Unmanned aircraft systems
Subtitle: UAVs design, development and deployment
By: Reg Austin
Series: AIAA education series; AIAA education series
Publisher: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics; Wiley
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Reston, Va; Chichester
Language: eng
Number of pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9781600867590; 9780470058190
Subjects: Navigation (Aeronautics); Drone aircraft; Radio control; Airplanes
Work titles: Unmanned air vehicles
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to unmanned aircraft systems (UAS); title: Introduction to design and selection of the system; title: Aerodynamics and airframe configurations; title: Characteristics of aircraft types; title: Design standards and regulatory aspects; title: Aspects of airframe design; title: Design for stealth; title: Payload types; title: Communications; title: Control and stability; title: Navigation; title: Launch and recovery; title: Control stations; title: Support equipment; title: Transportation; title: Design for reliability; title: Design for manufacture and development; title: Introduction to system development and certification; title: System ground testing; title: System in-flight testing; title: Operational trials and full certification; title: UAV system deployment; title: Naval rôles; title: Army rôles; title: Air Force rôles; title: Civilian, paramilitary and commercial rôles; title: Future prospects and challenges; title: UAV systems continuing evolution; title: Appendix : UAS organisations.