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Uncrewed aircraft system

Also called UAS, unmanned aircraft system, sUAS, small unmanned aircraft system

An uncrewed aircraft together with everything needed to operate it: the ground control station, data links and support equipment. Regulators and militaries use the term because the aircraft alone is not the whole system.

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