: not carrying or performed by people : having no crew
an uncrewed flight
uncrewed spacecraft
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Overnight Attacks Kyiv said Russia had launched 149 strike drones at Ukraine overnight, with its air defenses intercepting 57 of the uncrewed aerial vehicles.
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Mark Weinstein, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Apr. 2025
These could take the form of a large array of satellites or clusters of satellites that would be resilient to Chinese attack, especially when augmented by large numbers of uncrewed aerial vehicles that can detect adversarial forces and serve as nodes for communication.
—Andrew S. Lim, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
American defense technology company Anduril has rolled out its Copperhead-M – an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) that provides uncrewed subs with the punch of a smart torpedo carrying up to 500 lb (227 kg) of high explosives.
—New Atlas, 21 Apr. 2025
Artemis 1 launched in November of 2022, sending an uncrewed Orion capsule on a 25-day mission to lunar orbit.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 16 Apr. 2025
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Mark Weinstein, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Apr. 2025
These could take the form of a large array of satellites or clusters of satellites that would be resilient to Chinese attack, especially when augmented by large numbers of uncrewed aerial vehicles that can detect adversarial forces and serve as nodes for communication.
—Andrew S. Lim, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
American defense technology company Anduril has rolled out its Copperhead-M – an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) that provides uncrewed subs with the punch of a smart torpedo carrying up to 500 lb (227 kg) of high explosives.
—New Atlas, 21 Apr. 2025
Artemis 1 launched in November of 2022, sending an uncrewed Orion capsule on a 25-day mission to lunar orbit.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 16 Apr. 2025
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“Uncrewed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uncrewed. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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