Attritable

Cheap enough that losing some in combat is acceptable, yet designed to be reused if they survive. Attritable aircraft sit between expendable munitions and costly crewed jets.

Also listed under Maritime.

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Uncrewed systems and autonomy

• Affordable mass
• American Security Drone Act
• Beyond visual line of sight
• Blue UAS
• Brushless DC motor
• Collaborative Combat Aircraft
• Command and control
• Common operating picture
• Counter-UAS
• DoD Directive 3000.09
• Electronic speed controller
• FCC Covered List
• Fiber-optic guided drone
• Flight controller
• FPV drone
• GNSS-denied navigation
• Ground control station
• Human-in-the-loop and human-on-the-loop
• Inertial measurement unit
• Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance
• Lethal autonomous weapon system
• Loitering munition
• Loyal wingman
• NDAA-compliant
• PX4 and ArduPilot
• Remote ID
• Sensor fusion
• SWaP-C
• UAS groups 1–5
• Uncrewed aerial vehicle
• Uncrewed aircraft system