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Unmanned Aerial Systems
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Unmanned Aerial Systems

by Anis Koubaa, Ahmad Taher Azar
January 2021
Intermediate to advanced
650 pages
21h 16m
English
Academic Press
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Chapter 20: The use of smart flying platforms (SFPs) in national emergencies: terrorism or epidemics

Mario Arturo Ruiz Estrada    Mantarraya Negra UAV Enterprise, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Abstract

This chapter introduces a new concept of unmanned aerial vehicles called smart flying platforms (SFPs). The main objective of this chapter is to evaluate how SFPs in the present and the near future can play a crucial role to help in the evaluation and relief aid in the case of a national emergency, such as terrorist attacks or epidemics. Basically, we need to assume that any national emergency can always cause severe immediate damage to people's mobility, infrastructure, transportation systems, telecommunications systems access, and basic public services. ...

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ISBN: 9780128202777