Unmanned Aircraft

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
UA
Pronunciation
/ənˈmænd ˈɛrˌkræft/
Category
Governmental
Related Field
Military

Examples in Context

  1. Unmanned aircraft has identified enemy sniper.
  2. A missile attack from a drone or unmanned aircraft killed him early Friday in eastern Yemen.
  3. NATO said the unmanned aircraft destroyed a multiple rocket launcher used by pro-Gadhafi forces near Misrata.
  4. The unmanned aircraft took photographs and could roughly gauge temperatures inside the damaged reactor and spent fuel buildings.
  5. A drone can also be called an unmanned aircraft system, or UAS.

Other meanings of UA