Unmanned Aircraft Systems

Covering the design, development, operation and mission profiles of unmanned aircraft systems, this single, comprehensive volume forms a complete, stand-alone reference on the topic. The volume integrates with the online Wiley Encyclopedia of Aerospace Engineering, providing many new and updated articles for existing subscribers to that work.

Richard H. Blockley, Aerospace Consultant, Cranfield University, UK andformerly Head of Technical Programmes, BAE Systems, Farnborough, UK.

Wei Shyy, Provost and Chair Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, China.

Ella Atkins, Associate Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Michigan. Former chair of the AIAA Intelligent Systems Technical Committee, AIAA Associate Fellow, served on the National Academy's Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board (ASEB) 2011-2015.

Anibal Ollero, Center for Advanced Aerospace Technologies, University of Seville, Spain.?Co-chair of the IEEE Technical Committee on Aerial Robotics and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, member of the Board of Directors and coordinator of the Aerial Robotics Topic Group of euRobotics and president of the Spanish Society for Research and Development in Robotics.

Antonios Tsourdos, Professor and Head of the Centre for Autonomous and Cyberphysical System, Cranfield University, UK. Vice-Chair of the IFAC Technical Committees on Aerospace Control, member of the IFAC Technical Committee on Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles and the AIAA Unmanned Systems Program Committee.