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Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Definitions and Terminology -- Aviation History and Unmanned Flight -- Classification of UAVs -- Military and Civilian UAS/UAVs -- UAV Design Principles: Introduction -- Computational and Experimental Design of a Fixed-Wing UAV -- UAV Handbook: Payload Design of Small UAVs -- Small UAV Design Development and Sizing -- Systematic Design Methodology and Construction of Micro Aerial Quadrotor Vehicles -- Dexterous UAVs for Precision Low-Altitude Flight -- UAV Fundamentals: Introduction -- Kinematics and Dynamics of Fixed-Wing UAVs -- Dynamic Model for a Miniature Aerobatic Helicopter -- Quadrotor Kinematics and Dynamics -- Dynamics and Control of Flapping Wing MAVs -- Dynamic Modeling and Control of an Autonomous Quadrotor -- Sensors and Sensing Strategies: Introduction -- Sensors for Missions -- Inertial Sensor-Based Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping for UAVs -- UAV Localisation Using Inertial Sensors and Satellite Positioning Systems -- Data Fusion and Tracking with Multiple UAVs -- UAV Propulsion: Introduction -- Power Managements of a Hybrid Electric Propulsion System Powered by Solar Cells, Fuel Cells, and Batteries for UAVs -- UAV Control: Introduction -- Linear Flight Control Techniques for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles -- Nonlinear Flight Control Techniques for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles -- Adaptive Control of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: Theory and Flight Tests -- Robust and Adaptive Control Methods for Aerial Vehicles -- UAV Communication Issues: Introduction -- Problem of UAV Communications -- Cognitive Networking for UAV Swarms -- Layered Approach to Networked Command and Control of Complex UAS -- Cognitive Radio Architectures for Unmanned Aircraft Systems -- UAV Architectures: Introduction -- HDRC3: A Distributed Hybrid Deliberative/Reactive Architecture for Unmanned Aircraft Systems -- Classification of multi-UAV Architectures -- Operator Interaction with Centralized versus Decentralized UAV Architectures -- UAV Health Management Issues: Introduction -- Integrated Vehicle Health and Fault Contingency Management for UAVs -- Automated Failure Effect Analysis for PHM of UAV -- Prognostics Applied to Electric Propulsion UAV -- Actuator Fault Detection in UAVs --        Experimental Validation of Fault Detection and Diagnosis for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles -- Fault Detection and Diagnosis for NASA GTM UAV with Dual Unscented Kalman Filter -- Fault Diagnosis of Skew-configured Inertial Sensor System for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles -- UAV Modeling, Simulation, Estimation and Identification: Introduction -- Flight Dynamics Modeling of Coaxial Rotorcraft UAVs -- Modeling of a Micro UAV with Slung Payload -- Command and Control of Autonomous Unmanned Vehicles -- MAVs and Bio-Inspired UAVs: Introduction -- Micro Air Vehicles -- Survey of the Human-Centered Approach to Micro Air Vehicles -- Development of Insect-sized MAVs -- Flapping-Wing Propelled Micro Air Vehicles -- Inventing a Biologically Inspired, Energy Efficient Micro Aerial Vehicle -- Issues Surrounding Communications with Micro Aerial Vehicles -- UAV Mission and Path Planning: Introduction -- Cooperative Mission Planning for Multi-UAV Teams -- Multi-team Consensus Bundle Algorithm -- Cooperative Mission and Path Planning for a Team of UAVs -- Cooperative Task Assignment and Path Planning for Multiple UAVs -- On the Decentralized Cooperative Control of Multiple Autonomous Vehicles -- Innovative Collaborative Task Allocation for UAVs -- Control of Communication Networks for Teams of UAVs -- Information-Theoretic Exploration of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle in Unknown Cluttered Environment -- Implementing Dubins Airplane Paths on Fixed-wing UAVs -- Health Monitoring of a Drone Formation Affected by a Corrupted Control System -- UAV Autonomy: Introduction -- Integrated Hardware/Software Architectures to Enable UAVs for Autonomous Flight -- Distributed Optimization of Autonomous UAVs with Event-Driven Communication -- UAV Guidance Algorithms via Partially Observable Markov Decision Processes -- UAV Sense, Detect and Avoid: Introduction -- Development of a Regulatory Safety Baseline for UAS Sense and Avoid -- Achieving Sense and Avoid for Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Assessing the Gaps for Science and Research -- Automatic Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) Onboard UAS -- Test Flights to Demonstrate Effectiveness of a Ground-Based Detect and Avoid Integration Concept -- Scalable RADAR-Based Sense-and-Avoid System for Unmanned Aircraft -- Assessment of Detect and Avoid Solutions for Use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems in Nonsegregated Airspace -- Networked UAVs and UAV Swarms: Introduction -- UAV Swarms: Models and Effective Interfaces -- Decentralized Multi-UAV Coalition Formation with Limited Communication Ranges -- Coordinated Convoy Protection Among Teams of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles -- UAV Routing and Coordination in Stochastic, Dynamic Environments -- UAV Integration into the National Airspace: Introduction -- Aviation Regulation -- Human Factors of Unmanned Aircraft System Integration in the National Airspace System -- Methodologies for Regulatory Compliance and Harmonization -- A Certification Strategy for Small Unmanned Aircraft Performing Nomadic Missions in the US National Airspace System -- Hazard and Safety Risk Modeling -- Safety Risk Management of Unmanned Aircraft Systems -- Certification of Small UAS -- Technology Surveys and Regulatory Gap Analyses of UAS Sub-Systems toward Access to the NAS -- Concept of Operations of Small Unmanned Aerial Systems: Basis for Airworthiness Towards Personal Remote Sensing -- Standards and Certification of a UAS Sense and Avoid Capability -- UAV - Human Interfaces and Decision Support Systems: Introduction -- Human Interfaces in Micro and Small Unmanned Aerial Systems -- Human Factors Perspective on Next Generation Unmanned Aerial Systems -- Cognitive Task Analysis for Unmanned Aerial System Design -- Display and Control Concepts for Multi-UAV Applications -- UAV Operators Workload Assessment by Optical Brain Imaging Technology (fNIR) -- Human Factors and Training: Introduction -- Using Best Practices as a Way Forward for Remotely Piloted Aircraft Operators: Integrated Combat Operations Training-Research Testbed -- From Research to Operations: The PITVANT UAS Training Experience -- UAV Logistics Support: Introduction -- UAV Logistic Support Definition -- UAV Logistics for Life-Cycle Management -- UAV Applications: Introduction -- Survey of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for Traffic Monitoring -- Measurement and Exploration in Volcanic Environments -- Cooperative Unmanned Aerial Systems for Fire Detection, Monitoring, and Extinguishing -- Selection of Appropriate Class UAS/Sensors to Support Fire Monitoring: Experiences in the United States -- Unmanned Aerial Systems Physically Interacting with the Environment: Load Transportation, Deployment, and Aerial Manipulation -- Unmanned Aircraft Systems for Maritime Operations -- Autonomous Remote Sensing of Invasive Species from Robotic Aircraft -- Cyber-Physical Systems Enabled by Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles -- Social and Ethical Implications: Introduction -- Ethics and UAVs: Introduction -- International Governance of Autonomous Military Robots -- Moral Case Against Autonomous and SemiAutonomous UAVs -- Moral Case for Autonomy in Unmanned Systems -- Moral Predators: The Duty to Employ Uninhabited Aerial Vehicles -- Killer Robots: Ethical Issues in the Design of Unmanned Systems for Military Applications -- Conclusion:  Testimony on Ethical Issues of UAVs for National Academy of Sciences -- Future of Unmanned Aviation.…”
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