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Record Nr.

UNINA9910140607003321

Autore

Austin Reg

Titolo

Unmanned air vehicles : UAV design, development, and deployment / / Reg Austin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley, 2010

ISBN

9786612691065

9781119964261

1119964261

9781282691063

1282691066

9780470664797

0470664797

9780470664803

0470664800

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (364 p.)

Collana

Aerospace Series ; ; v.54

Disciplina

623.74/69

Soggetti

Drone aircraft

Airplanes - Radio control

Navigation (Aeronautics)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Series Preface; Preface; Units and Abbreviations; 1 Introduction to Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS); Part 1 THE DESIGN OF UAV SYSTEMS; Part 2 THE DEVELOPMENT OF UAV SYSTEMS; Part 3 THE DEPLOYMENT OF UAV SYSTEMS; Part 4 UAS FUTURE; Appendix A: UAS Organisations; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Unmanned Aircraft Systems delivers a much needed introduction to UAV System technology, taking an integrated approach that avoids compartmentalising the subject. Arranged in four sections, parts 1-3 examine the way in which various engineering disciplines affect the design, development and deployment of UAS. The fourth section assesses the future challenges and opportunities of UAS. Technological



innovation and increasingly diverse applications are two key drivers of the rapid expansion of UAS technology. The global defence budget for UAS procurement is expanding, and in the future th