Unmanned Combat Air Systems: A New Kind of Carrier Aviation

by Norman Friedman

The U.S. Navy's Unmanned Combat Air System aircraft currently in development will transform naval aviation, extending its reach while dramatically reducing its cost, according to naval weapons expert Norman Friedman. In this his latest weapons book, he describes the new X-47B and shows how these new aircraft offer tactics that manned aircraft cannot duplicate. He calls the X-47B a natural extension of the evolving networked form of drone warfare that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1591142857
• ISBN13: 9781591142850
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.6" x 10.9"