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Designing unmanned aircraft systems a comprehensive approach
Title:
Designing unmanned aircraft systems a comprehensive approach
Author:
Gundlach, Jay, 1975-
ISBN:
9781621981008
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Publication Information:
Reston, Va. : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, c2012.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xli, 805 p.) : ill.
Series:
AIAA education series

AIAA education series.
Contents:
Overview of unmanned aircraft systems -- Unmanned aircraft categories -- Initial unmanned-aircraft sizing -- Unmanned-aircraft geometry and configurations -- Aerodynamics -- Mass properties -- Structures -- Propulsion systems -- Flight performance -- Avionics, flight software, and subsystems -- Launch and recovery -- Communication systems -- Physics of remote sensing and in situ measurement -- Missions and payloads -- Mission systems integration -- Command, control, tasking, processing, exploitation, and dissemination -- Reliability, maintainability, supportability, and transportability -- System synthesis and mission effectiveness -- Cost analysis -- Product definition and requirements development.
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