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Navy Works With General Atomics And Lockheed Martin To Demonstrate Drone Control Station

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Navy Works With General Atomics And Lockheed Martin To Demonstrate Drone Control Station
A General Atomics MQ-20 Avenger drone returns to El Mirage Airfield, Calif. on June 24 after a flight test of the Skyborg Autonomy Core System during Orange Flag 21-2 at Edwards AFB, Calif. (General Atomics Photo)

The Navy tested command and control of an unmanned aircraft using its Unmanned Carrier Aviation Mission Control Station (UMCS) for the first time this week in a demo using the  General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) MQ-20 Avenger and Lockheed Martin [LMT] software. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) said GA-ASI initiated this joint demonstration that on Nov. 5 had the Unmanned Carrier Aviation program office PMA-268 use its UMCS with the MD-5 Ground Control Station (GCS), loaded with the Lockheed…

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