A01=Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board
A01=Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems
A01=Committee on Materials
A01=Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences
A01=National Materials Advisory Board
A01=National Research Council
and Aeronautics for Advanced Uninhabited Air Vehicles
Author_Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board
Author_Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems
Author_Committee on Materials
Author_Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences
Author_National Materials Advisory Board
Author_National Research Council
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Structures
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- ISBN 9780309069830
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 28 Jun 2000
- Publisher: National Academies Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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U.S. Air Force (USAF) planners have envisioned that uninhabited air vehicles (UAVs), working in concert with inhabited vehicles, will become an integral part of the future force structure. Current plans are based on the premise that UAVs have the potential to augment, or even replace, inhabited aircraft in a variety of missions. However, UAV technologies must be better understood before they will be accepted as an alternative to inhabited aircraft on the battlefield. The U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) requested that the National Research Council, through the National Materials Advisory Board and the Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, identify long-term research opportunities for supporting the development of technologies for UAVs. The objectives of the study were to identify technological developments that would improve the performance and reliability of a /generation-after-nexta UAVs at lower cost and to recommend areas of fundamental research in materials, structures, and aeronautical technologies.
The study focused on innovations in technology that would a /leapfroga current technology development and would be ready for scaling-up in the post-2010 time frame (i.e., ready for use on aircraft by 2025).
Committee on Materials, Structures, and Aeronautics for Advanced Uninhabited Air Vehicles, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council
