Planes Without Pilots: Advances in Unmanned Flight

Provides a broad overview of current UAV (unmanned air vehicles) research & the many ways this technology is being used in the development of a variety of applications: 'Smart' weapons, unmanned attack aircraft, atmosphere sampling, space probes, advanced aerial sensors, weather reporting . . . & much more. The author also describes how specific advances in microelectronics, robotics, & optics have made recent UAV breakthroughs possible. He also speculates on the direction of future UAV experimentation.