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This book describes unmanned air, ground, sea and space vehicles in detail. The introduction is written by Brian Binnie, the test pilot for SpaceShipOne and second commercial astronaut. The chapters are written by the world expert Unmanned Vehicle University faculty members that have PhDs in engineering and an average of 25 years of experience in unmanned systems. After describing each type of unmanned vehicle, the book goes on to describe the technologies that are common between these vehicles such as sensors, communications and autonomy. The book is beautifully illustrated with 100 color photos to make the content easy to understand. It is written at a level for the average person with no equations or graphs. The book is intended as an undergraduate textbook in unmanned systems and has questions to challenge the student at the end of each chapter. It can also be used to motivate those seeking to establish a career in unmanned systems. Commercial applications for unmanned systems are interleaved throughout the book. The book is used as a reference for the Unmanned Vehicle University UAV Fundamentals Course, the most comprehensive UAV course in the world. There is even a chapter on technology transition for commercial applications written by an AUVSI Chapter President. Purchase this soon to be collectors item written by the world experts in unmanned systems. Prepare yourself for a future in this exciting new industry. It will be a hundreds of billions to a trillion dollar industry in the future. Will you be prepared to take advantage of the new opportunities in the unmanned systems career field?
About the Author: Doctor (Col Ret) Jerry LeMieux is the President of Unmanned Vehicle University(R). He holds a PhD in engineering and has over 25 years of experience with research, development, technology transfer, integration and flight test and evaluation. Doctor LeMieux has over 20 years of course development and teaching experience at major Universities and Aviation Schools including; MIT, Boston University, University of Maryland, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University and Daniel Webster College. He has taught aeronautical, mechanical and electrical engineering and advanced mathematics courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels. He has flown as a fighter/top gun pilot and Delta Air Lines pilot and has accumulated over 40 years and 10,000 hours of aviation experience. He has consulted on numerous airspace issues for the US Federal Aviation Administration, Air Force, Army, Navy, NASA, DARPA and most major defense contractors. Doctor LeMieux is currently working with the FAA sponsored RTCA Special Committee 203 and 288 on legislative and airspace issues related to integrating unmanned air systems into US National Airspace. The FAA has invited him to speak on UAS integration into the NAS and has requested to use the UVU commercial applications list. He is recognized as an authority on UAS and has recently been featured in the national media discussing the future of UAS on such programs as ABC Nightline and Fox News. He is the author of the first textbook on Unmanned Systems: Introduction to Unmanned Systems, Air, Ground, Sea and Space, Technologies and Commercial applications. The introduction is written by Brian Binnie, test pilot for SpaceShipOne and second commercial astronaut. He is also Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Unmanned Systems Engineering the official Journal of Unmanned Vehicle University(R). Recent interviews have been with ABC Nightline News, Fox News, Arizona Republic, Cronkite News, Cape Cod Times, Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET), Small UAS News, Experimental Aircraft Association, Washington Times, Flying Magazine, Las Vegas Review Journal, Big Beacon, Irish Times, Defense IQ and Flightglobal


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781480150836
  • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Depth: 25
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 23 mm
  • Weight: 707 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1480150835
  • Publisher Date: 17 Nov 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Height: 226 mm
  • No of Pages: 342
  • Series Title: English
  • Sub Title: Air, Ground, Sea & Space: Technologies and Commercial Applications
  • Width: 152 mm


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