Single Station To Control Multiple UAVs In AF Demo

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The U.S. Air Force later this year plans to show that it can control multiple unmanned aircraft from a single ground station, an ability that would help boost the contribution of such vehicles to network-centric operations, according to Lt. Col. Eric Mathewson, chief of Air Combat Command's UAV division.

Ground testing of the multicontrol system, which will allow one pilot to fly four unmanned aerial vehicles at the same time, is slated to begin in November. The flight portion of the demonstration will start in December or January, Mathewson said in a Sept. 2 telephone interview from ACC headquarters at Langley Air Force Base, Va.

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