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remotely piloted vehicle

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remotely piloted vehicle [ri′mōt·lē ¦pī·ləd·əd ′vē·ə·kəl]
(aerospace engineering)
A robot aircraft, controlled over a two-wave radio link from a ground station or mother aircraft that can be hundreds of miles away; electronic guidance is generally supplemented by remote control television cameras feeding monitor receivers at the control station. Abbreviated RPV.


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Writ of the government is never damaged nor sovereignty is undermined when remotely piloted vehicles violate Pakistan airspace and kill people on daily basis, he regretted.
The center provides worldwide logistics support for C-130 and C-5 transport aircraft, F-l 5 fighters, U-2 reconnaissance aircraft, as well as support for remotely piloted vehicles, Air Force helicopters, air-to-air missiles, surface motor vehicles and high-technology airborne electronics, avionics, and electronic warfare requirements.
DAAH01-02-R-0158, issued by the Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM), Department of the Army, for the acquisition of an aerial remotely piloted vehicle target (RPVT) system and services.
 
 
 
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