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4 “T here are no rules.” So says Dr Donough Wilson in the ‘In Conversation’ article for this inaugural issue of Unmanned Systems Technology . Of course, any lack of rules or otherwise has to be taken in context. Dr Wilson is talking about the design and development of UAVs. When it comes to the operation of such craft, currently there is a huge amount of red tape across much of the globe, and rightly so. The key point in the context of the technically oriented publication you have in your hands is the scope that exists now for fresh engineering solutions. My background is in motor racing, which I like to describe as a great technical adventure. In many respects it is but nowadays when it comes to individual race series there is, alas, invariably a weighty tome constraining the engineer in terms of the technology that can be deployed. Over the years, sanctioning bodies have found it increasingly necessary to stymie creative thinking on grounds of cost and/or safety. Unmanned systems technology is bound by commercial and operational concerns but fundamentally, as Dr Wilson explains, at the moment it is an open book for innovation – just as racing was 50 years ago. I wish I’d covered racing back then, and I’m glad that in these pages we can report on an emerging technology at such an inspiring time. Especially as this uninhibited engineering is set to fundamentally reconfigure the world as we know it. Ian Bamsey | Editorial Director Go for launch November 2014 | Unmanned Systems Technology Intro | November 2014 Volume One | Issue One November 2014 High Power Media Limited Whitfield House, Cheddar Road, Wedmore, Somerset, BS28 4EJ, England Tel: +44 (0)1934 713957 Fax: +44 (0)20 8497 2102 www.highpowermedia.com ISSN 2056-9823 Printed in Great Britain ©High Power Media All rights reserved. Reproduction (in whole or in part) of any article or illustration without the written permission of the publisher is strictly prohibited. While care is taken to ensure the accuracy of information herein, the publisher can accept no liability for errors or omissions. Nor can responsibility be accepted for the content of any advertisement. US COPIES ONLY Unmanned Systems Technology ISSN No: 2056-9823, is published by High Power Media in England and is distributed in the United States by SPP, 17B S Middlesex Ave, Monroe, NJ 08831. Periodicals postage paid at New Brunswick, NJ. Postmaster please send address changes to: Unmanned Systems Technology, 17B S Middlesex Ave, Monroe, NJ 08831. SUBSCRIPTIONS Subscriptions are available from High Power Media at the address above or directly from our website. Overseas copies are sent via air mail. UST SPECIAL 1 YEAR SUBSCRIPTION OFFER 4 issues in 2015; 15% off: UK – £50; Europe – e 72 USA – $100; ROW – £65 Make cheques payable to High Power Media. Visa, Mastercard, Amex and UK Maestro accepted. Quote card number and expiry date (also issue/start date for Maestro) Editorial Director Ian Bamsey Technology Editor Nick Flaherty Contributor David Cooper Technical Consultants Dan Fleetcroft, Jack Kane, Charles McCarten, Paul Weighell Production Editor Guy Richards Design Andrew Metcalfe andrew@meticulousdesign.com UST Ad Sales Please direct all enquiries to Simon Moss simon@ust-media.com Jim Cavanagh jim@ust-media.com Subscriptions Brett Sheppard brett@ust-media.com Publishing Director Simon Moss General Manager Chris Perry Office Administrator Frankie Robins Online Publisher Mike Rees mike@unmannedsystemstechnology.com LAUNCH ISSUE :NOVEMBER 2014 UK £15,USA$30,EUROPE e 22 Hirth’s two-stroke magic Inside a hi-tech UAV powerplant Real-time operating systems Analysing the development issues Penguin UAV Dossier Secrets of a record-breaking platform revealed www.ust-media.com www.unmannedsystemstechnology.com 01USTCover 2.indd 3 01/10/2014 20:53 Subscribe today @ www.highpowermedia.com