14 Part IV: Payloads 10 Reconnaissance/Surveillance Payloads 10.1 Overview 10.2 Imaging Sensors 10.3 Target Detection, Recognition, and Identification 10.4 The Search Process 10.5 Other Considerations Questions 11 Weapon Payloads 11.1 Overview 11.2 History of Lethal Unmanned Aircraft 11.3 Mission Requirements for Armed Utility UAVs 11.4 Design Issues Related to Carriage and Delivery of Weapons 11.5 Signature Reduction 11.6 Autonomy for Weapon Payloads Questions 12 Other Payloads 12.1 Overview 12.2 Radar 12.3 Electronic Warfare 12.4 Chemical Detection 12.5 Nuclear Radiation Sensors 12.6 Meteorological and Environmental Sensors 12.7 Pseudo‐Satellites 12.8 Robotic Arm 12.9 Package and Cargo 12.10 Urban Air Mobility Questions
15 Part V: Data Links 13 Data Link Functions and Attributes 13.1 Overview 13.2 Background 13.3 Data‐Link Functions 13.4 Desirable Data‐Link Attributes 13.5 System Interface Issues 13.6 Antennas 13.7 Data Link Frequency Questions 14 Data‐Link Margin 14.1 Overview 14.2 Sources of Data‐Link Margin 14.3 Anti‐Jam Margin 14.4 Propagation 14.5 Data‐Link Signal‐to‐Noise Budget Questions 15 Data‐Rate Reduction 15.1 Overview 15.2 Compression Versus Truncation 15.3 Video Data 15.4 Non‐Video Data 15.5 Location of the Data‐Rate Reduction Function Questions 16 Data‐Link Tradeoffs 16.1 Overview 16.2 Basic Tradeoffs 16.3 Pitfalls of “Putting Off” Data‐Link Issues Questions
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Part VI: Launch and Recovery
17 Launch Systems
17.1 Overview
17.2 Conventional Takeoff
17.3 Basic Considerations
17.4 Launch Methods for Fixed‐Wing Air Vehicles
17.5 Rocket‐Assisted Takeoff
Questions
18 Recovery Systems
18.1 Overview
18.2 Conventional Landing
18.3 Vertical Net Systems
18.4