On the Transition of Innovation and Technology in Defence -- Inserting Innovations In-Service -- Classification of Battlefield Ground Vehicles Based on the Acoustic Emissions -- Convoy Movement Problem – An Optimization Perspective -- Machine Vision Algorithms for Autonomous Aerial Refueling for UAVs Using the USAF Refueling Boom Method -- Motion Optimization Scheme for Cooperative Mobile Robots -- An Automated Decision System for Landmine Detection and Classification Using Metal Detector Signals.

Innovations in the area of Defence Support Systems are multi-disciplinary, cover a broad range of technologies, and could not possibly be covered within a single volume. This research book presents a sample of research as below: • On the Transition of Innovation and Technology in Defence • Inserting Innovations In-service • Classification of Battlefield Ground Vehicles based on the Acoustic Emissions • Convoy Movement Problem – An Optimization Perspective • Machine Vision Algorithms for Autonomous Aerial Refueling for UAVs using the USAF Refueling Boom Method • Motion Optimization Scheme for Cooperative Mobile Robots • An Automated Decision System for Landmine Detection and Classification The book is directed to the application engineers, research students, professors, decision makers and scientists & engineers working in defence and related areas.