The Shephard Press publishes specialist industry focused Handbooks that are distributed to a highly focused and targeted selection of industry professionals and businesses. Produced each year, our handbooks offer specifications, products and specific company information for many of the players within each industry. Listed below are our range of handbooks, in addition to some useful links to further information.
The Civil Helicopter Handbook provides an essential guide to the civil helicopter industry and incorporates information from the EHA handbook, such as operators, suppliers and product guide. The handbook provides in-depth content covering rotorcraft specifications with photographs, used helicopter values, airframe manufacturers, brokers and associations..
Shephard’s Digital Battlespace Handbook provides a convenient and portable reference source to the rapidly developing world of military tri-service digital communications networks and the standards, hardware and software that hold them together.
The take-anywhere reference work and EW equipment directory for aircraft, ground vehicle and naval vessels, covering self-protection, electronic support measures, ELINT and COMINT systems. The directory lists product and service suppliers worldwide.
The Inflight Handbook is the most comprehensive directory available for the inflight entertainment and passenger communications industry. The handbook offers in depth and focused industry reports and provides a detailed guide to airlines, IFE communication systems, products and suppliers guide.
The Low-Fare & Regional Aviation Handbook is published in association with Low-Fare & Regional Airlines magazine and provides in depth information on aircraft specifications, operators, suppliers, products, manufacturers, finance, leasing, IT systems, training, simulation and associations from the global industry.
This comprehensive directory and reference work on the global military helicopter business contains an assessment of the market, plus photographs and specifications of aircraft, weapons, mission systems and sensors. The directory provides contacts for suppliers and operators plus fleet details and a product guide.
This compact reference book and directory to military and para-public air, ground and maritime forces contains image intensification, thermal imaging and electro-optical products from NV goggles and pilot/driver aids to reconnaissance and targeting systems. The directory provides contact details for suppliers worldwide.
This unique reference handbook contains specifications for rotary and fixed-wing aircraft and role equipment used by police, emergency medical services, border and coastguards and aerial fire-fighters worldwide. The directory section lists contacts for operators and suppliers.
The Simulation and Training Handbook will provide a convenient, portable source of reference for tri-service simulators and associated training systems without which modern military forces simply could not build and maintain the skills needed to get the best out of extremely complex systems.
The Surface & Subsea UV Handbook was launched in September 2006 and has been welcomed by the UUV industry by providing high quality specific information on nautical UVs.
The Unmanned Vehicles Handbook is an international guide to the UV industry and provides detailed information on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Aerial targets, MAVs, UCAVs, lethal UAVs and payloads. The handbook also provides a guide to suppliers and available products and services.
