Unmanned Aircraft Systems

In this Book

• Foreword
• UAS Uses, Capabilities, Grand Challenges
• Remote Sensing Methodology for Unmanned Aerial Systems
• Autonomous Parachute-Based Precision Delivery Systems
• Networked Multiple UAS
• Weapons Integration
• Classes and Missions of UAVs
• Launch of UAVs
• Recovery of UAVs
• Development of Centimeter-Sized Aerial Vehicles
• Overview of UAS Control Stations
• Propulsion Systems
• Power Generation and Energy Management
• Control System Mechanization
• Relative Navigation in GPS-Degraded Environments
• Target Detection and Mission Planning Based on Pigeon-Inspired Optimization
• Autonomy Architectures
• Obstacle Avoidance—Static Obstacles
• Guided Weapon and UAV Navigation and Path-Planning
• Embedded UAS Autopilot and Sensor Systems
• Modeling and Frequency-Domain Parameter Identification of a Small-Scale Flybarless Unmanned Helicopter
• Trajectory Planning and Guidance
• Sensor Fusion
• Function Allocation between Human and Automation and between Air and Ground
• Coordination with Manned Aircraft and Air Traffic Control
• Aircraft Pilot and Operator Interfaces
• Multi-UAV Cooperation
• Coordinated Standoff Tracking of Moving Ground Targets Using Multiple UAVS
• Distributed Situational Awareness and Control
• Cooperative Search, Reconnaissance, Surveillance
• UAV Swarms—Decision-Making Paradigms
• Integrated Health Monitoring for Multiple Air Vehicles
• Cooperative Control for Multiple Air Vehicles
• Flight Formation Control
• Operational Profiles of Unmanned Aircraft Systems in the Context of the US Regulatory Regime
• High Altitude—Among and above Commercial Transport
• Low-Altitude Rural to Urban Unmanned Aircraft System Operations
• UAS in the Terminal Area—Challenges and Opportunities
• Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operations in US Airspace
• Aircraft Communications and Networking
• Sense-and-Avoid System Based on Radar and Cooperative Sensors
• Standards and Interoperability—A Systems Engineering Perspective
• Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) – Regulatory Policy and Processes—A Moving Landscape – A US Perspective
• Requirements—Levels of Safety
• Insurance as a Mission Enabler
• Fail-Safe Systems from a UAS Guidance Perspective
• UAS Reliability and Risk Analysis
• Sense and Avoid—Systems and Methods
• System and Cyber Security—Requirements, Modeling, and Management
• Social and Legal Issues