pilotless aircraft

A pilotless aircraft is an unmanned aerial vehicle that operates without an onboard human pilot, controlled either remotely or autonomously via onboard systems.

Aliases (8)

• unmanned aerial vehicle ×3
• high-altitude long-endurance aircraft ×2
• UCAV ×1
• combat drone ×1
• experimental unmanned aircraft ×1
• remotely piloted aircraft ×1
• unmanned combat aerial vehicle ×1
• unmanned combat air vehicle ×1

Instances (12)

• Boeing X-45 ("unmanned combat air vehicle")
• Boeing X-48 ("unmanned aerial vehicle")
• Lockheed Martin X-56 ("experimental unmanned aircraft")
• MQ-1C Gray Eagle ("unmanned aerial vehicle")
• General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper ("unmanned aerial vehicle")
• Proteus ("high-altitude long-endurance aircraft")
• Model 281 Proteus ("high-altitude long-endurance aircraft")
• V-1 flying bomb