: not carrying or performed by people : having no crew
an uncrewed flight
uncrewed spacecraft
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And India became the fourth country to ace an uncrewed docking between two small crafts, called Target and Chaser, in space.
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Ashley Strickland, CNN, 18 Jan. 2025
Closely matched, Ukraine has managed to outdo Russia in some parts of the uncrewed vehicle battle, with Kyiv striding ahead in the use of naval and ground drones, as well as heavy, multi-rotor airborne drones.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
The key objective of the uncrewed spaceflight was for the second stage of the vehicle to safely reach orbit before Blue Origin attempted to land the rocket booster, or first stage, on a barge several hundred miles offshore in the Atlantic.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2025
Instead, Anduril offer uncrewed alternatives which are similar in terms of capability what the military uses now, but promising to do the job as much lower cost and provide far greater mass.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
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Ashley Strickland, CNN, 18 Jan. 2025
Closely matched, Ukraine has managed to outdo Russia in some parts of the uncrewed vehicle battle, with Kyiv striding ahead in the use of naval and ground drones, as well as heavy, multi-rotor airborne drones.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
The key objective of the uncrewed spaceflight was for the second stage of the vehicle to safely reach orbit before Blue Origin attempted to land the rocket booster, or first stage, on a barge several hundred miles offshore in the Atlantic.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2025
Instead, Anduril offer uncrewed alternatives which are similar in terms of capability what the military uses now, but promising to do the job as much lower cost and provide far greater mass.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Uncrewed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uncrewed. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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