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. Continue reading
Category Archives: Control Stations & Remote Video Terminals
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. Continue reading
US DoD Picks Northrop Grumman C-SUAS Command and Control System
Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Forward Area Air Defense Command and Control (FAAD C2) system has been selected by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) as the interim command and control system for future Counter-Small Unmanned Aerial System (C-sUAS) procurements. Continue reading
Skynav Gov: a Government-Ready Scalable Controller
Auterion Government Solutions has announced Skynav Gov. A scalable handheld ground controller, Skynav Gov is powered by Auterion Mission Control and controls all UAS’ running Auterion Enterprise PX4 or communicate over MAVLink. Continue reading
MIT Develops Drone Control by Muscle Gesture
A team from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) came up with a method that dials us closer to more seamless human-robot collaboration. The system, called “Conduct-A-Bot,” uses human muscle signals from wearable sensors to pilot a robot’s movement. Continue reading
Raytheon, AirMap Virtually Demo Drone Monitoring Tools on Next-Gen Air Traffic Control Workstation
Raytheon, AirMap virtually demo drone monitoring tools on next-generation air traffic control workstation at 2019 ATCA in Washington, D.C., Oct. 21-23
Raytheon Company and AirMap, a global airspace intelligence platform for drones, have integrated AirMap’s unmanned aerial systems (UAS) monitoring capabilities onto a working prototype of Raytheon’s next-generation air traffic controller workstation called Multi-platform ATC Re-hosting Solution, or MARS. Continue reading
Simlat POLARIS UTM Simulation Suite Now Supports AirMap
Simlat POLARIS and AirMap Enterprise Dashboard running a simulated session in Salt Lake City, UT with numerous delivery drones and other aircraft
Simlat’s POLARIS provides simulated UAS traffic at scale, simulating the behavior of “rogue” or malfunctioning UAS while also generating the clutter made by thousands of automated flights. Continue reading
GA-ASI Demonstrates Multi-Mission Control and Metis
On August 28th, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. demonstrated its Multi-Mission Control (MMC) and Metis capabilities during a live flight using company-owned MQ-9 Block 1 and MQ-9 Block 5 Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA). Continue reading