Stochastic modeling of Naval Unmanned Aerial Vehicle mishaps : assessment of potential intervention strategies

The employment of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in combat operations has demonstrated that UAVs can effectively provide surveillance, reconnaissance, and target acquisition support in place of manned aircraft. However, the Pioneer UAV, currently employed by the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, has an u...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ferguson, Michael G.
Other Authors: John K. Schmidt
Language:en_US
Published: Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10945/9013