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PAPERBACK price:$31.75 add to cart Rights & Permissions Free PDF Access Sign in to download PDF book and chapters Free Resources PDF SUMMARY Display this book on your site! Related Titles Autonomous Vehicles in Support of Naval Operations Review of ONR's Uninhabited Combat Air Vehicles Program Other Related Titles Uninhabited Air Vehicles: Enabling Science for Military Systems (2000) National Materials Advisory Board (NMAB) Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board (ASEB) Citation Manager Export the bibliographic data for this book in your chosen format Web Search Builder Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web. Skim This Chapter Skim this chapter and use this chapter's key terms to search within this book. Reference Finder Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic. Citation Manager . "Acronyms." Uninhabited Air Vehicles: Enabling Science for Military Systems. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2000. Please select a format: Page 107   E-mail Share on facebook Facebook Share on delicious Delicious Share on stumbleupon Stumble Share on twitter Twitter More Sharing ServicesMore The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy. Acronyms ACTD advanced concepts technology demonstrator AFOSR Air Force Office of Scientific Research APU auxiliary power unit CAI Composites Affordability Initiative CAIV cost as an independent variable CMOS complementary metal oxide semiconductors CNI communication, navigation, identification DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DOD U.S. Department of Defense EMA electromagnetic actuator GNC generative numerical control GOPS giga-operations per second GPS global positioning system HALE high-altitude, long-endurance HSM high-speed, maneuverable IFSD in-flight shutdown ISR intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance Page 107 Front Matter (R1-R16) Executive Summary (1-6) Part I Integrated Air Vehicles (7-19) 2 The Uninhabited Air Vehicle as a System (20-36) Part II Vehicle Technologies (37-38) 3 Aerodynamics (39-49) 4 Airframe Materials and Structures (50-58) 5 Propulsion Technologies (59-70) 6 Power and Related Technologies (71-81) 7 Control Technologies (82-91) 8 Research on Vehicle Subsystems (92-96) References (97-100) List of Findings and Recommendations (101-106) Acronyms (107-108)

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Uninhabited Air Vehicles: Enabling Science for Military Systems Acronyms ACTD advanced concepts technology demonstrator AFOSR Air Force Office of Scientific Research APU auxiliary power unit CAI Composites Affordability Initiative CAIV cost as an independent variable CMOS complementary metal oxide semiconductors CNI communication, navigation, identification DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DOD U.S. Department of Defense EMA electromagnetic actuator GNC generative numerical control GOPS giga-operations per second GPS global positioning system HALE high-altitude, long-endurance HSM high-speed, maneuverable IFSD in-flight shutdown ISR intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance

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Uninhabited Air Vehicles: Enabling Science for Military Systems MALD Miniature Air-Launched Decoy (Program) MAV micro air vehicle MEMS microelectromechanical system NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration SAB Scientific Advisory Board SEAD suppression of enemy air defenses TDMA time division multiple access UAV uninhabited air vehicle UCAV uninhabited combat air vehicle USAF U.S. Air Force VTOL vertical takeoff and landing

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