Article | REF: AG780 V1

Drones and law - Issues and legal insights

Author: Alexandre Cassart

Publication date: October 10, 2016

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1. Definitions and categories

1.1 Definitions

The word "drone" comes from the English term for the male bee or "drone". Although this is the generic name known to the general public, specialist literature prefers different, more precise terms.

The acronym UAV, mostly used in American literature, comes from the term Unmanned Aerial Vehicle and designates, as its name suggests, an unmanned aircraft . The acronym UAS (Unmanned Aerial System), which is also widely used, refers to the entire – aircraft system, as well as the control and communications equipment – used to fly an...

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