Assoc. Prof. Maolong Lv received the Ph.D. degree in control science and engineering from the Delft Center for Systems and Control, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, in 2021. He is currently with Air Force Engineering University, Xi’an, China. His research interests include adaptive learning control, distributed control, reinforcement learning, and intelligent decision making with applications in multiagent systems, hypersonic vehicles, and unmanned autonomous systems. He received Descartes Excellence Fellowship from the French Government in 2018, which allowed him a research visit from 2018 to 2019 at the University of Grenoble working on adaptive networked systems with emphasis on traffic with human-driven and autonomous vehicles. He was awarded the Young Talent Support Project for Military Science and Technology, the Young Talent Fund of the Association for Science and Technology in Shaanxi, and the Postdoctoral International Exchange Program in 2022.

• Preface.- Part 1 Fundamentals and Theoretical Foundations.- Chapter 1 Introduction to Cooperative UAV Control.- Chapter 2 UAV Dynamics Fundamentals.- Part 2 Advanced Control Systems for UAVs.- Chapter 3 Fixed-Time Fault-Tolerant Control.- Chapter 4 Fixed-Time Control Against Saturation.- Chapter 5 Specified-Time Fault-Tolerant Tracking Control.- Part 3 Event-triggered and Communication-Efficient Control.- Chapter 6 Event-Triggered Fault-Tolerant Control.- Chapter 7 Event-Triggered Control with Dynamic Communication.- Chapter 8 Control with Asynchronously Switching Topologies.- Part 4 Safety and Security in UAV Operations.- Chapter 9 Optimal Formation Tracking Control.- Chapter 10 Secure Control under Asynchronous DoS.- Part 5 Conclusions.- Chapter 11 Conclusions and Challenges.

Assoc. Prof. Maolong Lv received the Ph.D. degree in control science and engineering from the Delft Center for Systems and Control, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, in 2021. He is currently with Air Force Engineering University, Xi’an, China. His research interests include adaptive learning control, distributed control, reinforcement learning, and intelligent decision making with applications in multiagent systems, hypersonic vehicles, and unmanned autonomous systems. He received Descartes Excellence Fellowship from the French Government in 2018, which allowed him a research visit from 2018 to 2019 at the University of Grenoble working on adaptive networked systems with emphasis on traffic with human-driven and autonomous vehicles. He was awarded the Young Talent Support Project for Military Science and Technology, the Young Talent Fund of the Association for Science and Technology in Shaanxi, and the Postdoctoral International Exchange Program in 2022.

• Preface.- Part 1 Fundamentals and Theoretical Foundations.- Chapter 1 Introduction to Cooperative UAV Control.- Chapter 2 UAV Dynamics Fundamentals.- Part 2 Advanced Control Systems for UAVs.- Chapter 3 Fixed-Time Fault-Tolerant Control.- Chapter 4 Fixed-Time Control Against Saturation.- Chapter 5 Specified-Time Fault-Tolerant Tracking Control.- Part 3 Event-triggered and Communication-Efficient Control.- Chapter 6 Event-Triggered Fault-Tolerant Control.- Chapter 7 Event-Triggered Control with Dynamic Communication.- Chapter 8 Control with Asynchronously Switching Topologies.- Part 4 Safety and Security in UAV Operations.- Chapter 9 Optimal Formation Tracking Control.- Chapter 10 Secure Control under Asynchronous DoS.- Part 5 Conclusions.- Chapter 11 Conclusions and Challenges.

Assoc. Prof. Maolong Lv received the Ph.D. degree in control science and engineering from the Delft Center for Systems and Control, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, in 2021. He is currently with Air Force Engineering University, Xi’an, China. His research interests include adaptive learning control, distributed control, reinforcement learning, and intelligent decision making with applications in multiagent systems, hypersonic vehicles, and unmanned autonomous systems. He received Descartes Excellence Fellowship from the French Government in 2018, which allowed him a research visit from 2018 to 2019 at the University of Grenoble working on adaptive networked systems with emphasis on traffic with human-driven and autonomous vehicles. He was awarded the Young Talent Support Project for Military Science and Technology, the Young Talent Fund of the Association for Science and Technology in Shaanxi, and the Postdoctoral International Exchange Program in 2022.

• Preface.- Part 1 Fundamentals and Theoretical Foundations.- Chapter 1 Introduction to Cooperative UAV Control.- Chapter 2 UAV Dynamics Fundamentals.- Part 2 Advanced Control Systems for UAVs.- Chapter 3 Fixed-Time Fault-Tolerant Control.- Chapter 4 Fixed-Time Control Against Saturation.- Chapter 5 Specified-Time Fault-Tolerant Tracking Control.- Part 3 Event-triggered and Communication-Efficient Control.- Chapter 6 Event-Triggered Fault-Tolerant Control.- Chapter 7 Event-Triggered Control with Dynamic Communication.- Chapter 8 Control with Asynchronously Switching Topologies.- Part 4 Safety and Security in UAV Operations.- Chapter 9 Optimal Formation Tracking Control.- Chapter 10 Secure Control under Asynchronous DoS.- Part 5 Conclusions.- Chapter 11 Conclusions and Challenges.