Artist concept of a Naval Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV-N)
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Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. (Jun. 06, 2003) Artist concept of a Naval Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV-N). The system consists of an air vehicle, mission control station and support elements. It is being designed to operate from an aircraft carrier and requires half the space of manned aircraft, with minimal input from a ship-based operators. The air vehicle would be roughly 32 feet long, seven feet high and have a wingspan of 40 feet. It could either perform 12-hour long surveillance missions or carry up to 4,500 pounds of munitions up to 650 nautical miles for SEAD or strike missions. U.S. Navy graphic. File# 030606-N-0000X-006
The term drone has been used from the early days of aviation to name remotely-flown target aircraft used for practice firing a battleship's guns, such as the 1920s Fairey Queen and 1930s de Havilland Queen Bee. An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is defined as a "powered, aerial vehicle that does not carry a human operator, uses aerodynamic forces to provide vehicle lift, can fly autonomously or be piloted remotely. UAV is a term that is commonly applied to military use cases. Missiles with warheads are not considered UAVs because the vehicle itself is a munition. The term unmanned aircraft system (UAS) was adopted by the United States Department of Defense (DoD) and the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) An unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV), also known as a combat drone is used for intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance and carries aircraft ordnance such as missiles, machine guns, and bombs.
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