Two MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopters assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadrong (HSC) 22, the "Sea Knights", and one MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned aerial vehicle conduct hover checks prior to departing on an Airborne Use of Force (AUF) training flight at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport's Unmanned Aircraft Systems (MARS UAS) Airfield located at NASA Goddard’s Wallops Flight Facility. The MARS UAS Runway provided the proper infrastructure, briefing, and maintenance facilities for HSC-22’s two MH-60S helicopters and MQ-8B ( photo by Chris Perry)
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), commonly known as a drone, is an aircraft without any human pilot, crew, or passengers on board. UAVs are a component of an unmanned aircraft system (UAS), which includes adding a ground-based controller and a system of communications with the UAV. The flight of UAVs may operate under remote control by a human operator, as remotely-piloted aircraft (RPA), or with various degrees of autonomy, such as autopilot assistance, up to fully autonomous aircraft that have no provision for human intervention. UAVs were originally developed through the twentieth century for military missions too "dull, dirty or dangerous" for humans, and by the twenty-first, they had become essential assets to most militaries. As control technologies improved and costs fell, their use expanded to many non-military applications. These include forest fire monitoring, aerial photography, product deliveries, agriculture, policing and surveillance, infrastructure inspections, entertainment, science,[ smuggling, and drone racing.
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