Acknowledgements
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Books such as this are the products of contributions by many people, not just the authors’ musings. SPACE SYSTEMS: EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES AND OPERATIONS (Nichols & Carter, 2022) has benefited from the review of numerous experts in the field, who gave generously of their time and expertise. In addition to named subject matter experts, this book was reviewed by sources in the two federal agencies who must remain anonymous and by export / procedural / security /OVRP committees at KSU. Their contributions were especially helpful in not releasing protected information, CLASSIFIED, or “DEEMED EXPORTABLE” categories. We will name only a few and miss some special friends whose contributions were noteworthy. For this, we sincerely apologize in advance and beg their forgiveness.
There are many people we would like to shout out a special thank you for your guidance, continued support and experience from Kansas State University / Kansas State University Aerospace and Technology Campus (AT), Salina, Kansas: Dr. Richard Linton, KSU current President; Dr. Richard Myers, retired President KSU; Dr. Kurt C. Barnhart, prior Associate Dean of Research and Executive Director of the UAS Research Laboratory KSU-AT; Dr. Alysia Starkey, Dean & CEO of KSUAT; Dr. Terri Gaeddert, Associate Dean for Academics & Success (AT); Professor Troy Harding, Director of Academics, School of Integrated Studies (SIS) KSU-AT; Dr. Donald V. Bergen, prior Director of Graduate Studies KSU-AT; Fred Guzek, Professor and current Director of Graduate Studies KSU-AT; Dr. Kurt Caraway, Executive Director UAS, Dr. Mark J. Jackson, Professor, SIS KSU-AT; Dr. Saeed Khan, Professor, SIS KSU-AT; Dr. Mark J. Pritchard, Sr., Dr. Katherine Jones, KSU-AT Research and Library; Dr. Carolyn S. Jackson and Dr. Emily Finch at New Prairie Press and Pressbooks, Joel Anderson, KSU OVPR and Research Director.
We had some wonderful outside SMEs to bounce ideas off and get our heads straight. They include Dr. Donald Rebovich, Professor Emeritus, and SME in Fraud and Identity Theft, Utica College; Professor of Practice and Cybersecurity Director, Joe Giordano, Utica College; Professor Harold B. Massey, Executive Director of UAS Drone Port, UAS Pilot, Dr. Amit K Maitra, Chairman and Founder of Borders and Beyond, Inc.; Dr. Jeff Bardin, President of Treadstone 71, a superior intelligence firm; Richard Lescalleet, VP Sales & marketing, Airship Technologies Group; Dr. Julie J.C.H. Ryan, SME in Intelligence and INFOSEC plus current Wildcat author; and Dr. Dan J. Ryan, experienced SME / lawyer in intelligence, cryptography, and global defenses.
We thank Dr. Manual Eichelberger for his brilliant solutions to spoofing attacks on GPS and aircraft signals in his textbook Robust Global Localization Using GPS and Aircraft Signals. (Eichelberger, 2019)
No one could be prouder of the textbooks my KSU Wildcat team produced between 2018-2022. DRONE DELIVERY OF CBNRECy – DEW WEAPONS, Emerging Threats of Mini-Weapons of Mass Destruction and Disruption (WMDD); (Nichols & Sincavage, DRONE DELIVERY OF CBNRECy – DEW WEAPONS, Emerging Threats of Mini-Weapons of Mass Destruction and Disruption (WMDD), 2022) Disruptive Technologies with Applications in Airline, Marine, and Defense Industries; (Nichols & Sincavage, Disruptive Technologies with Applications in Airline, Marine, and Defense Industries, 2021); Unmanned Vehicle Systems & Operations on Air, Sea & Land; (Nichols & Ryan, 2020) Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems Technologies & Operations (Nichols & Mumm, 2020); Unmanned Aircraft Systems in the Cyber Domain, 2nd Edition (Nichols & Mumm, Unmanned Aircraft Systems in the Cyber Domain, 2nd Edition., 2019); and Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) in the Cyber Domain (Nichols R. &., 2018).
Next comes our expanded Wildcat writing team: Dr. Suzanne M. Sincavage, Co-Chair of the Foundation for Biodefense Research, which is devoted and dedicated to promoting the biodefense intelligence tradecraft and developing a stronger biodefense community with government, industry, academia professional organizations; Dr. Julie J. C. H. Ryan, CEO, Wyndrose Technical Group, is hands down the best subject matter expert (SME) in the Information Security field; Dr. Hans C. Mumm is a leadership expert and UAS weapons – a lethal combination; Dr. Wayne C. Lonstein, Esq., a previous Dragon (Nichols’ student) has gained recognition (licenses and certifications) in both law and cybersecurity as well as heads up his legal firm; Professor Candice M. Carter, a Dragoness who is the creator of a cybersecurity program at Wilmington University and travels globally closing specialized cybersecurity breaches in major corporations. Capt. John Paul Hood, US Army, (our military adviser and previous Dragon) joined us to help us understand the intricacies of military C-UAS (non-classified) applications; Randall Mai, Research Technologist for KSU, a Dragon convert with years of experience in the UAS field operations; Dr. Mark Jackson, SME in UUV, naval architecture, and nanotechnologies; Robert McCreight, a specialist in US Army Special Operations and National Security Expert in Defense programs associated with nuclear and biological defense matters; William Slofer, Dragon and SME in radar and Hypersonic technologies; Dr. Michael Pritchard, Dean and creator of the new Space Technologies Masters programs., Dr. Haley Larson, KSU expert in agriculture and cattle feeding, Dr. Siny Joseph KSU-AT Professor of economics and material science; and Dr. Michael Oetken our expert in virtual reality, extended reality, and robotics. We were fortunate to have Dr. Sincavage and Professor Carter build our cover art. Many others have helped our team write this important book. We appreciate all of their contributions.
The Wildcat team especially thanks to Dr. Carolyn S. Jackson and Dr. Emily Finch, Scholarly Communication Librarians, for their expert guidance on the New Prairie Press and Pressbooks publishing journey.
We are Honored to have engaged LTC Jerry Drew, U.S. ARMY CGSC to write our Foreword. LTC Drew has the experience to understand our priorities and hope for the future. LTC Drew is an organizational planner for Space & Missile Defense Command, Space Command, and Space Force with eleven years as a space operations officer assigned in multiple mission areas
Professor Randall K. Nichols is Managing Editor/author/co-author with his Wildcat Team of twelve textbooks and developer of six master’s and Certificate programs in Cybersecurity, Intelligence, Forensics, and UAS/CUAS/UUV at Utica College and Kansas State University. He has five decades of experience training resources to protect the United States from terrorism.
Finally, Mrs. Montine Nichols, my God-given Angel of 38 years, deserves a commendation for her help on the final drafts and copy edit work for our book and a living (surviving) this long with a real Dragon who hardly sleeps.
Randall K Nichols
Professor of Practice
ASSURE44 KSU UAS – Cybersecurity Technical Lead
Director, Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) – Cybersecurity Graduate Certificate Program
Managing Editor / Author / Co-Author of UAS/CUAS/UUV Textbook Series
Kansas State University Aerospace & Technology Campus, Salina, KS &
Professor Emeritus – Graduate Cybersecurity & Forensics, Utica College
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