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Monday, April 06, 2009

Boeing Demonstrates Command and Control of ScanEagle UAS From Wedgetail AEW&C Aircraft

ScanEagle unmanned aircraft systemBoeing on March 16 successfully demonstrated simultaneous command and control of three ScanEagle unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) from a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Wedgetail 737 Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft flying over Washington state.

Using the company's UAS battle-management software, airborne operators issued NATO-standard sensor and air-vehicle commands via a UHF satellite communication link and ground-station relay.

"Our standards-based UAS command/control system, which is based on commercial off-the-shelf architecture, allowed us to integrate UAS control into existing battle-management software," said Pierce Lutter, Boeing Associate Technical Fellow for Unmanned Vehicle Control Systems.

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1 comment:

  1. Pete8/4/09 09:10

    So Wedgetail can fly little UASs - but is it up to scratch as a AEW&C platform?

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