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WILEY INDIA Introduction To Uav Systems 4Th Edition by Paul Gerin Fahlstrom
Introduction to UAV Systems, 4th edition provides a comprehensive introduction to all of the elements of a complete Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS). It addresses the air vehicle, mission planning and control, several types of mission payloads, data links and how they interact with mission performance, and launch and recovery concepts. This book provides enough information to encourage a student to learn more; to provide a specialist with a basic appreciation of the technical issues that drive other parts of the system and interact with their specialty; or to help a program manager understand system-level tradeoffs and know what questions to ask.
About the Author
Col Paul G Fahlstrom
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface
Series Preface
Acknowledgments
List of Acronyms
Part One Introduction
1 History and Overview
1.1 Overview
1.2 History
1.3 Overview of UAV Systems
1.4 The Aquila
2 Classes and Missions of UAVs
2.1 Overview
2.2 Examples of UAV Systems
2.3 Expendable UAVs
2.4 Classes of UAV Systems
2.5 Missions
Part Two The Air Vehicle
3 Basic Aerodynamics
3.1 Overview
3.2 Basic Aerodynamic Equations
3.3 Aircraft Polar
3.4 The Real Wing and Airplane
3.5 Induced Drag
3.6 The Boundary Layer
3.7 Flapping Wings
3.8 Total Air-Vehicle Drag
3.9 Summary
4 Performance
4.1 Overview
4.2 Climbing Flight
4.3 Range
4.4 Endurance
4.5 Gliding Flight
4.6 Summary
5 Stability and Control
5.1 Overview
5.2 Stability
5.3 Control
5.4 Autopilots
6 Propulsion
6.1 Overview
6.2 Thrust Generation
6.3 Powered Lift
6.4 Sources of Power
7 Loads and Structures
7.1 Overview
7.2 Loads
7.3 Dynamic Loads
7.4 Materials
7.5 Construction Techniques
Part Three Mission Planning and Control
8 Mission Planning and Control Station
8.1 Overview
8.2 MPCS Architecture
8.3 Physical Configuration
8.4 Planning and Navigation
8.5 MPCS Interfaces
9 Air Vehicle and Payload Control
9.1 Overview
9.2 Modes of Control
9.3 Piloting the Air Vehicle
9.4 Controlling Payloads
9.5 Controlling the Mission
9.6 Autonomy
Part Four Payloads
10 Reconnaissance / Surveillance Payloads
10.1 Overview
10.2 Imaging Sensors
10.3 The Search Process
10.4 Other Considerations
10.4.1 Stabilization of the Line of Sight
11 Weapon Payloads
11.1 Overview
11.2 History of Lethal Unmanned Aircraft
11.3 Mission Requirements for Armed Utility UAVs
11.4 Design Issues Related to Carriage and Delivery of Weapons
11.5 Other Issues Related to Combat Operations
12 Other Payloads
12.1 Overview
12.2 Radar
12.3 Electronic Warfare
12.4 Chemical Detection
12.5 Nuclear Radiation Sensors
12.6 Meteorological Sensors
12.7 Pseudo-Satellites
Part Five Data Links
13 Data-Link Functions and Attributes
13.1 Overview
13.2 Background
13.3 Data-Link Functions
13.4 Desirable Data-Link Attributes
13.5 System Interface Issues
14 Data-Link Margin
14.1 Overview
14.2 Sources of Data-Link Margin
14.3 Definition of AJ Margin
14.4 Propagation
14.5 Data-Link Signal-to-Noise Budget
15 Data-Rate Reduction
15.1 Overview
15.2 Compression Versus Truncation
15.3 Video Data
15.4 Non-Video Data
15.5 Location of the Data-Rate Reduction Function
16 Data-Link Tradeoffs
16.1 Overview
16.2 Basic Tradeoffs
16.3 Pitfalls of "Putting Off" Data-Link Issues
16.4 Future Technology
Part Six Launch and Recovery
17 Launch Systems
17.1 Overview
17.2 Basic Considerations
17.3 UAV Launch Methods for Fixed-Wing Vehicles
17.4 Vertical Takeoff and Landing UAV Launch
18 Recovery Systems
18.1 Overview
18.2 Conventional Landings
18.3 Vertical Net Systems
18.4 Parachute Recovery
18.5 VTOL UAVs
18.6 Mid-Air Retrieval
18.7 Shipboard Recovery
19 Launch and Recovery Tradeoffs
19.1 UAV Launch Method Tradeoffs
19.2 Recovery Method Tradeoffs
19.3 Overall Conclusions
Index