A brief history of early unmanned aircraft

Johns Hopkins APL Technical Digest (Applied Physics Laboratory)

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 558-571

  Keane, John F ^a   Carr, Stephen S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-TO-SURFACE WEAPONS; BATTLE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT; HELLFIRE MISSILE; INTELLIGENCE GATHERING PLATFORMS; LASER DESIGNATORS; PERSIAN GULF; TIME-SENSITIVE TARGET; UNMANNED AIRCRAFTS;

DAMAGE DETECTION;

AIRCRAFT;

EID: 84892557236     PISSN: 02705214     EISSN: 19300530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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