unmanned aerial vehicle
aircraft intended for use without onboard human crew members
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Summary
unmanned aerial vehicle is an aircraft functional class[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of aircraft functional class entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22,553 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Creator: Reginald Denny[3]
- Instance of: type of drone[4]
- Physically interacts with: thermographic camera[5], night vision device[6], ammunition[7]
- Named after: drone[8]
- Subclass of: aircraft[9], uncrewed vehicle[10], drone[11]
- Has use: military affairs[12], precision agriculture[13], cartography[14], aerial photography[15], air racing[16], fun[17]
- Commons category: Unmanned aerial vehicles[18]
- Military designation: Q[19]
- Topic's main category: Category:Unmanned aerial vehicles[20]
- Commons gallery: Unmanned aerial vehicle[21]
- OpenStreetMap tag: robot:type=drone[22]
- Topic has template: Q26193853[23]
- Has characteristic: uncrewed[24], flight[25]
- Short name: UAV[26], БВС[27], БПЛА[28], پهپاد[29]
- Different from: autonomous aircraft[30], uncrewed vehicle[31]
- History of topic: history of unmanned aerial vehicles[32]
- Name: Drone[33], Drohne[34], drón[35], انسانسز هوا آراجی[36]
- Hashtag: drone[37]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[38]
- Stack Exchange site URL: https://drones.stackexchange.com[39]
Why It Matters
unmanned aerial vehicle has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 178 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]