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UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEM [18 records]

Record 1 2025-05-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Aircraft
  • Applications of Automation
  • Surveillance, Detection and Reconnaissance (Military)
DEF

A system that includes uncrewed aircraft and the necessary equipment, network and personnel to operate it. [Definition officially approved by the Joint Terminology Panel.]

DEF

A system whose components include the unmanned aircraft, the supporting network and all equipment and personnel necessary to control the unmanned aircraft. [Definition standardized by NATO.]

OBS

uncrewed aircraft system; UAS; uncrewed air vehicle system: designations officially approved by the Joint Terminology Panel and to be used by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

OBS

unmanned aircraft system; UAS: designations standardized by NATO.

OBS

unmanned aircraft system; UAS: designations standardized by the Glossary for Pilots and Air Traffic Services Personnel Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types d'aéronefs
  • Automatisation et applications
  • Surveillance, détection et reconnaissance (Militaire)
DEF

Système qui comprend un aéronef sans équipage ainsi que l'équipement, le réseau et le personnel nécessaires à son fonctionnement. [Définition uniformisée par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie interarmées.]

DEF

Système composé de l'aéronef sans pilote, du réseau auxiliaire et de l'ensemble du matériel et du personnel nécessaire au contrôle de cet aéronef. [Définition normalisée par l'OTAN.]

OBS

système d'aéronef sans équipage; SASE; UAS; système de véhicule aérien sans équipage; SVAE : désignations uniformisées par le Groupe d’experts en terminologie interarmées et d'usage obligatoire au ministère de la Défense nationale et dans les Forces canadiennes.

OBS

système aérien sans pilote : désignation normalisée par l'OTAN.

OBS

système d'aéronef sans pilote; UAS : désignations normalisées par le Comité sur le Glossaire à l'intention des pilotes et du personnel des services de la circulation aérienne.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tipos de aeronaves
  • Automatización y aplicaciones
  • Vigilancia, detección y reconocimiento (Militar)
OBS

[...] sistema constituido, entre otros componentes, por la Estación de Control Terrestre (ECT), el Operador de Sensores, el Vehículo Aéreo No Tripulado (VANT) y el Jefe de Misión.

OBS

Aeronave y sus elementos conexos que operan sin piloto a bordo.

OBS

UAS: sigla que en inglés significa "unmanned aircraft system".

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Record 2 2024-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Aircraft
  • Applications of Automation
  • Target Acquisition
OBS

uncrewed aerial surveillance and target acquisition system: designation officially approved by the Joint Terminology Panel.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types d'aéronefs
  • Automatisation et applications
  • Acquisition d'objectif
OBS

système d'aéronef d'acquisition d'objectif sans équipage : désignation uniformisée par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie interarmées.

Spanish

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Record 3 2024-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Aeroindustry
  • Applications of Automation
OBS

The UAS Centre of Excellence(UAS CE) is a non-profit organization working to develop an international centre of expertise and innovation in [unmanned aerial system] design, application and operation.

OBS

UAS :unmanned aerial system.

Key term(s)
  • Unmanned Aerial System Center of Excellence
  • UAS Center of Excellence

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Constructions aéronautiques
  • Automatisation et applications
OBS

Le Centre d'excellence sur les drones est un organisme à but non lucratif dont la mission consiste à développer un centre international d'expertises, de services et d'innovation en conception, applications et exploitation de drones.

Spanish

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Record 4 - external organization data 2022-09-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 5 2022-09-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aerospace Equipment (Military)
  • Ground Equipment (Airports)
CONT

The Aerosonde UAV [unmanned aerial vehicle] system consists of a fleet of small(15 kg) unmanned aerial vehicles, a ground command system and a launch and recovery system.

OBS

launch and recovery system; LRS: designations standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel aérospatial (Militaire)
  • Matériel de piste (Aéroports)
OBS

système de lancement et de récupération; LRS : désignations normalisées par l'OTAN.

Spanish

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Record 6 2020-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
  • Air Safety
  • Aerospace Equipment (Military)
CONT

The emergency recovery system(ERS) provides an emergency recovery parachute if the UAV [unmanned aerial vehicle] is disabled or problems are encountered with normal recovery. The parachute would normally be deployed by command data link.

OBS

emergency recovery system; ERS: designations standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
  • Sécurité (Transport aérien)
  • Matériel aérospatial (Militaire)
OBS

système de récupération d'urgence; ERS : désignations normalisées par l'OTAN.

Spanish

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Record 7 2018-03-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Helicopters (Military)
  • Types of Aircraft
CONT

UCAR [for] Unmanned Combat Armed Rotorcraft... will be an all-weather, highly autonomous and survivable unmanned rotorcraft fully integrated into the Army's objective force combat maneuver force structure. The system, which enables ground maneuver force superiority, will be capable of collaborating with multiple UCARs and other manned and unmanned systems. Unlike other unmanned aerial vehicles, however, the UCAR will not have a dedicated ground station. Instead, the system will integrate into existing command and control platforms, such as the Future Combat Systems command and control vehicle and combat aviation. Capable of autonomous mission planning while in flight, the UCAR will request guidance from a human operator only for tasking and final weapons authorization.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hélicoptères (Militaire)
  • Types d'aéronefs
OBS

Dans le cadre du programme Ucar, Boeing a breveté un nouveau concept de drône hélicoptère de combat [...], furtif et modulaire [...] Les ingénieurs de Boeing proposent d'intégrer la turbine dans le plan vertical. [...] Positionner la turbine dans l'axe même du rotor, où se trouve le centre de masse du véhicule, revient, en effet, à limiter sa capacité d'emport tant en masse qu'en volume. Les inventeurs proposent ici de redistribuer la charge utile dans trois bras carénés et détachables, disposés en étoile autour d'une structure porteuse centrale. Pour contrôler le couple principal, contrôler l'attitude et manœuvrer l'engin, un sous-système hybride a été privilégié. Il se compose d'une soufflante contra-rotative coaxiale au rotor principal, carénée dans la structure centrale, et de petits réacteurs à jets d'air comprimé, régulés par des «valves» et installés aux bouts de chaque bras. L'air comprimé au niveau de la turbine, est conduit à destination par simple tuyauterie. Quant à la soufflante anti-couple, elle participe au circuit de refroidissement en ventilant la structure centrale qu'échauffe la turbine.

Spanish

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Record 8 2018-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aerospace Equipment (Military)
  • Military Communications
DEF

The interface between the vehicle specific module(VSM) and the UCS [unmanned aerial vehicle(UAV) control system] core element.

OBS

[The data link interface] provides for standard messages and formats to enable communication between a variety of air vehicles and NATO standardized control stations.

OBS

data link interface; DLI: designations standardized by NATO.

Key term(s)
  • datalink interface

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel aérospatial (Militaire)
  • Transmissions militaires
OBS

interface de liaison de données; DLI : désignations normalisées par l'OTAN.

Spanish

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Record 9 2007-04-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Aircraft Maneuvers
  • Remote Control (Telecommunications)
  • Aerospace Equipment (Military)
CONT

Operating a US Army Hunter or Shadow UAV [unmanned aerial vehicle] currently requires the full attention of two operators : an AVO(aerial vehicle operator) and a MPO(mission payload operator), who are in charge respectively of the navigation of the UAV, and of its strategic control(searching for targets and monitoring the system).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Manœuvres d'aéronefs
  • Commandes à distance (Télécommunications)
  • Matériel aérospatial (Militaire)

Spanish

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Record 10 2007-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Military Titles
  • Flight Simulators (Aeroindustry)
OBS

The Multiple Unified Simulation Environment(MUSE) was developed... to address the entire spectrum of UAV [unmanned aerial vehicle] training requirements.... It is the primary UAV training system for command and staff level users within the US Department of Defense(DoD), and is composed of a generic or tactical UAV ground station, air vehicle and data link simulation functionality, and a visualisation system used for payload and sensor scene generation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations militaires diverses
  • Simulateurs de vol (Constructions aéronautiques)
OBS

Traduction littérale : Environnement multiple de simulation unifié.

Key term(s)
  • Environnement multiple de simulation unifié

Spanish

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Record 11 2007-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Landing Gear (Aeroindustry)
  • Aerospace Equipment (Military)
CONT

UCARS has been developed to improve the precision, ease and safety of UAV [unmanned aerial vehicle] recoveries, both on land and afloat, and in most kinds of weather and operating conditions.

OBS

UAV: unmanned aerial vehicle.

Key term(s)
  • unmanned aerial vehicle common automated recovery system

French

Domaine(s)
  • Atterrisseur (Constructions aéronautiques)
  • Matériel aérospatial (Militaire)
OBS

UAV : véhicule aérien sans pilote.

Key term(s)
  • système commun automatisé de récupération des véhicules aériens sans pilote

Spanish

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Record 12 2007-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ground Installations (Air Forces)
  • Flight Controls (Aeroindustry)
  • Aerospace Equipment (Military)
OBS

The ground control system can control two unmanned aerial vehicles simultaneously.

OBS

ground control system; GCS: term and abbreviation extracted from a list of terms submitted by the Department of National Defence.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations au sol (Forces aériennes)
  • Commandes de vol (Constructions aéronautiques)
  • Matériel aérospatial (Militaire)
OBS

Le système de contrôle au sol peut contrôler simultanément des véhicules aériens sans pilote.

Spanish

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Record 13 2007-03-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Data Banks and Databases
OBS

central data base system; CDBS : term and abbreviation extracted from a list of terms on aerial unmanned vehicles submitted by the Department of National Defence.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Banques et bases de données

Spanish

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Record 14 2007-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
  • Air Safety
  • Aerospace Equipment (Military)
CONT

At the very least, the UAV [unmanned aerial vehicle] should have a fail-safe flight termination system that is automatically activated in the event of a critical system failure or loss of radio frequency link.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
  • Sécurité (Transport aérien)
  • Matériel aérospatial (Militaire)
CONT

Un véhicule aérien non habité doit être au moins doté d'un système d'interruption de vol à mise en fonction automatique en cas de panne de système critique ou de perte de liaison radio.

Spanish

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Record 15 2007-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ground Installations (Air Forces)
  • Flight Controls (Aeroindustry)
  • Remote Control (Telecommunications)
  • Aerospace Equipment (Military)
OBS

common ground system; CGS : term and abbreviation extracted from a list of terms on unmanned aerial vehicles submitted by the Department of National Defence.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations au sol (Forces aériennes)
  • Commandes de vol (Constructions aéronautiques)
  • Commandes à distance (Télécommunications)
  • Matériel aérospatial (Militaire)

Spanish

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Record 16 2007-02-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
  • Surveillance, Detection and Reconnaissance (Military)
CONT

The enhanced tactical radar correlator (ETRAC) mission is to provide Army corps commander with accurate, reliable and timely imagery-based battlefield intelligence derived from the all-weather, day and night real-time high resolution advanced synthetic aperture radar system-2 (ASARS-2) carried aboard the Air Force’s U-2 aircraft.

OBS

enhanced tactical radar correlating system; ETRACS : term and abbreviation extracted from a list of terms on unmanned aerial vehicles submitted by the Department of National Defence.

Key term(s)
  • enhanced tactical radar correlater
  • enhanced tactical radar correlater system

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
  • Surveillance, détection et reconnaissance (Militaire)

Spanish

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Record 17 2006-10-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surveillance, Detection and Reconnaissance (Military)
  • Target Acquisition
Key term(s)
  • medium range unmanned aerial surveillance and target acquisition system
  • medium-range unmanned aircraft surveillance and target acquisition system

French

Domaine(s)
  • Surveillance, détection et reconnaissance (Militaire)
  • Acquisition d'objectif

Spanish

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Record 18 2003-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Advanced Technology Weapons
CONT

The HAWK has been modified and tested to intercept short-range ballistic missiles. Because HAWK is a well established system, the current program of upgrades and enhancements is seen as a low risk, near-term missile defense solution against short-range ballistic missiles and other airborne threats such as aircraft or unmanned aerial vehicles. In this role, HAWK can be considered a lower-tier missile defense system.

Key term(s)
  • low tier system

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes de haute technicité
CONT

[...] les Etats-Unis développent des programmes de défense antimissile de théâtre regroupés sous le terme de Theater Missile Defense (TMD). Parmi eux, il faut distinguer les programmes de défense «couche basse» (lower-tier systems), qui correspondent à la défense de point, et les programmes de défense «couche haute» (upper-tier systems), qui correspondent à la défense de zone.

Spanish

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