Publisher: Salamander (May 2003)

     As we enter the 21st century, air forces and aerospace designers are conceptualizing and testing new aircraft systems based on lessons learnt in combat during the last years of the previous century, and in anticipation of new threats in the future.

     This exciting new book, written by two authors with deep technical knowledge of state-of-the-art systems, explores this amazing world where science meets science fantasy, with detailed descriptions and full color photographs.

    Warplanes of the Future opens with fourth-generation fighters, such as the F-22 and Joint Strike Fighter, currently being designed and built and quickly moves to unmanned combat aerial vehicles of the future. A well-illustrated coffee-table book, it also covers new technology in the form of air-to-ground surveillance with the Royal Air Force's Astor project; the Russian wing-in-ground effect craft, also known as Caspian Sea monsters; micro unmanned vehicles; and helicopters. Despite its RAF slant, Warplanes of the Future is still a marvelous study of emerging aircraft technologies

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