unmanned aircraft

collocation in English

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unmanned
adjective
uk
/ʌnˈmænd/us
/ʌnˈmænd/
used to refer to a spacecraft, or a place where military guards work, that has no people present to operate or be in charge ...
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aircraft
noun[C]
uk
/ˈeə.krɑːft/us
/ˈer.kræft/
any vehicle, with or without an engine, that can fly, such as a plane ...
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I read a report this morning that it included information about a large undeclaredunmannedaircraft.
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The trouble is that we have today too manyunmannedaircraftmanufacturers who have lost their initiative in this way.
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We have been talking a lot aboutunmannedaircrafttoday.
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I can assure him that the establishments at those two places have a continuing future in military and civil research, and in work connected withunmannedaircraft.
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Arsenal ships replace aircraft carriers at a fraction of the cost and personnel;unmannedaircraftmake manned aircraft redundant; and there are mind-boggling developments in communications technology.
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The decision was made that it was not right to risk the lives of pilots and the consequence was that the research was done withunmannedaircraft.
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It will continue to do research work for military and civil aircraft, for manned andunmannedaircraft and research into subsonic as well as supersonic flight.
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The landing marks the first time anyunmannedaircrafthad completed an arrested landing on board an aircraft carrier operating at sea.
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Additionally, photogrammetry teams, damage survey teams,unmannedaircraft, and weather balloon launching vans helped to surround the tornadoes and thunderstorms.
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This was the first time anunmannedaircrafthad been used in air-to-air combat.
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This marked the first time enemy troops surrendered to anunmannedaircraftcontrolled by a ship.
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Inunmannedaircraft, land vehicles, boats, and spacecraft, a two-way (full-duplex or half-duplex) data-link is used to send control signals, and to receive telemetry.
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The military role ofunmannedaircraftsystems is growing at unprecedented rates.
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Its goal was to allow allied nations to easily share information obtained fromunmannedaircraftthrough common ground control station technology.
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The facility is used for ground briefings, flight simulators, and systems training for students who are pursuing a major focusing onunmannedaircraft.
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It is the first university to offer a degree inunmannedaircraftsystems operations.
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This is the longest point-to-point flight ever undertaken by anunmannedaircraft, and took 23 hours and 23 minutes.
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They were also used in the nuclear test program by flying theunmannedaircraftthrough atomic detonation clouds to gather fallout information.
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Surrogates are often used as stand-ins forunmannedaircraft.
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In 2003, the airfield was being used to flyunmannedaircraft.
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