Title

The Future of Defence: Advances and Trends in Military Drone Technology

Abstract:

Military drone technology is rapidly transforming modern defense systems and reshaping the nature of warfare. Advances in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have significantly expanded their roles beyond traditional intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions to include precision strike, electronic warfare, logistics support, and cooperative swarm operations. Recent developments in artificial intelligence and machine learning enable drones to operate with higher levels of autonomy, improving decision-making speed, adaptability, and mission effectiveness in complex environments. This talk will discuss the key technological shifts and operational requirements shaping the development of future military UAVs.

Biography:

Muhammet Deveci is a Full Professor at the Department of Industrial Engineering in the Turkish Naval Academy, National Defence University, Istanbul, Turkey, and he is Honorary Senior Research Fellow with the Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction, University College London, UK. Dr. He worked as a Visiting Researcher and Postdoctoral Researcher, in 2014-2015 and 2018–2019, respectively, with the School of Computer Science, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, U.K.  Dr Deveci is an outstanding researcher and a prolific author who has been publishing high quality peer-reviewed papers in highly ISI ranked journals and reputable international conferences.  Dr. Deveci has published over 399 papers in journals indexed by SCI/SCI-E papers at reputable venues, as well as more than 30 contributions in International Conferences related to his areas. Dr. Deveci received the 100th-anniversary award for his worldwide scientific achievements from the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK). Dr Deveci has also been engaged with the wider community providing academic service through chairing/organising conferences, streams, tutorials, reviewing papers, and acting as Editorial Board Member of well-known journals including IEEE TFS, IEEE T-IV, IEEE TETCI, Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, and more. Dr Deveci is an internationally recognized outstanding scientist in intelligent decision support systems underpinned by computational intelligence, particularly uncertainty handling, fuzzy systems, combinatorial optimization, and multicriteria decision making.