The FAA strictly regulates who, where, when and why unmanned air craft will be flown.
There have been reports of domestic federal agencies using unmanned drones to monitor us from above.
Oregon State will use two types of unmanned aerial vehicles that will be equipped with cameras.
Many have experience in aerospace working on jets, rockets, missiles, satellites and unmanned aircraft.
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"We can send unmanned systems where we wouldn't dare to send manned systems, " says Fenton.
The Obama administration is becoming more and more frank about the useof these unmanned planes.
Second, even in the absence of enemy air defenses, unmanned aircraft are relatively fragile.
First of all, unmanned aircraft typically lack defensive weapons with which to protect themselves.
In 1977, two unmanned scientific probes were launched from planet Earth into outer space.
Attack helicopters and unmanned drones will increasingly be used to support ground operations instead.
By the sixties the Air Force was deploying unmanned reconnaissance jets over Southeast Asia.
It also wants better human intelligence, more unmanned aerial vehicles and boats for patrolling inland waterways.
Last year Boeing bought Insitu, a maker of a small unmanned airplane called ScanEagle.
Each unmanned kiosk will feature two computer screens, displaying a range of holiday offers.
The unmanned Shenzhou-8 spacecraft completed a successful docking mission with the spacelab in November.
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No changes had been recorded at 122 unmanned radiation monitoring systems across the country, it added.
NASA, America's space agency, is responsible for most of the agency's unmanned scientific missions.
By 2018, the nation's unmanned aircraft could number more than 15, 500, according to industry projections.
Aerospace contractor Northrop Grumman is developing an unmanned combat jet the size of a fighter plane.
We will respect the concerns of the public as they relate to unmanned aircraft operations.
One way to resolve the issue might be to send an unmanned space probe to Pluto.
NASA, America's space agency, is carrying out before sending a series of unmanned landing craft there.
Obviously, an unmanned system does not put pilots at risk of capture or death.
Several visiting unmanned spacecraft are expected to deliver supplies to the space station during Expedition 32.
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Manned aircraft may be replaced in part by unmanned aerial vehicles and satellites, he predicts.
In September, an unmanned test flight blew up at 45, 000 feet over tiny Van Horn, Texas.
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The cost factor was underscored this week, after one of the Navy's unmanned aircraft crashed in Maryland.
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The video was shot on Friday by an unmanned micro-helicopter, the Tarantula-Hawk, called the T-Hawk for short.
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Late on Friday, the unmanned Russian Progress 46 spacecraft successfully docked with the International Space Station.
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The unmanned planes are capable of detecting people and vehicles from a height of 6, 000 metres (19, 685ft).
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