pilotés

Pilotés is the masculine plural past participle of the French verb piloter, meaning “piloted” or “guided.” As an adjective, it denotes that something has been steered or controlled by a pilot or operator. The feminine and plural forms are pilotée (feminine singular) and pilotées (feminine plural) or pilotés (masculine plural). The word derives from piloter, and is used in phrases such as armes pilotées (guided weapons) or véhicules pilotés (piloted vehicles).

In usage, pilotés commonly appears in aviation, maritime, and defense contexts to describe aircraft, ships, weapons, or drones that are controlled by a person or a remote operator. For example, un drone piloté, des aéronefs pilotés, or des armes pilotées. It can also indicate that something is guided by an external agent more broadly, such as in settings where machines are pilotées by human supervisors, or in robotics to distinguish from autonomous systems (piloté à distance means remotely piloted).

Grammatically, pilotés is the masculine plural form, while pilotées is the feminine plural; both retain the acute accent on é. In compound tenses, the past participle combines with auxiliary verbs to form the relevant forms, as in les véhicules pilotés par des opérateurs humains. The term is primarily used in French; English translations include piloted or remotely piloted, depending on context.