ATIcourses has a new 1 day short course on Unmanned Aircraft Systems. A full description is at http://www.aticourses.com/unmanned_aircraft_systems.html
What You Will Learn:
- Categories of current UAS and their aeronautical capabilities?
- Major manufactures of UAS?
- The latest developments and major components of a UAS?
- What type of sensor data can UAS provide?
- Regulatory and spectrum issues associated with UAS?
- National Airspace System including the different classes of airspace
- How will UAS gain access to the National Airspace System (NAS)?
From this course you will gain practical knowledge to understand the different classes and types of UAS, optimize their specific applications, evaluate and compare UAS capabilities, interact meaningfully with colleagues, and master the terminology.
Facts and Figures on UAS
http://www.theuav.com/index.html#
UAS on Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unmanned_Aerial_Vehicle
UAV Forum
http://www.uavforum.com/index.shtml
DoD UAS Roadmap 2007-2032
http://www.fas.org/irp/program/collect/usroadmap2007.pdf
Shepard UVOnline
http://www.shephard.co.uk/news/category/1/uvonline/

#1 by Mark on June 14, 2009 - 3:40 pm
The UAS short course has interesting Information.