Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles

Current Types, Ordnance and Operations

Dan Gettinger

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English

Harpia Publishing, LLC
28 September 2021

History; 21st century history: from c 2000 -; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000; Geopolitics; Air forces & warfare; Military aircraft

Series: Strategic Handbooks

The field of unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs) is rapidly diversifying as an array of light, midsized, and heavy UCAVs and munitions enter the global marketplace. This has the potential to dramatically expand access to armed unmanned platforms and change the way unmanned aerial vehicles are used in combat. The influence of UCAVs on the conduct of war has already been felt in conflicts in the Caucasus, the Middle East and North Africa, where state and non-state actors have fielded a dizzying number of UCAVs from around the world. At the same time, advanced militaries are beginning to equip UCAVs with increasingly sophisticated munitions, some of which are heavier and can fly farther than the types of weapons used by UCAVs in the past.

In Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles: Aircraft, Ordnance and Operations, a Strategic Handbook from Harpia Publishing, Gettinger presents an essential guide to the world of armed unmanned aircraft. It features profiles of every UCAV currently in active military service or under development, as well as other UAVs that could potentially be armed in the future. By parsing publicly available information and data, Gettinger offers a detailed timeline of the design and use of these armed UAVs. This Strategic Handbook includes, for the first time, a discerning and comprehensive study of UCAV munitions, offering readers a unique perspective into a segment of the UCAV market that portends an expansive combat role for unmanned combat aircraft long into the future.

AUTHOR: Daniel Gettinger is a researcher specialising in manned and unmanned aerospace systems and defence policy. He is an independent consultant and an analyst at the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies. Dan is the founder and former co-director of the Center for the Study of the Drone, a research institute at Bard College in New York that was active between 2012 and 2020. He is the author of numerous studies on unmanned systems, including The Drone Databook, a 2019 publication that delved into the military UAV inventories, units, operations and infrastructure of over 100 countries. Dan holds a B.A. in political studies from Bard College.

colour maps, photographs and tables

By: Dan Gettinger
Imprint: Harpia Publishing, LLC
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 280mm, Width: 210mm,
ISBN: 9781950394050
ISBN 10: 1950394050
Series: Strategic Handbooks
Pages: 144
Publication Date: 28 September 2021
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Daniel Gettinger is a researcher specialising in manned and unmanned aerospace systems and defence policy. He is an independent consultant and an analyst at the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies. Dan is the founder and former co-director of the Center for the Study of the Drone, a research institute at Bard College in New York that was active between 2012 and 2020. He is the author of numerous studies on unmanned systems, including The Drone Databook, a 2019 publication that delved into the military UAV inventories, units, operations and infrastructure of over 100 countries. Dan holds a B.A. in political studies from Bard College

Reviews for Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles: Current Types, Ordnance and Operations

"""...a perfect reference to help provide background on the complexity of modern warfare.""-- ""Aviation Digest"" ""The book is well-organized and comprehensive. The different perspectives offered across the three chapters provide a breadth of information that benefits practitioners, scholars, and students from across the realm of security and intelligence studies.""-- ""Journal of Strategic Security"""