unmanned aerial vehicle

aircraft intended for use without onboard human crew members
Thing aircraft_functional_class Q484000
unmanned aerial vehicle
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unmanned aerial vehicle

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 (10,309 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • unmanned aerial vehicle is the creator of Reginald Denny[3].
  • unmanned aerial vehicle's instance of is recorded as aircraft functional class[4].
  • unmanned aerial vehicle's physically interacts with is recorded as thermographic camera[5].
  • unmanned aerial vehicle's physically interacts with is recorded as night vision device[6].
  • unmanned aerial vehicle's physically interacts with is recorded as ammunition[7].
  • drone is named after unmanned aerial vehicle[8].
  • unmanned aerial vehicle is a type of aircraft[9].
  • unmanned aerial vehicle is a type of uncrewed vehicle[10].
  • unmanned aerial vehicle is used for military affairs[11].
  • unmanned aerial vehicle is used for precision agriculture[12].
  • unmanned aerial vehicle is used for cartography[13].
  • unmanned aerial vehicle is used for aerial photography[14].
  • unmanned aerial vehicle is used for air racing[15].
  • unmanned aerial vehicle is used for fun[16].
  • unmanned aerial vehicle's Commons category is recorded as Unmanned aerial vehicles[17].
  • unmanned aerial vehicle's military designation is recorded as Q[18].
  • unmanned aerial vehicle's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Unmanned aerial vehicles[19].
  • unmanned aerial vehicle's Commons gallery is recorded as Unmanned aerial vehicle[20].
  • unmanned aerial vehicle's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as robot:type=drone[21].
  • unmanned aerial vehicle's topic has template is recorded as Q26193853[22].
  • unmanned aerial vehicle's has characteristic is recorded as uncrewed[23].
  • unmanned aerial vehicle's has characteristic is recorded as flight[24].
  • unmanned aerial vehicle's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'UAV'}[25].
  • unmanned aerial vehicle's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'БВС'}[26].
  • unmanned aerial vehicle's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'БПЛА'}[27].

Body

Definition and Type

unmanned aerial vehicle's instance of is recorded as aircraft functional class[4]. Recorded subclass of include aircraft[9] and uncrewed vehicle[10].

Origins

drone is named after unmanned aerial vehicle[8].

Use and Application

Recorded has use include military affairs[11], precision agriculture[12], cartography[13], aerial photography[14], air racing[15], and fun[16].

Why It Matters

unmanned aerial vehicle ranks in the top 2% of aircraft_functional_class entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,309 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 150 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . United States Naval Aviation 1910-2010 Volume II Statistics. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wiki.openstreetmap.org. wiki.openstreetmap.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4d ago · AHIOH · 2026-06-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of aircraft, uncrewed vehicle
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q140329650]]"
  2. 15d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases
    Euronews topic id drones
    Named after
    Twitch tag id aa971bdc-a28d-4a33-a686-f112c764e73b
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0439922-bezpilotni-letadla, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259547|batch #259547]]"
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