Product Description: The book is a compilation of the various kinds of UAVs and BMD systems now available in the world. It also brings out their history and journey of development leading to the present day availability and future systems in development.

Product Description: This book provides an insightful introduction to the most important field of military innovation for the 21st century―robotic and drone weaponry.• A chronology of important events in robotic technology• A detailed bibliography on the latest sources related to this innovative technolog...read more

Book by Nagelhout, Ryan

[Read by Hillary Huber] Weeks after the 2002 American invasion of Afghanistan, Medea Benjamin visited that country. There, on the ground, talking with victims of the strikes, she learned the reality behind the ''precision bombs'' on which US forces were becoming increasingly reliant. Now, with the use of drones escalating at a meteoric pace, Benjamin has written this book as a call to action: ''It is meant to wake a sleeping public lulled into thinking that drones are good, that targeted killings are making us safer.'' Drone Warfare is a comprehensive look at the growing menace of robotic warfare, with an extensive analysis of who is producing the drones, where they are being used, who 'pilots' these unmanned planes, who the victims are, and what the legal and moral implications are. In a vivid, accessible style, the book also looks at what activists, lawyers, and scientists are doing to ground the drones and considers ways to move forward. In reality, writes Benjamin, the assassinations we are carrying out via drones will come back to haunt us when others start doing the same thing--to us.

Product Description: Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been widely adopted in the military world over the last decade and the success of these military applications is increasingly driving efforts to establish unmanned aircraft in non-military roles...read more

Product Description: Describes military drones and provides information about what drone pilots do and the skills necessary to become a drone pilot.

Product Description: This title explores the development and use of unmanned aerial vehicles, or remotely piloted aircraft, such as the Predator, the Wasp, the Global Hawk, the RQ-11 Raven, and the MQ-9 Reaper. Readers will follow the history of their origins and development...read more

Product Description: Introduction to Unmanned Aircraft Systems is the editors’ response to their unsuccessful search for suitable university-level textbooks on this subject. A collection of contributions from top experts, this book applies the depth of their expertise to identify and survey the fundamentals of unmanned aircraft system (UAS) operations...read more

Product Description: This report examines whether a laser-beam-powered unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) could have practical merit, focusing on the altitude, range, persistence, and power possible for a laser-photovoltaic aircraft that uses current technology...read more

Product Description: The character of warfare has changed over time. Indeed, developments may be so dramatical that they can be characterized as revolutionary. Technology has developed new vehicles to attack enemies. This book elaborates on the Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), also known as drones and UAV's (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle)...read more

Product Description: Human considerations associated with operation of ROVs go beyond the interface to vehicle control and extend to the tasks of sensor operation, command-and-control, navigation, communication, time sensitive targeting, mission planning, and more...read more

Product Description: Contains interesting information with many photos.

Product Description: Identification Modeling and Characteristics of Miniature Rotorcraft introduces an approach to developing a simple and effective linear parameterized model of vehicle dynamics using the CIFERâ identification tool created by the Army/NASA Rotorcraft Division...read more

Product Description: This study will examine how the various innovations in acquisition management methods affect the program outcomes and how the lessons of these projects might be applied to a wider variety of projects to improve Department of Defense acquisition strategies.