DoD seeks a common controller for many unmanned systems

After decades of experimentation and development, the variety and deployment of unmanned military systems mushroomed during the global war on terrorism.

But with this massive growth came an array of noninteroperable, proprietary controllers that are used to remotely operate unmanned air and ground vehicles and their sensors.

In response, the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics has been trying to corral these disparate systems into a common controller.

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