Definition of RPA / RPAS – Remotely Piloted Aircraft (Systems)
RPA resp. RPAS stands for Remotely Piloted Aircraft (Systems) and is a subset of the more general category UA / UAS which stands for Unmanned Aircraft (Systems)
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Related Topics:
- UAM – Urban Air Mobility
- UA / UAS – Unmanned Aircraft (Systems)
- UAV / UAVS – Unmanned Aircraft Vehicle (Systems)
- RPA / RPAS – Remotely Piloted Aircraft (Systems)
- MAV – Micro Air Vehicles
- sUAS – small Unmanned Aircraft System
- eVTLO – electrical Vertical Take-off and Landing (Vehicle)
- UTM – Unmanned Traffic Management
- BVLOS – Beyond Visual Line of Sight
- U-Space
- USSP – U-Space Service Provider