Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026Novel framework for physical-layer secrecy and network secrecy energy efficiency of UAV-assisted device-to-device communicationShiyam Alalmaei · Nikoly Hinov · Fadi Al-Turjman · Ramiz Salama · Hugo Alberto González López · Leandro Flórez Aristizábal · Dionicio Neira-Rodado · José Escorcia-Gutierrez · Darius AndriukaitisFrontiers in Physicsdoi 10.3389/fphy.2026.1964844
Original ResearchPublished 1 October 2026CADA-Net: cross-altitude domain-adaptive perception for label-efficient onboard sensing in autonomous UAVsLiya CaiFrontiers in Neuroroboticsdoi 10.3389/fnbot.2026.1926034
Original ResearchPublished 30 September 2026UAV-based RGB imagery and supervised–unsupervised machine learning for estimating sorghum biomass and grain yield under water and nitrogen stressAnoop Valiya Veettil · Ripendra Awal · Ali Fares · Binita Thapa · Almoutaz Elhassan · Atikur RahmanFrontiers in Environmental Sciencedoi 10.3389/fenvs.2026.1928610
Original ResearchPublished 18 September 2026Numerical studies on thermal performance of a novel edge cooling design in fuel cell stacks for unmanned aerial vehiclesYajun Wang · Qiong Chen · Hao Liu · Xian DuFrontiers in Energy Researchdoi 10.3389/fenrg.2026.1900034
Original ResearchPublished 14 September 2026Deep learning-based classification of wet direct seeded rice, broadcasted direct seeded rice and transplanted rice using drone imagery for precision agricultureAmrutha Lakshmi Gubbala · Santosha Rathod · Ramesh Dasyam · Mahender Kumar Rapolu · Arun Kumar Dasari · Pundarikakshudu Kurra · Hanuma Raviteja Madireddy · Prajwal R. Shashishekhar · Ravi V. Mural · Anil Kumar · Raman Meenakshi SundaramFrontiers in Remote Sensingdoi 10.3389/frsen.2026.1698781
ReviewPublished 10 September 2026Semiochemical inhibitors for protecting conifers from bark beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in the Western United States: research, development, and applicationChristopher J. Fettig · Jackson P. AudleyFrontiers in Insect Sciencedoi 10.3389/finsc.2026.1939049
Original ResearchPublished 26 August 2026UAV multisensor data and GAMLSS improve forage biomass estimation in Cerrado integrated crop–livestock pasturesGabriella Santos Arruda de Lima · Manuel Eduardo Ferreira · Luis Rodrigo Fernandes Baumann · Fernanda Mara Cunha Freitas · Pedro Luiz Oliveira Almeida Machado · Antônio Vitor Resende Silva · Selma Nakamoto Koakuzu · Mellissa Ananias Soler da Silva · Márcia Thaís Melo Carvalho · Micael Moreira Santos · Beata Emoke MadariFrontiers in Agronomydoi 10.3389/fagro.2026.1923984
Original ResearchPublished 12 August 2026Immune-enhanced NSGA-II for multi-objective multi-UAV disaster relief material distributionJian Shang · Heng Li · Enzhong Li · Zhonglin Zhang · Lijun Wang · Yiran Jiang · Yingqi Bai · Hanjie Kang · Chen Xiao · Youwei Zhu · Min Dong · Jingpu ZhangFrontiers in Future Transportationdoi 10.3389/ffutr.2026.1801962
ReviewPublished 31 July 2026Leveraging large language models (LLMs) for GeoAI-enabled digital agro-advisoryShalini Gakhar · Raj Kumar SinghFrontiers in Remote Sensingdoi 10.3389/frsen.2026.1839369
Original ResearchPublished 30 July 2026Cyber-resilient flight architecture for software-defined UAVs using digital twin-based validationI. C. Emeto · A. G. Adamu · I. H. Ezeh · E. C. Ochuba · C. A. OkoloegboFrontiers in Future Transportationdoi 10.3389/ffutr.2026.1827528
ReviewPublished 8 July 2026Deep learning for secure imaging and video surveillance in smart cities: from bibliometric mapping to real-world implementationsSamad Olalekan Olansile · Oluwatosin Ahmed Amodu · Mohamed Sani Adam · Isaac Oluwafemi Elesemoyo · Raja Azlina Raja MahmoodFrontiers in Imagingdoi 10.3389/fimag.2026.1854187
Original ResearchPublished 17 April 2026Rate maximization of low-altitude integrated sensing and communication systems with fluid antennasSiyun Liang · Xingtao Yang · Zhenghe Guo · Zhaohui Yang · Chen Zhu · Zhaoyang ZhangFrontiers in Communications and Networksdoi 10.3389/frcmn.2026.1783301
Original ResearchPublished 5 March 2026Airborne IMT users in precision agriculture: Monte-Carlo analysis of UAV interference in 694–2690 bandsAlexandr Solochshenko · Karina Turzhanova · Alexander Pastukh · Valery Tikhvinskiy · Yelizaveta VitulyovaFrontiers in Signal Processingdoi 10.3389/frsip.2026.1764383
Communications and NetworksPublished 29 October 2025Adaptive ant colony methods for UAV LEO coordination in non terrestrial IoTHitesh MohapatraFrontiers in Communications and Networksdoi 10.3389/frcmn.2025.1691346
Communications and NetworksPublished 24 September 2025Cyber threat in drone systems: bridging real-time security, legal admissibility, and digital forensic solution readinessUsman Mistura Mohammed · Abiodun Esther Omolara · Oludare Isaac Abiodun · Jawad Rasheed · Onur Osman · Patricia Manko Lar · Philip Oyadiran Adeyinka · Adeola Grace OlugbengaFrontiers in Communications and Networksdoi 10.3389/frcmn.2025.1661928
Aerospace EngineeringPublished 10 May 2023Predicting sUAS conflicts in the national airspace with interacting multiple models and Haversine-based conflict detection systemJames Z. Wells · Manish KumarFrontiers in Aerospace Engineeringdoi 10.3389/fpace.2023.1184094
Aerospace EngineeringPublished 12 January 2023Negotiation of the global grid inspection UAV with random delay uncertainty in an information communication network based on a robust fault tolerance mechanismJie Shen · Wen qi Dong · Zhi-fang Wang · Jing Wang · Yang Wang · Han min Liu · Haiyan LiFrontiers in Aerospace Engineeringdoi 10.3389/fpace.2022.978261