Enter the Drones: The FAA and Uavs in America

by Bill Carey

Book Overview

UAVs--unmanned aerial vehicles, remotely piloted aircraft; the labels vary--are a disruptive technology on par with computers and smartphones. Present since soon after the dawn of manned aviation, they have become controversial only in recent times. In the United States, the mainstream media has painted them with a broad brush as "drones" with a warlike past, and civil liberties organizations warn of their impact on individual privacy rights. But...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764350773
• ISBN13: 9780764350771
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"