Jina Modell definitely doesn't feel like a "Babe," especially when she's working with the gruff, no-nonsense Levi Butcher, team leader for the GO-Team. When the base where she's stationed is attacked, Jina manages to escape. Levi would never willingly leave a soldier behind, especially a brave woman whose sweet voice haunts his every thought. Once he discovers Jina is alive, the tenacious warrior will walk into fire to save this intriguing woman who...

Learn to design, build, and pilot custom drones from inexpensive parts with this step-by-step guide. Covers safety, mechanics, drone design, and assembly, as well as the basics of aerospace engineering. Learn how to add video transmitters, GPS, first-person view, virtual reality goggles, and personalized features to your creations. Also includes a walk-through of the FAA licensing process, and takes a look at advanced concepts such as artificial intelligence...

Troy Pearce is the CEO of Pearce Systems, a private security firm that is the best in the world at drone technologies. A former CIA SOG operative, Pearce used his intelligence and combat skills to hunt down America's sworn enemies in the War on Terror. But after a decade of clandestine special ops, Pearce opted out. Too many of his friends had been sacrificed on the altar of political expediency. Now Pearce and his team choose which battles he will...

Drones. These unmanned flying robots-some as large as jumbo jets, others as small as birds-do things straight out of science fiction. Much of what it takes to get these robotic airplanes to fly, sense, and kill has remained secret. But now, with rare access to drone engineers and those who fly them for the U.S. military, NOVA reveals the amazing technologies that make drones so powerful as we see how a remotely-piloted drone strike looks and feels...

Helicopters and airplanes aren't the only aircraft launching to the skies anymore. Thousands of recreational drones are launched every day. Whether owners make their own drones or buy them, recreational drone use shows no signs of slowing down. Young readers will learn all about these UAVs and the rules those flying them need to follow.

"The Drone Pilot's Handbook gives you the skills and techniques you need to fly and maintain your multicopter drone, tips for tuning it for maximum performance, and a clear graphical guide to where the law will and won't allow you to fly. Intuitive illustrations and stunning aerial photography combine to make this a fun, exciting guide to getting airborne!"--Back cover.

Weeks after the 2002 American invasion of Afghanistan, Medea Benjamin visited that country. There, on the ground, talking with victims of the strikes, she learned the reality behind the "precision bombs" on which US forces were becoming increasingly reliant. Now, with the use of drones escalating at a meteoric pace, Benjamin has written this book as a call to action: "It is meant to wake a sleeping public lulled into thinking that drones are good,...

The former commander of a Remotely Piloted Aircraft unit explores the ethics of remote military engagement, the misconceptions of PTSD among RPA operators, and the specter of military weaponry controlled by robots. "Remotely piloted aircraft, aka drones -- used initially for surveillance and now, increasingly, as precisely targeted weapons -- have revolutionized how nations throughout the world protect and defend their citizens. Anyone joining the...

A worldwide viral outbreak has devastated the world. There is no government, no infrastructure. Electricity is scarce. The sky is full of autonomous drones that were developed to deliver vaccines to the population. But by the time the drones were online, it was too late: 90% of the population was gone. Now the drones fly empty missions, dropping vaccines everywhere, though there is nobody left to use them.