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Control Six MQ-9 Reapers From Your Laptop with General Atomics’ Heresy Software, the Company Says

Nick Zazulia

Friday, October 19th, 2018

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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) wants it to be so easy to manage drones that, using the company's Heresy multi-mission control (MMC) software, one operator can oversee a half-dozen large UAS, assigning tasks and monitoring statuses from a single laptop.That’s the message Heresy Chief Engineer Chen Li stressed at the Association of the U.S. Army's annual conference in Washington, D.C., where the company showed off the new technology. The company wants to reduce the required manpower, training and footprint required…

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