Are autonomous ships and vehicles ‘unmanned’ or ‘uncrewed’?

Description

A majority of literature in this field from all sources – whether academic, governmental or other – tends to use the gender-biased terms “manned” and “unmanned”. To recognize the contributions and achievements of non-men in this historically male-dominated sector, this article submits that the gender neutral terms “uncrewed”, “crewless” and “autonomous” ought to be preferred in publications whether from media, academia, government or NGOs.