Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAV) - How They Work and Why They Are Useful

Short film · 6 min

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Synopsis

This NASA video segment explores the world of Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAV). Designed to provide a cost-efficient and safer way to explore, UAV can go places manned air vehicles cannot. UAV travel lower, longer, and venture into more hazardous spaces than manned air vehicles. Michael Logan, head of the Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Lab (SUAVE) at NASA Langley Research Center, explains a variety of UAV.

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Running time

6 minutes

Collection

NASA

Subjects on the Internet Archive

• Unmanned Air Vehicles
• UAVs
• safety
• aviation
• cost efficient
• Aerial Vehicle Lab
• SUAVE

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