Ground stations: ground control stations are part and parcel of a drone system. Their size is almost proportional with the size, and therefore performance, of the aircraft used, while their configuration largely depends on the mission required by the end user.

Armada International › Vol. 29 Nbr. 3, June 2005

Author: Biass, Eric H.

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Ground stations: ground control stations are part and parcel of a drone system. Their size is almost proportional with the size, and therefore performance, of the aircraft used, while their configuration largely depends on the mission required by the end user.

Whatever the size of the system, a ground control station always includes two basic, essential elements: the control of the aircraft per se, and the data retrieval unit. Their degree of complexity depends, of course, ...

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