Domesticating Drones: The Technology, Law, and Economics of Unmanned Aircraft

by Eliot O Sprague, Eliot O. Sprague, Henry H. Perritt Jr.

The public debate over civilian use of drones is intensifying. Variously called "unmanned aircraft systems", "unmanned aerial vehicles", "remotely piloted aircraft", or simply "drones", they are available for purchase by anyone for a few hundred to a few thousand dollars. They have strikingly useful capabilities. They can carry high-definition video cameras, infrared imaging equipment, sensors for aerial surveying and mapping. They can stream their...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472458621
• ISBN13: 9781472458629
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.2"