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Military and Civilian Unmanned Aircraft

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This chapter is based on information retrieved from the included references at the end of the chapter. It gives a brief overview of the global unmanned aircraft market, followed by a review of the military and civilian unmanned systems sectors. It aims at registering the current state of the art in the unmanned aviation arena projecting what lies ahead.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA

    George J. Vachtsevanos (Professor Emeritus)

  2. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Daniel Felix Ritchie School of Engineering and Computer Science, University of Denver, Denver, CO, USA

    Kimon P. Valavanis (John Evans Professor and Chair)

Authors
  1. George J. Vachtsevanos
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  2. Kimon P. Valavanis
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Correspondence to George J. Vachtsevanos or Kimon P. Valavanis .

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA

    Kimon P. Valavanis

  2. School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

    George J. Vachtsevanos

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Vachtsevanos, G.J., Valavanis, K.P. (2015). Military and Civilian Unmanned Aircraft. In: Valavanis, K., Vachtsevanos, G. (eds) Handbook of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9707-1_96

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