: not carrying or performed by people : having no crew
an uncrewed flight
uncrewed spacecraft
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An uncrewed SpaceX mission to deliver supplies to the space station also resulted in debris falling over Saudi Arabia, the agency said.
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Denise Chow, NBC News, 28 June 2024
Ukrainian soldiers remotely controlling quadcopters are now engaging in midair dogfights, searching for blind spots to knock out the rudders of uncrewed Russian crafts rigged with bombs.
—Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 June 2024
Similar thruster issues, for example, were revealed during the spacecraft’s 2022 uncrewed test flight.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 18 June 2024
The second Houthi uncrewed aircraft was hit by the frigate's naval gun, in what was the ship's first combat since its deployment to the Red Sea last month.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 9 July 2024
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Denise Chow, NBC News, 28 June 2024
Ukrainian soldiers remotely controlling quadcopters are now engaging in midair dogfights, searching for blind spots to knock out the rudders of uncrewed Russian crafts rigged with bombs.
—Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 June 2024
Similar thruster issues, for example, were revealed during the spacecraft’s 2022 uncrewed test flight.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 18 June 2024
The second Houthi uncrewed aircraft was hit by the frigate's naval gun, in what was the ship's first combat since its deployment to the Red Sea last month.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 9 July 2024
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“Uncrewed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uncrewed. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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