👏Great News! #Drones’ 2024 #Impact_Factor has risen to 4.8, up from 4.4 in 2023, ranked in #Q1. 📷More information: mdpi.com/journal/drones/stat… #MDPI #OpenAccess #AcademicPublishing #JCR

✨Highly Cited Paper✨ Cooperative Truck–#Drone Delivery Path Optimization under #Urban #Traffic Restriction By Ying-Ying Weng, Rong-Yu Wu and Yu-Jun Zheng 👉See the paper: mdpi.com/2504-446X/7/1/59

✨Highly Cited Paper✨ Flying Sensor and Edge Network-Based Advanced Air Mobility Systems: Reliability Analysis and Applications for Urban Monitoring By Herman Fesenko et al. 👉See the paper: mdpi.com/2504-446X/7/7/409

✨Highly Cited Paper✨ Research on Object Detection and Recognition Method for #UAV Aerial Images Based on Improved YOLOv5 By Heng Zhang, Faming Shao, Xiaohui He, Zihan Zhang, Yonggen Cai and Shaohua Bi 👉See the paper: mdpi.com/2504-446X/7/6/402

🌟#EditorsChoice🌟 A Learning-Based Measurement Validation Approach for Cooperative Multi-#UAV #Navigation Using Kalman Filtering By Kenan Can Taşan and Ahmet Akbulut 👉See the paper: mdpi.com/2504-446X/9/12/834

🌟#EditorsChoice🌟 Advancing Real-Time #Aerial #Wildfire Detection Through Plume Recognition and Knowledge Distillation By Pirunthan Keerthinathan et al. 👉See the paper: mdpi.com/2504-446X/9/12/827

🌟#EditorsChoice🌟 Infrared and Visible Image Fusion Techniques for UAVs: A Comprehensive Review By Junjie Li, Cunzheng Fan, Congyang Ou and Haokui Zhang 👉See the paper: mdpi.com/2504-446X/9/12/811

✨Highly Recommended Read✨ Finite-Time Adaptive Consensus Tracking Control Based on Barrier Function and Cascaded High-Gain Observer By Xinyu Zhang, Zheng H. Zhu, Fei Liao, Hui Gao, Weihao Li and Gun Li 👉See the paper: mdpi.com/2504-446X/7/3/197

✨Highly Recommended Read✨ Evaluation of an Innovative Rosette #Flight Plan Design for #Wildlife #Aerial Surveys with #UAS By Julie Linchan et al. 👉See the paper: mdpi.com/2504-446X/7/3/208

📢#CallforPapers The Special Issue "#Aerodynamics and #Aeroacoustics of #UnmannedAerialVehicles: Flow Physics, Noise Prediction, and Design Optimization" is open for submissions. 🗓️Deadline for manuscript submissions: 11 May 2027 🔗Full details here: mdpi.com/journal/drones/spec…

📢Feature Paper Drop Nozzle from a Remotely Piloted Aerial Application System Reduces Spray Displacement By Ryan P. Gibson, Daniel E. Martin, Zachary S. Howard, Scott A. Nolte and Mohamed A. Latheef 👉See the paper: mdpi.com/2504-446X/9/2/120

📢Feature Paper A Multi-Objective Black-Winged Kite Algorithm for Multi-#UAV Cooperative Path Planning By Xiukang Liu, Fufu Wang, Yu Liu and Long Li 👉See the paper: mdpi.com/2504-446X/9/2/118

📢Feature Paper An Examination of #UAS Incidents: Characteristics and Safety Considerations By Jialong Sun and Sarah Hubbard 👉See the paper: mdpi.com/2504-446X/9/2/112 #unmannedaircraftsystem #UASsafety #remotepilotpolicy

📢#CallforPapers The Special Issue "Task-Oriented #UAV Applications in Agro-#Forestry and #Livestock Systems" is open for submissions. 🗓️Deadline for manuscript submissions: 11 May 2027 🔗 Find full details here: mdpi.com/journal/drones/spec…

✨Highly Cited Paper✨ An Intrusion Detection System for Drone Swarming Utilizing Timed Probabilistic Automata By Venkatraman Subbarayalu and Maria Anu Vensuslaus 👉See the paper: mdpi.com/2504-446X/7/4/248

✨Highly Cited Paper✨ SSMA-YOLO: A Lightweight YOLO Model with Enhanced Feature Extraction and Fusion Capabilities for #Drone-Aerial Ship Image Detection By Yuhang Han, Jizhuang Guo, Haoze Yang, Renxiang Guan and Tianjiao Zhang 👉See the paper: mdpi.com/2504-446X/8/4/145

🌿New Publication🌿 Hierarchical Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning for Cooperative #Wildfire Suppression with Amphibious #Firefighting #UAVs By Jianfeng Xie, Yilin Han, Qiming Yang, Jiandong Zhang, Siyuan Wang and Shuling Dai 👉See the paper: mdpi.com/2504-446X/10/10/730

🌿New Publication🌿 Review of Applications, Technologies and Future Trends of #Maritime #UAV Systems for Smart Ocean Operations By Mina Tadros, Amir Bordbar, Amin Nazemian, Myo Zin Aung and Evangelos Boulougouris 👉See the paper: mdpi.com/2504-446X/10/10/737

🌿New Publication🌿 A Graph-Based Workflow for the Design and Prototyping of Protective Cages for UAVs By Stéphane Gobron, Ivan Serra Moncadas, Thierry Flück, Julien Voëffray and Michel Lauria 👉See the paper: mdpi.com/2504-446X/10/10/734

✨Highly Cited Paper✨ Exploring Radar Micro-Doppler Signatures for Recognition of Drone Types By Jun Yan, Huiping Hu, Jiangkun Gong, Deyong Kong and Deren Li 👉See the paper: mdpi.com/2504-446X/7/4/280