-drone weapon has knocked 49 Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles (UAV) out of the air with one shot.
—New Atlas, 27 Sep. 2025
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Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 28 Jan. 2026
The Ju Tian is a massive, long-range UAV carrier capable of deploying a swarm of up to hundred drones and a number of missiles dedicated to striking targets at land, air and sea.
—Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
But there had been other, ongoing litigation between Trump Media and UAV in a Florida state court.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 2 Dec. 2025
In Rubicon’s arsenal is the Molniya drone, a relatively simple UAV largely made of plywood.
—Tim Lister, CNN Money, 22 Nov. 2025
Modris Kairiss, one of the country’s foremost military UAV specialists.
—Alex Holmes, NBC news, 12 Nov. 2025
View gallery - 4 images In a demonstration not so much of marksmanship but more of the advantages of microwaves, an Epirus Leonidas directed energy, high-power microwave (HPM) anti-drone weapon has knocked 49 Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles (UAV) out of the air with one shot.
—New Atlas, 27 Sep. 2025
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“UAV.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/UAV. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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