: not carrying or performed by people : having no crew
an uncrewed flight
uncrewed spacecraft
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So yeah, earlier this year, NASA had two private companies lined up to send uncrewed lunar landers or attempt to send uncrewed lunar landers.
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Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025
Fenix said USVs deployed first-person (FPV) view uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) in what is believed to be a first in terms of USV and UAV integration.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 28 Dec. 2024
Several hours earlier, the military said U.S forces conducted precision airstrikes against a missile storage facility and a command-and-control facility used by the Houthis and shot down multiple uncrewed aerial vehicles and an anti-ship cruise missile.
—Nathan Luna, ABC News, 21 Dec. 2024
In addition to masking submarine signatures, navies could make greater use of inexpensive underwater drones, or uncrewed underwater vehicles.
—IEEE Spectrum, 16 Dec. 2024
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Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025
Fenix said USVs deployed first-person (FPV) view uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) in what is believed to be a first in terms of USV and UAV integration.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 28 Dec. 2024
Several hours earlier, the military said U.S forces conducted precision airstrikes against a missile storage facility and a command-and-control facility used by the Houthis and shot down multiple uncrewed aerial vehicles and an anti-ship cruise missile.
—Nathan Luna, ABC News, 21 Dec. 2024
In addition to masking submarine signatures, navies could make greater use of inexpensive underwater drones, or uncrewed underwater vehicles.
—IEEE Spectrum, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Uncrewed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uncrewed. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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