Austin, Reg. <br/><br/>
Unmanned aircraft systems :  UAVs design, development and deployment / 
Reg Austin. 
 - Reston, Va. :  Chichester :  American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics ;  Wiley,  2010. 
 - xxix, 332 p. :  ill. ;  26 cm. 
 - AIAA education series .
 - AIAA education series. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction to unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) -- Introduction to design and selection of the system -- Aerodynamics and airframe configurations -- Characteristics of aircraft types -- Design standards and regulatory aspects -- Aspects of airframe design -- Design for stealth -- Payload types -- Communications -- Control and stability -- Navigation -- Launch and recovery -- Control stations -- Support equipment -- Transportation -- Design for reliability -- Design for manufacture and development -- Introduction to system development and certification -- System ground testing -- System in-flight testing -- Operational trials and full certification -- UAV system deployment -- Naval rôles -- Army rôles -- Air Force rôles -- Civilian, paramilitary and commercial rôles -- Future prospects and challenges -- UAV systems continuing evolution -- Appendix : UAS organisations. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781600867590 (AIAA) 1600867596 (AIAA) 9780470058190 (Wiley) 0470058196 (Wiley) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2010012948 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Drone aircraft.<br/>Airplanes--Radio control.<br/>Navigation (Aeronautics)
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TL718  / .A97 2010b 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>623.746  / AUS