Definition of "UAS"

UAS

noun
plural UAS
1. Initialism of Unmanned Aircraft/Aerial System(s).
  Quotations
  Looking at the commercial entities looking to fly in the UAE, they are able to capture images and data via UAS/drone use, and have access to large areas through the approval process of the UAE.
  2017, Harrison G. Wolf, Drones: Safety Risk Management for the Next Evolution of Flight, Routledge
  Their presence in the skies and news have become so evident that Time recently titled a Special Report issue devoted to UAS "The Drone Age" (Time 2018). UAS are free-flying, powered aircraft that may be flown remotely by a pilot on the ground or programmed to fly autonomously along specified routes to designated waypoints.
  2019, James S. Aber, Irene Marzolff, Johannes Ries, Susan Elizabeth Ward Aber, Small-Format Aerial Photography and UAS Imagery: Principles, Techniques and Geoscience Applications, Academic Press, page 119