Planes Without Pilots
Advances in Unmanned Flight
Siruru, Bill
The future of unmanned aircraft in military and civilian applications...
Remotely piloted vehicles (RPV's), drones, and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been used for decades as military training targets, reconnaissance tools, and in the testing of new aeronautical concepts.
Now, with shrinking budgets, reductions in the number of draft age youth, and political opposition to large-scale troop commitments, many military leaders believe UAVs can satisfy the nation's need for less expensive weaponry that requires less direct human participation in armed conflict
Planes Without Pilots: Advances in Unmanned Flight gives you a broad overview of current UAV research and the many ways this technology is being used in the development of a variety of applications:
"Smart" weapons
Unmanned attack aircraft
Atmosphere sampling
Space probes
Advanced aerial sensors
Weather reporting
. . . and much more. Author Bill Siuru also describes how specific advances in microelectronics, robotics, and optics have made recent UAV breakthroughs possible, and he speculates on the direction of future UAV experimentation.
Whether you're an aviation buff, aerospace historian, radio control model fan, or just plain curious, with Planes without Pilots: Advances in Unmanned Flight you'll gain a better understanding of UAVs - among the most exciting and important aircraft in today's skies.
About the Author:
A retired U.S. Air Force colonel, Bill Siuru holds a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Arizona State University, and an M.S. in aeronautical engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology. He is currently a senior research associate at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.
Softcover
81 Seiten / pages
many photos
very good condition
Blue Ridge Summit, PA - 1991 - TAB Aero
Art.Nr. 23177
