The control of US military unmanned aircraft appears to have shifted from Windows to Linux following an embarrassing malware infection. Continue reading
Category Archives: Control Stations & Remote Video Terminals
UAS Pilots May Fly 4 Aircraft At Once
New high-tech networking systems and ground stations in development would let a single pilot fly four aircraft, possibly even from different manufacturers, dramatically reducing the ground staff now needed for each plane. Continue reading
Dynetics SwiftSight Tablet Controller
This video demonstrates the automated tablet flight capabilities of the SwiftSight Unmanned Aircraft System. Continue reading
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Gets $9M Ground Control Station Contract
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Poway, California, is being awarded a $9,381,403 firm-fixed-price contract for the delivery order for seven Fixed Ground Control Stations. Continue reading
Presagis and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Sign COTS Licensing and Services Agreement for Ground Control Stations and Training
Presagis, a provider of commercial-off-the shelf (COTS) modeling, simulation, and embedded graphics solutions, announced that it has signed a Corporate License Agreement with General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. Continue reading
ROVER More Popular than iPad with the US Army
For the last two years, one of the most popular electronic gadgets in Afghanistan was not the iPad or satellite phone, but Rover 5, otherwise known as the fifth generation ROVER (Remote Operations Video Enhanced Receiver). Continue reading
Ball Aerospace Gets $17M US Air Force Contracts to Support Distributed Common Ground System
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has been awarded four task order contracts worth more than $17 million to develop and integrate enhanced operational capabilities for the US Air Force Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS). Continue reading
US Navy Demonstrates UAS Common Control System
The US Navy completed a demonstration for its unmanned aircraft Common Control System (CCS) Oct. 26 at Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division in China Lake, California. Continue reading