unmanned

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He then served as head of the national space agency in 2013, overseeing a lunar exploration mission that culminated in China’s first moon landing with an unmanned vehicle.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

“It goes without saying that unmanned systems are incredibly, incredibly important in future warfare,” Mach Industries founder Ethan Thornton told Barron’s in a recent interview.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

On Friday, the Pentagon awarded privately held Anduril a $20 billion contract in part to counter unmanned aerial systems — drones, that is.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026

Libyan port officials said initially that the tanker had sunk, but it has been floating, unmanned and dangerous ever since.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

But except for one or two enigmatic features, nothing of the sort is apparent in the exquisite profusion of Martian surface detail uncovered by unmanned spacecraft.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan