Meaning of UAS | Babel Free

Definitions

Initialism of uncrewed aerial system, unmanned aerial system, uncrewed aircraft system, or unmanned aircraft system: an aircraft with no onboard pilot, and sometimes completely unpiloted, as well as the other components of the system, including automated guidance and telemetry, a remote operator if any, etc.

abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Examples

“The FAA [Federal Aviation Administration] is using this same methodology to manage the integration of the new UAS technology into the NAS [National Airspace System]. While UASs offer a promising new technology, the limited safety and operational data available to date does not yet support expedited or full integration into the NAS. Because current available data is insufficient to allow unfettered integration of UASs into the NAS—where the public travels everyday—the FAA must continue to move forward deliberately and cautiously, in accordance with our safety mandate.”

“Looking at the commercial entities looking to fly in the UAE, they are able to capture images and data via UAS/drone use, and have access to large areas through the approval process of the UAE.”

“Their presence in the skies and news have become so evident that Time recently titled a Special Report issue devoted to UAS "The Drone Age" (Time 2018). UAS are free-flying, powered aircraft that may be flown remotely by a pilot on the ground or programmed to fly autonomously along specified routes to designated waypoints.”

CEFR level