Normal view
MARC view
Drone aircraft (Topical Term)
Used for/see from:
- Drones (Aircraft)
- Pilotless aircraft
- Remotely piloted aircraft
- UAVs (Unmanned aerial vehicles)
- Unmanned aerial vehicles
See also:
- Broader heading: Flying-machines
- Broader heading: Vehicles, Remotely piloted
- Airplanes Radio control
DTIC review, September, 1998: front cover (unmanned aerial vehicles) introd. (Unmanned aerial vehicles, common referred to as UAVs, are powered aerial vehicles sustained in flight by aerodynamic lift over most of their flight path and guided without an onboard crew)
NASA thesaurus 1998 (unmanned aerial vehicles USE pilotless aircraft)
Am. heritage dict. (drone (def. 4): a pilotless aircraft operated by remote control)
Introduction to unmanned aircraft systems, 2016.