Special Issues

Drones runs special issues to create collections of papers on specific topics. The aim is to build a community of authors and readers to discuss the latest research and develop new ideas and research directions. Special Issues are led by Guest Editors who are experts in the subject and oversee the editorial process for papers. Papers published in a Special Issue will be collected together on a dedicated page of the journal website. For any inquiries related to a Special Issue, please contact the Editorial Office.

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Conceptual Design, Modeling, and Control Strategies of Drones-II
edited by
submission deadline 12 Jun 2023 | 12 articles | Viewed by 16364 | Submission Open
Keywords: navigation of aerial drones; advanced control of aerial and marine drones; UAV path planning; modelling of drones; UAV control systems; applications of aerial and marine drones; UAV surveillance and monitoring; collision-free navigation and control of aerial and marine drones; UAVs collaborating with ground vehicles; navigation of autonomous underwater vehicles and unmanned marine vehicles
(This special issue belongs to the Section Drone Design and Development)
Urban Air Mobility (UAM) submission deadline 30 Jun 2023 | 10 articles | Viewed by 23946 | Submission Open
Keywords: drones; urban air mobility (UAM); advanced air mobility (AAM); operations planning; radar; lidar; camera; digital twin; virtual certification; flight dynamics; noise; emissions; emergency landing; autonomous flight control; decision making; emergency logistics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Innovative Urban Mobility)
Autonomous Flight of Drone: Control, Trajectory Optimization and Mission Planning
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2023 | 16 articles | Viewed by 18676 | Submission Open
Keywords: pilot control; intelligent control; UAV formation control; trajectory optimization; mission planning; autonomous system
Application of UAS in Construction submission deadline 30 Jun 2023 | 7 articles | Viewed by 13141 | Submission Open
Keywords: unmanned aircraft system (UAS); unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV); drone; computer vision; image processing; construction management; built environment; building information modeling (BIM)
Multi-UAVs Control submission deadline 30 Jun 2023 | 9 articles | Viewed by 8685 | Submission Open
Keywords: multi-UAV; cooperative control; formations; behavior-based algorithms; leader– follower UAV; multi-agent UAV systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Drone Communications)
UAVs Communications for 6G
edited by , , Xue Wang, and Zhiyong Feng
submission deadline 30 Jun 2023 | 10 articles | Viewed by 6853 | Submission Open
Keywords: UAV-assisted 6G communications; space– air– ground integrated network; integrated sensing and communications; trajectory optimization and resource allocation; physical layer security and radio monitoring
(This special issue belongs to the Section Drone Communications)
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Atmospheric Research submission deadline 30 Jun 2023 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6217 | Submission Open
Keywords: boundary layer dynamics; greenhouse gases; air pollution; urban meteorology; surface emission estimates; drones; UAV; remote sensing; surface– atmosphere interaction; surface energy balance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Drones in Ecology)
Drones in the Wild
edited by and Raphael Zufferey
submission deadline 30 Jun 2023 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6172 | Submission Open
Keywords: operations in cluttered spaces; rapid navigation in unknown spaces; novel; unconventional designs allowing new applications; hybrid and multi-modal drones; energy-efficient design; mission planning and control; swarming and collaborative tasks; highly autonomous mission execution; planning and navigation in complex dynamic environments; vision-based control; minimal sensing; navigation in dim or unlit environments; safe/soft drones that cause no damage; demonstration of new applications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Drones in Ecology)
Advances of UAV in Precision Agriculture submission deadline 30 Jun 2023 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5406 | Submission Open
Keywords: agricultural UAV; guidance; navigation and control; SLAM; swarm intelligence; remote sensing; crop phenotype awareness; crop and/or water stress assessment; drones for agricultural applications; drones for precision agriculture; precision viticulture
(This special issue belongs to the Section Drones in Agriculture and Forestry)
AAM Integration: Strategic Insights and Goals submission deadline 30 Jun 2023 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4730 | Submission Open
Keywords: unmanned aircraft systems; advanced air mobility; integration; existing mobility systems; situational awareness; urban airspace
(This special issue belongs to the Section Innovative Urban Mobility)
Using Drones for Individual Tree Detection (ITD) and Its Applications submission deadline 30 Jun 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2090 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest health monitoring and management; forest attributes mensuration and modeling; individual tree crown delineation; species classification; biomass mapping; pest management; 3D point clouds; UAV-LiDAR; multispectral and hyperspectral data; data fusion; machine learning and deep learning; time series analysis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Drones in Ecology)
Unmanned Traffic Management Systems
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 716 | Submission Open
Keywords: unmanned traffic management; flight information management; integrated traffic management; air traffic management; unmanned aircraft; communications; navigation and surveillance (CNS); traffic flow management; collision mitigation; risk analysis
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Path Planning: Challenges, Solutions, and Future Directions submission deadline 30 Jun 2023 | Viewed by 313 | Submission Open
Keywords: unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)  ; autonomous drones  ; UAV path planning  ; constrained path optimization  ; flight path obstacle avoidance  ; UAV swarm  ; UAV task scheduling  ; UAV onboard computing  ; GPS navigation  ; 5G and beyond
(This special issue belongs to the Section Drone Communications)
Mobile and Edge Computing for UAVs
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2023 | Viewed by 161 | Submission Open
Keywords: edge computing; energy efficiency and real-time performance; hardware acceleration; robustness and privacy; resource management; algorithm hardware codesign
AI Based Signal Processing for Drones
edited by
submission deadline 14 Jul 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 783 | Submission Open
Keywords: drones; deep learning; signal processing; image processing; video processing; AI
Weather Impacts on Uncrewed Aircraft submission deadline 14 Jul 2023 | Viewed by 394 | Submission Open
Keywords: uncrewed aircraft; drone; atmospheric boundary layer; micrometeorology; advanced air mobility; atmospheric physics; UAS traffic management; hyperlocal forecasting; trajectory planning; drone sensors
(This special issue belongs to the Section Drone Communications)
UAVs for Photogrammetry, 3D Modeling, Obtrusive Light and Sky Glow Measurements submission deadline 14 Jul 2023 | Viewed by 284 | Submission Open
Keywords: unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)— technical solutions for remote sensing; UAV photogrammetry— procedures; technical solutions; UAVs in civil engineering; UAVs in environmental engineering; UAV image georeferencing accuracy; UAV image quality enhancement; mobile GNSS RTK camera positioning accuracy; neural networks for UAV photogrammetry and remote sensing; sensors for UAV measurements; algorithms for increasing 3D model quality; obstructive light pollution UAVs measurements; UAV photogrammetry at night; UAV obtrusive light and sky glow measurements; UAV artificial light measurements; UAV probes for environmental measurements; 3D mapping accuracy
UAV IoT Sensing and Networking submission deadline 16 Jul 2023 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4383 | Submission Open
Keywords: UAV  ; IoT  ; networking  ; sensing  ; SDN  ; energy  ; security
(This special issue belongs to the Section Drone Communications)
Intelligent Image Processing and Sensing for Drones
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submission deadline 31 Jul 2023 | 8 articles | Viewed by 8886 | Submission Open
Keywords: visible / infrared thermal / multispectral image analysis  ; LiDAR / SAR with a drone  ; video surveillance  ; monitoring and inspection  ; 3D imaging and visualization  ; detection; recognition; and tracking  ; segmentation and feature extraction  ; image registration and fusion
Applications of UAVs in Civil Infrastructure submission deadline 31 Jul 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 7010 | Submission Open
Keywords: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles; civil infrastructure; condition assessment; surveying; image analysis; monitoring; 3D modeling; flight control; natural disaster response
A UAV Platform for Flight Dynamics and Control System
edited by , Xiumin Diao and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2023 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5422 | Submission Open
Keywords: UAV platform; flight dynamics and control; UAV swarms control; intelligent control approaches for UAV
(This special issue belongs to the Section Drone Design and Development)
Addressing Security and Privacy Concerns for Drones in Networks beyond 5G submission deadline 31 Jul 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1160 | Submission Open
Keywords: B5G; AI; federated learning; blockchain; security; drones
(This special issue belongs to the Section Drone Communications)
Urban Features Extraction from UAV Remote Sensing Data and Images submission deadline 31 Jul 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 887 | Submission Open
Keywords: multisensor data; image segmentation and classification algorithms; machine and deep learning methods; image acquisition using UAV platforms; big data handling; image enhancement and correction
Intelligent Autonomous Control and Swarm Cooperative Control of Unmanned Systems
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2023 | Viewed by 666 | Submission Open
Keywords: unmanned system  ; unmanned aerial vehicle  ; UAV swarm  ; cooperative control  ; swarm intelligence  ; autonomous control  ; guidance; navigation and control
(This special issue belongs to the Section Drone Communications)
Path Planning for Drone Operations under Varying Environments and Platforms submission deadline 31 Jul 2023 | Viewed by 144 | Submission Open
Keywords: path planning; autonomous systems; GNNS-denied environments; collaborative systems; embedded systems; point clouds; machine learning; reinforcement learning; BIM; navigation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Drone Communications)
Application and Challenges of UAV in Space-Air-Ground Integrated Communication Network submission deadline 14 Aug 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2102 | Submission Open
Keywords: space– air– ground integrated network; mobile edge computing; UAV; communication network
(This special issue belongs to the Section Drone Communications)
Advanced Operations Research of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
edited by , Xinwei Wang and
submission deadline 14 Aug 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1507 | Submission Open
Keywords: unmanned aerial vehicle; operations research; intelligent optimization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Drone Communications)
Intelligent Processing and Application of UAV Remote Sensing Image Data
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submission deadline 16 Aug 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 461 | Submission Open
Keywords: intelligent processing and application; UAV 3D reconstruction in indoor/underground scenes; target detection and tracking; intelligent interpretation of UAV video/image; online and real time processing; collaborative and UAV swarm
Swarm Intelligence in Multi-UAVs
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submission deadline 18 Aug 2023 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3412 | Submission Open
Keywords: multi-UAVs; swarm intelligence; cooperative control; pigeon-inspired optimization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Drone Communications)
Drone-Based Information Fusion for Agricultural and Forestry Applications submission deadline 20 Aug 2023 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6214 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing; imagery; point cloud; texture; index; information fusion; data integration; monitoring; prediction; phenotyping
(This special issue belongs to the Section Drones in Agriculture and Forestry)
Advances of UAV Remote Sensing for Plant Phenology submission deadline 25 Aug 2023 | Viewed by 133 | Submission Open
Keywords: phenology; drone; UAS; UAV; remote sensing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Drones in Agriculture and Forestry)
Honorary Special Issue for Prof. Max F. Platzer submission deadline 31 Aug 2023 | 5 articles | Viewed by 12033 | Submission Open
Keywords: UAV/μ UAV/MAV/NAV; fixed-wing/rotary-wing/flapping-wing drones; space/marine/aerial/underwater drones; flight dynamics and control; drone design and development; fluid– structure interaction/aeroelasticity/hydroelasticity; bioinspiration and biomimicry; drone development; stability; and manufacturing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Drone Design and Development)
UAV-Assisted Intelligent Vehicular Networks
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Aug 2023 | 9 articles | Viewed by 8535 | Submission Open
Keywords: intelligent transportation systems (ITSs); unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs); vehicle-to-everything (V2X); vehicular networks; mobile edge computing (MEC)
(This special issue belongs to the Section Drone Communications)
Aerodynamic Parameter Identification, Actuator Fault Diagnosis and Intelligent Control of UAV
edited by , Yongji Wang, and Lei Liu
submission deadline 31 Aug 2023 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8293 | Submission Open
Keywords: UAVs; online identification; reconfigurable control; resilient control; fault diagnosis; intelligent control; active fault tolerance
Next Generation of Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Services submission deadline 31 Aug 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 921 | Submission Open
Keywords: unmanned aircraft system; urban air mobility; mobility management; autonomy decision making; UAS connectivity; networked swarms; autonomous agents; guidance; navigation; and control; UAS operation and services
(This special issue belongs to the Section Drone Communications)
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Swarm-Enabled Edge Computing
edited by , , Qihui Wu, , and
submission deadline 31 Aug 2023 | Viewed by 398 | Submission Open
Keywords: unmanned aerial vehicle swarm; edge computing; energy efficiency; resource allocation; performance analysis; computing security
(This special issue belongs to the Section Drone Communications)
Resilient Networking and Task Allocation for Drone Swarms
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Aug 2023 | Viewed by 292 | Submission Open
Keywords: drone swarms; UAV ad hoc networks; swarm cooperative communications; swarm secure issues; swarm cooperative decision making
Evidence-Based Drone Innovation & Research for Healthcare submission deadline 1 Sep 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1445 | Submission Open
Keywords: evidence based; FAIR data; point of care; healthcare drone ontologies; medicine drone delivery; healthcare logistics; UAV for human health; medicine quality; medicine stability; drug packaging; medicine compliance; patient samples
Efficient UAS Trajectory and Path Planning
edited by , , Fubiao Zhang and
submission deadline 14 Sep 2023 | Viewed by 434 | Submission Open
Keywords: UAV; trajectory planning; path planning; decision-making; flight safety; swarm; distributed control
Technologies and Applications for Drone Audition submission deadline 14 Sep 2023 | Viewed by 263 | Submission Open
Keywords: drone audition  ; acoustic signal processing  ; acoustic sensing  ; sound source localization  ; sound source separation  ; sound identification/recognition  ; noise reduction  ; surrounding environment recognition  ; search and rescue
Drones Navigation and Orientation submission deadline 15 Sep 2023 | 4 articles | Viewed by 19361 | Submission Open
Recent Advances of Targeted Observation by Radar/Optical Sensors and UAS
edited by Xiaoguang Liu, and
submission deadline 15 Sep 2023 | Viewed by 150 | Submission Open
Keywords: UAS/UAV/drone; radars/optical sensors; targeted observation; signal processing; 2D/3D imaging; remote sensing; deep learning; recognition; detection; localization; tracking and navigation
From UAS to BIM: Methods and Design for the Multiscale Metric and Spatial Documentation and Representation of Built Heritage and Infrastructures submission deadline 16 Sep 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2088 | Submission Open
Keywords: UAS photogrammetry; as-built models; BIM; HBIM; urbanBIM; standard interoperability; point cloud segmentation
Path Planning, Trajectory Tracking and Guidance for UAVs submission deadline 16 Sep 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1134 | Submission Open
Keywords: path planning; trajectory tracking; guidance; navigation and control; autonomous control; trajectory optimization; formation and reconfiguration
(This special issue belongs to the Section Drone Communications)
Advanced Unmanned System Control and Data Processing submission deadline 16 Sep 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 657 | Submission Open
Keywords: UAV-based object detection; UAV image processing; Unmanned vehicle tracking and control; UAV applications; Deep learning; reinforcement learning; and transfer learning
Optimal Design, Dynamics, and Navigation of Drones
edited by and
submission deadline 16 Sep 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 336 | Submission Open
Keywords: optimal design; dynamics; drones; flight control; stability; path planning; sensor fusion; perception; autonomous navigation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Drone Design and Development)
UAV-Assisted Internet of Things
edited by , Tang Liu and
submission deadline 20 Sep 2023 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1151 | Submission Open
Keywords: Internet of Things; UAVs; mobile sensing; mobile data collection; UAV networking; UAV edge computing
Unconventional Drone-Based Surveying—Volume II submission deadline 22 Sep 2023 | Viewed by 206 | Submission Open
Keywords: UAV/USV/UUV; structure-from-motion; LiDAR; thermal imaging; multispectral/hyperspectral imaging; acoustic sensors and sonars; autonomous drones for surveying; swarms of drones; operation in hard environments
Advanced Intelligent Decision-Making and Flight Control of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
edited by , , Youmin Zhang, and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2023 | 8 articles | Viewed by 7060 | Submission Open
Keywords: intelligent decision-making; intelligent control; learning control; discrete control; fault-tolerant control; position/orientation control; disturbance observer; cooperative control; neural networks; adaptive control
(This special issue belongs to the Section Drone Communications)
Advances in Imaging and Sensing for Drones
edited by Shengke Wang, Pengfei Zhu and Bineng Zhong
submission deadline 8 Oct 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 558 | Submission Open
Keywords: object detection and tracking; image segmentation and feature extraction; image stitching and fusion; online and real-time processing; environment Monitoring and inspection; computer vision; low-cost remote sensing; unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)
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