RPV, UAV, UAS, RPAS … or just drone?

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The Photogrammetric RecordVolume 33, Issue 162 p. 160-170 Editorial RPV, UAV, UAS, RPAS … or just drone? Stuart I. Granshaw, Stuart I. Granshaw Peniel, WalesSearch for more papers by this author Stuart I. Granshaw, Stuart I. Granshaw Peniel, WalesSearch for more papers by this author First published: 19 June 2018 https://doi.org/10.1111/phor.12244Citations: 26 Frontispiece. Drone or not a drone? (Previous page.) The Editorial in this issue investigates the many abbreviations used to describe what the general public and news media seem quite happy to call a drone. Top: A de Havilland DH82B Queen Bee from the 1930s, which could be flown both manned and remotely controlled. Apparently in “homage” to the Queen Bee, the name “drone” was adopted as the official US Navy designation for unmanned target aircraft for many decades. Image: Keith Campbell. Middle: An AscTec Falcon 8 UAV equipped with a Sony Nex-5N digital camera for photogrammetric work. Image: TU Graz. Bottom: Image of the 20-year-old Global Hawk autonomous aircraft on its first test flight carrying a MS-177 multispectral long-range imaging sensor in February 2017. Image: Northrop Grumman Corp. Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Citing Literature Volume33, Issue162June 2018Pages 160-170 This article also appears in:Stuart Granshaw Editorials RelatedInformation