Unmanned aerial vehicles and control: Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Laboratories

IEEE Control Systems

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 32-34

  Fregene, K ^a,b  

^a LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^b 3 Executive Campus ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; CLIMATE MONITORING; COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS; FEDERAL AVIATION AUTHORITIES; INTELLIGENCE GATHERING; INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY; PIPELINE INSPECTION; POLLUTION MONITORING;

CONTROL;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

EID: 84883645759     PISSN: 1066033X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCS.2012.2205474     Document Type: Review

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