Uninhabited air vehicles : enabling science for military systems / Committee on Materials, Structures, and Aeronautics for Advanced Uninhabited Air Vehicles, National Materials Advisory Board, Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.), author, issuing body.

Series:

Compass series (Washington, D.C.)

Publication NMAB ; 495.

Publication NMAB ; 495

Compass series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drone aircraft.

Reconnaissance aircraft.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (124 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 2000.

Summary:

States that US Air Force (USAF) planners have envisioned that uninhabited air vehicles (UAVs), working in concert with inhabited vehicles, will become an integral part of the future force structure. This title also states that plans are based on the premise that UAVs have the potential to augment, or even replace, inhabited aircraft in missions.

Contents:

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Tables and Figures""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 The Uninhabited Air Vehicle as a System""; ""3 Aerodynamics""; ""4 Airframe Materials and Structures""; ""5 Propulsion Technologies""; ""6 Power and Related Technologies""; ""7 Control Technologies""; ""8 Research on Vehicle Subsystems""; ""Acronyms""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 97-100).

ISBN:

9780309171779

0309171776

9780309515931

0309515939

OCLC:

923256332