Aerospace Instrument-Making Annotation << Back Functional Autonomy of the Intelligent Control System of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Abrosimov V.K. The approaches to ensuring the autonomy of the construction of control systems for intelligent unmanned objects analyzed. The necessary and sufficient conditions for autonomy are adaptability to the environment, learning strategies for behavior in problematic environments, and self-sufficiency of functioning proposed. The definition, criteria, and indicators of the concept of "functional autonomy" introduced, and seven main types of its provision briefly described. The presentation carried out on the example of an autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle with the target function of monitoring the terrain with detection, recognition, and identification of objects of interest, possessing a technical vision system, trained "on precedents" in control strategies in complex environments with the ability to restore operability through redundancy. Keywords: autonomy, situational awareness, self-learning, strategy, control, monitoring, unmanned aerial vehicle. DOI: 10.25791/aviakosmos.4.2025.1476 Pp. 41-49.