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Unmanned Vehicles: Air

This LibGuide is an aid to finding information on unmanned systems including aerial, terrain, and underwater vehicles. Links to book searches, articles, documents, Web sites, and news-feeds are provided.

Reports/Papers

Airpower Trends 2010
J. Jogerst, Air & Space Power Jrnl, Summer 2009
Operators of Air Force Unmanned Aerial Systems: Breaking Paradigms (2009)
H. Cantwell, Air & Space Power Jrnl, Summer 2009.
Unmanned Aircraft Systems, 2010-2050: Implications for the Industrial Base (2009)
Defense Industrial Initiatives Group, No. 14, Center for Strategic & Int'l Studies, Washington, DC.
Homeland Security: UAVs and Border Surveillance (2008)
C. Bolkcom, B. Nunez-Neto, Congressional Research Service
The Next Generation Bomber: Background, Oversight Issues, & Options for Congress (2008)
Murch, A., Congressional Research Service.
Awareness in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Operations (2008)
Drury, J. & S. Scott, Int'l C2 Journal, 2008
Evaluating Novel Threats to the Homeland: Unanned Aerial Vehicles & Cruise Missiles (2008)
B. Jackson, D. Frelinger, M. Lostumbo, R. Button. RAND Rpt.

Links to Reports/Papers

House Armed Services Subcommittee on The Air and Land Forces Hearing - 10 March 2010
Testimony by Gen. Rober, Wm. Phillips, David Markowitz
U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF): Background & Issues for Congress
Congressional Research Service
Opportunities Exist to Achieve Greater Commonality and Efficiencies among Unmanned Aircaraft Systems (2009)
Defense Acquisition, Government Accountability Office
Tactical Aircraft Modernization: Issues for Congress (2008)
Congression Research Service
Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Addition Actions Needed to Improve Management & Integration of DoD Efforts to Support Warfighter Needs (2008)
Government Accountability Office
UAVs Major Management Issues facing DOD's Development & Fielding Efforts (2004)
Government Accountability Office
Integration of Weaponized Unmanned Aircraft into the Air-to-Ground System (2007)
David Hume, Air War College, Maxwell Paper #41.

Web Sites

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles - history, data, &links
Federation of American Scientists
Joint Unmanned Aircraft Systems Center of Excellence
Nellis Air Force Base

BAT takes wing...

BAT from Northrup Grumman; Unmanned aerial system

Reference Sources

Jane's Unmanned Aerial Vehicles & Targets
UG1242 .D7 J36
Current Designations of U.S. Military Unmanned Aerospace Vehicles
UAVs as well as rockets, missiles, probes, boosters, and satellites - by Andreas Parsch, 2009.