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Michael J. Boyle, The Drone Age: How Drone Technology Will Change War and Peace

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By Philip Wane

The Drone Age: How Drone Technology Will Change War and Peace, Michael J. Boyle (2020) 387pp., US$30 hardback, Oxford University Press, London, ISBN 9780190635862

The book title may be The Drone Age, but it is worth noting that drones are more accurately referred to as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or remotely piloted aircraft (alternatively aerial) systems (RPAS) by professional aviators and aviation organizations. Drones will become increasingly inde- pendent in their operations, as the sophistication of onboard sensors and the processing power of computer systems improves. This means an increasing proportion of their operation is effectively autonomous, with only occasional remote piloting intervention. Whatever the merits of the more technical aviation acronyms, it is the popular term ‘drone’ which dominates. Boyle notes that the term possibly originated from the name of an interwar (1930s) British model called the Queen Bee and this explanation is also supported by the Imperial War Museum in London. Therefore, despite some reservations, I will use the term drone, which has become normalized.

page: 365 – 370
Prometheus: Critical Studies in Innovation
Volume 38, Issue 3
SKU: 380309

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By Philip Wane

The Drone Age: How Drone Technology Will Change War and Peace, Michael J. Boyle (2020) 387pp., US$30 hardback, Oxford University Press, London, ISBN 9780190635862

The book title may be The Drone Age, but it is worth noting that drones are more accurately referred to as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or remotely piloted aircraft (alternatively aerial) systems (RPAS) by professional aviators and aviation organizations. Drones will become increasingly inde- pendent in their operations, as the sophistication of onboard sensors and the processing power of computer systems improves. This means an increasing proportion of their operation is effectively autonomous, with only occasional remote piloting intervention. Whatever the merits of the more technical aviation acronyms, it is the popular term ‘drone’ which dominates. Boyle notes that the term possibly originated from the name of an interwar (1930s) British model called the Queen Bee and this explanation is also supported by the Imperial War Museum in London. Therefore, despite some reservations, I will use the term drone, which has become normalized.

page: 365 – 370
Prometheus: Critical Studies in Innovation
Volume 38, Issue 3
SKU: 380309

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