NB: The definitions below are for words, or technical vocabulary, specific to Military Air Environment use.
Where a word appears in the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), the definition below is specific only to the
associated context and OED definitions should be used in all other usages.




TermAbbreviation
Chapter Reference
Unmanned Air SystemUAS
Chap 2.1

Description
An unmanned air system includes a number of elements such as the ground-based control unit, ground-launch
system and the Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) and all associated flight safety-critical elements.