Flight plan - Military successfully trials technology which enables one pilot to control UAVs

摘要

A SYSTEM which allows a single pilot to fly his or her own aircraft while simultaneously directing up to four further unmanned planes has been successfully tested in a military jet for the first time, it is claimed. The system, developed by Qinetiq and funded by the MOD, was flown on a series of successful flight trials at the MOD'S base at Boscombe Down in Wiltshire. The tests used a Tornado as the command-and-control aircraft with a BAC 1-11 trials aircraft acting as the so-called 'surrogate' UAV.