Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) research opportunities

Aerospace

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 189-202

  Chahl, Javaan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Defense; Research; Unmanned aerial system (UAS); Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)

Indexed keywords

EID: 85017547947     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22264310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/aerospace2020189     Document Type: Review

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