Control Stations
One-Handed Controller to Debut at CES 2021
Russian start-up Knuckles-5 has developed a fully one-handed controller for drones and video games that made its official debut at CES 2021.
Control Stations
Testing
Global Hawk Completes First Flight with New Ground Station
Northrop Grumman Corporation successfully completed the first flight for the Global Hawk Ground Station Modernization Program (GSMP) at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. earlier this month. Leveraging agile development and an open architecture design, the GSMP team transformed both the human-machine interface and the underlying software, paving the way
Testing
Global Hawk Completes First Flight with New Ground Station
Northrop Grumman Corporation successfully completed the first flight for the Global Hawk Ground Station Modernization Program (GSMP) at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. earlier this month. Leveraging agile development and an open architecture design, the GSMP team transformed both the human-machine interface and the underlying software, paving the way
Control Stations
New Russian Drone Control Station Spotted in Ukraine
The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine has reported that it had spotted a modern Russian Navodchik-2 ground drone control station for unmanned aerial vehicles in Ukraine. For the first time, Navodchik-2 ground control station and three boxes assessed as used for storing and transporting unmanned aerial
Control Stations
New Russian Drone Control Station Spotted in Ukraine
The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine has reported that it had spotted a modern Russian Navodchik-2 ground drone control station for unmanned aerial vehicles in Ukraine. For the first time, Navodchik-2 ground control station and three boxes assessed as used for storing and transporting unmanned aerial
Commercial
Sub Delivery Used Skyfront's Control Handoff Capability
The long-endurance hybrid-electric Skyfront Perimeter drone was recently used to perform the first ship-to-submarine delivery via small unmanned aircraft. During the historic flight, the Perimeter took off from a moving surface vessel and delivered supplies to the crew of the ballistic missile submarine, in a quick
Transport
Sub Delivery Used Skyfront's Control Handoff Capability
The long-endurance hybrid-electric Skyfront Perimeter drone was recently used to perform the first ship-to-submarine delivery via small unmanned aircraft. During the historic flight, the Perimeter took off from a moving surface vessel and delivered supplies to the crew of the ballistic missile submarine, in a quick
Control Stations
New Software Offers Massive Savings for Gray Eagle ER Teams
Massive reductions in emplacement, mission launch time and overall footprint size are in the works for Gray Eagle Extended Range UAS, thanks to new laptop-based interface called Scalable Command & Control (SC2) from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.. GA-ASI recently concluded a series of flight tests using the
Military
New Software Offers Massive Savings for Gray Eagle ER Teams
Massive reductions in emplacement, mission launch time and overall footprint size are in the works for Gray Eagle Extended Range UAS, thanks to new laptop-based interface called Scalable Command & Control (SC2) from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.. GA-ASI recently concluded a series of flight tests using the
Research
AR Interaction Interface for Autonomous Drone Navigation
Researchers Chuhao Liu and Shaojie Shen from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology revealed an intriguing new way to control drones that uses holographic augmented reality hardware to create live 3D terrain maps, enabling drone pilots to simply point at targets visualized above any flat surface. The holographic
Control Stations
AR Interaction Interface for Autonomous Drone Navigation
Researchers Chuhao Liu and Shaojie Shen from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology revealed an intriguing new way to control drones that uses holographic augmented reality hardware to create live 3D terrain maps, enabling drone pilots to simply point at targets visualized above any flat surface. The holographic
Data Links & Communications
Flylogix and Cambridge Consultants to Deliver Central Control
Flylogix and Cambridge Consultants, part of the Capgemini Group, have announced a collaboration that will exploit Iridium’s state-of-the-art satellite communications to safely control unmanned aerial vehicles from a central control hub. This will enable Flylogix to move from local drone piloting at the airfield to centrally