Unmanned Aircraft Systems in the Cyber Domain - Second Edition

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nichols, Randall K., author.

Mumm, Hans C., author.

Lonstein, Wayne D., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Information technology--Textbooks.

Information technology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

Second Edition

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] New Prairie Press 2019.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Unmanned Aircraft Systems are an integral part of the US national critical infrastructure. The authors have endeavored to bring a breadth and quality of information to the reader that is unparalleled in the unclassified sphere. This textbook will fully immerse and engage the reader / student in the cyber-security considerations of this rapidly emerging technology that we know as unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). The first edition topics covered National Airspace (NAS) policy issues, information security (INFOSEC), UAS vulnerabilities in key systems (Sense and Avoid / SCADA), navigation and collision avoidance systems, stealth design, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) platforms; weapons systems security; electronic warfare considerations; data-links, jamming, operational vulnerabilities and still-emerging political scenarios that affect US military / commercial decisions.

Contents:

Chapter 1 - A View of the UAS Market

Chapter 2 - UAS Law - Legislation, Regulation, and Adjudication

Chapter 3 - Understanding Hostile Use and Cyber-Vulnerabilities of UAS

Chapter 4 - INFOSEC – Protecting UAS Information Channels & Components

Chapter 5 - Intelligence & Red Teaming

Chapter 6 - Case Studies in Risk for UAS

Chapter 7 - UAS SAA Methodologies, Conflict Detection

Chapter 8 - Designing UAS Systems for Stealth

Chapter 9 - Case Study Smart Skies Project

Chapter 10 - UAS Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR)

Chapter 11 - UAS Weapons

Chapter 12 - UAS System Deployment and Information Dominance (ID)

Chapter 13 - Data Links Functions, Attributes and Latency

Chapter 14 - Exposing UAS Vulnerabilities via Electronic Warfare (EW) and Countering with Low Probability Intercept Signals (LPI)

Chapter 15 - Africa - World’s First Busiest Drone Operational Proving Ground

Chapter 16 - Chinese Drones in Spratly Islands, and Chinese Threats to USA forces in Pacific

Chapter 17 - High-Altitude Platforms (HAPS) – A Promise not Reached

Chapter 18 - C-UAS and Large Scale Threats

Chapter 19 - Audiology, Acoustic Countermeasures against Swarms and Building IFF Libraries

Chapter 20 - Legal and Regulatory – Where It Was, Where It Is and What’s Ahead?

Chapter 21 - Chinese UAS Proliferation along New Silk Road Sea/Land Routes

Chapter 22 - Ethics in the New Age of Autonomous Systems and Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Notes:

Description based on online resource