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Introduction to Unmanned Aircraft Systems book cover

3rd Edition

Introduction to Unmanned Aircraft Systems

Edited By R. Kurt Barnhart, Douglas M. Marshall, Eric Shappee Copyright 2021
524 Pages 23 Color & 109 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

524 Pages 23 Color & 109 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press
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Introduction to Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Third Edition surveys the basics of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), from sensors, controls, and automation to regulations, safety procedures, and human factors. Featuring chapters by leading experts, this fully updated bestseller fills the need for an accessible and effective university textbook. Focussing on the civilian applications of UAS, the text... Read more

Preface

Acknowledgments

About the Editors

List of Contributors

1. History

Douglas M. Marshall and Benjamin Trapnell

2. UAS Applications

Mark Patrick Collins

3. The "System" in UAS

Joshua Brungardt and Kurt Carraway

4. UAS Sensing—Theory and Practice

Gabriel B. Ladd

5. UAS Regulations, Standards, and Guidance

Douglas M. Marshall

6. Human Factors in Unmanned Aerial Systems

Warren Jensen

7. Safety Assessments

Eric J. Shappee and Graham Feasey

8. Export Control and ITAR

Eric McClafferty and Rose Mooney

9. Unmanned Aircraft System Design

Robert D. Love and Brian Argrow

10. UAS Airframe Design

Michael T. Most and Michael Stroup

11. UAS Propulsion System Design

Michael T. Most and Graham Feasey

12. UAS Subsystem Nexus: The Electrical System

Michael T. Most, Jeff Brewer, and Samuel Stewart

13. Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Communications

Saeed M. Khan

14. Command and Control

Nathan Maresch

15. Unmanned Aircraft Subsystem Integration

William H. Semke

16. Detect and Avoid

Dallas Brooks, Stephen P. Cook, and Brandon Suarez

17. UAS in Public Safety

Benjamin Miller and Adam Trajanowski

18. Cybersecurity Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C- UAS) and Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Randall K. Nichols

19. Unmanned Traffic Management ("UTM")

Michael S. Baum

20. The Future of Unmanned Aircraft Systems

Tom Haritos and Richard Kurt Barnhart

Epilogue

Douglas M. Marshall

Index

Biography

R. Kurt Barnhart, Douglas M. Marshall, Eric Shappee

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