Abstract

This special volume includes reprints and enlarged versions of papers presented in the International Symposium on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, which took place in Orlando FL, June 23–25. The main objective of UAV’08 was to bring together different groups of qualified representatives from academia, industry, the private sector, government agencies like the Federal Aviation Administration, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Defense, the Armed Forces, funding agencies, state and local authorities to discuss the current state of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) advances, the anticipated roadmap to their full utilization in military and civilian domains, but also present current obstacles, barriers, bottlenecks and limitations to flying autonomously in civilian space. Of paramount importance was to define needed steps to integrate UAS into the National Airspace System (NAS). Therefore, UAS risk analysis assessment, safety, airworthiness, definition of target levels of safety, desired fatality rates and certification issues were central to the Symposium objectives. Symposium topics included, among others:

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