Man-portable UAV ground control stations

摘要

Controllers for small, man-portable unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are simple, easy-to-use systems that go from a system packed in a rucksack on the warfighter's back to an operable system in five minutes, says Scott Newbern, program manager for Aerovironment in Simi Valley, Calif.rn"When the bullets are flying around, operators need the system to be simple to easy and the data easily understood," Newbern says. The operators of these units do not need pilot training, they are part of small units of Special Forces operators or Marines where everyone in the unit is cross-trained, he adds.