Drones | Issue Cover Articles Published in 2024

1. “The Detection of Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus altissima) Using Drones and Optical Sensors: Implications for the Management of Invasive Plants and Insects”
by Kushal Naharki, Cynthia D. Huebner and Yong-Lak Park
Drones 2024, 8(1), 1; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones8010001
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/8/1/1

2. “Study on Drone Handover Methods Suitable for Multipath Interference Due to Obstacles”
by Kakeru Hirata, Takefumi Hiraguri, Tomotaka Kimura, Takahiro Matsuda, Tetsuro Imai, Jiro Hirokawa, Kazuki Maruta and Satoshi Ujigawa
Drones 2024, 8(2), 32; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones8020032
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/8/2/32

3. “Historical and Current Landscapes of Autonomous Quadrotor Control: An Early-Career Researchers’ Guide”
by Venanzio Cichella and Isaac Kaminer
Drones 2024, 8(3), 72; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones8030072
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/8/3/72

4. “Review of Wind Flow Modelling in Urban Environments to Support the Development of Urban Air Mobility”
by D S Nithya, Giuseppe Quaranta, Vincenzo Muscarello and Man Liang
Drones 2024, 8(4), 147; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones8040147
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/8/4/147

5. “Detection of Leak Areas in Vineyard Irrigation Systems Using UAV-Based Data”
by Luís Pádua, Pedro Marques, Lia-Tânia Dinis, José Moutinho-Pereira, Joaquim J. Sousa, Raul Morais and Emanuel Peres
Drones 2024, 8(5), 187; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones8050187
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/8/5/187

6. “Monitoring Nodal Transportation Assets with Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles: A Comprehensive Review”
by Taraneh Askarzadeh, Raj Bridgelall and Denver Tolliver
Drones 2024, 8(6), 233; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones8060233
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/8/6/233

7. “Fed4UL: A Cloud–Edge–End Collaborative Federated Learning Framework for Addressing the Non-IID Data Issue in UAV Logistics”
by Chong Zhang, Xiao Liu, Aiting Yao, Jun Bai, Chengzu Dong, Shantanu Pal and Frank Jiang
Drones 2024, 8(7), 312; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones8070312
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/8/7/312

8. “Frequency-Modulated Continuous-Wave Radar Perspectives on Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Detection and Classification: A Primer for Researchers with Comprehensive Machine Learning Review and Emphasis on Full-Wave Electromagnetic Computer-Aided Design Tools”
by Ahmed N. Sayed, Omar M. Ramahi and George Shaker
Drones 2024, 8(8), 370; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones8080370
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/8/8/370

9. “Aerodynamic Interaction Minimization in Coaxial Multirotors via Optimized Control Allocation”
by Andrea Berra, Miguel Ángel Trujillo Soto and Guillermo Heredia
Drones 2024, 8(9), 446, https://doi.org/10.3390/drones8090446
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/8/9/446

10. “Potential and Challenges in Airborne Automated External Defibrillator Delivery by Drones in a Mountainous Region”
by Christian Wankmüller, Ursula Rohrer, Philip Fischer, Patrick Nürnberger and Ewald Kolesnik
Drones 2024, 8(10), 525; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones8100525
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/8/10/525

11. “Joint Sensing and Communications in Unmanned-Aerial-Vehicle-Assisted Systems”
by Petros S. Bithas, George P. Efthymoglou, Athanasios G. Kanatas and Konstantinos Maliatsos
Drones 2024, 8(11), 656; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones8110656
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/8/11/656

12. “Urban Air Mobility Communications and Networking: Recent Advances, Techniques, and Challenges”
by Muhammad Yeasir Arafat and Sungbum Pan
Drones 2024, 8(12), 702; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones8120702
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/8/12/702