The future of flight
Innovative Technologies from Science Fiction for Space Applications is a project of the European Space Agency.
UAV Forum: information on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.
“Aerial Vehicles Roadmap, 2002-2027”, US Department of Defence report, December 2002.
Pentagon briefing on UAV roadmap report, March 18th 2003.
Research is already under way on the technologies to command thousands of airborne drones. See this press release on autonomous vehicle research from the Office of Naval Research, May 30th 2002.
“Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: Background and Issues for Congress”, April 25th 2003.
Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) fact file: summaries of selected DARPA research programmes, 15th August 2003.
UAVs and submarines: "Unmanned Air Vehicles and Their Effects on Technology and Industry", a thesis by Gürkan Çetin. December 1999.
The World's smallest UAV is made by leading UAV developer, AeroVironment.
Joint Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, joint test and evaluation, official homepage.
Small UAVs, some say, might one day buzz around cities. “The Future of Flight: Here Comes the Second Century of Flight”, Popular Science, Nov 2003.
Eclipse Aviation is a leading micro-jet manufacturer.
“Air Travel—Greener by Design”, a report from a coalition of industry, government and scientists.
Electric aircraft: NASA Helios.
NASA Glenn Research Centre in Cleveland.
Aviation tomorrow, the website of a group working on electric aircraft, and testing the 1,000lb electric aeroplane in January 2004.
HyperSoar: Bringing hypersonic flight down to Earth.