AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems Demonstrates Manned/Unmanned Teaming Capabilities During U.S. Army’s MUSIC Exercise

AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. company, has completed the U.S. Army’s 2011 Manned Unmanned System Integration Capability (MUSIC) exercise. Held on September 16 at Dugway Proving Ground in Utah, the MUSIC exercise demonstrated innovation, integration and interoperability across the Army’s manned and unmanned assets through handoff and command and control sequences between multiple ground control systems. Several AAI UAS products played key roles during the event. The AAI UAS Universal Ground Control Station (UGCS) served as the centerpiece of the exercise, providing command and control of AAI’s Shadow® Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (TUAS), as well as General Atomics’ Gray Eagle® and Northrop Grumman’s Hunter UAS. Making UAS history, a single UGCS seamlessly handed off control of each UAS from one ground control station to another, demonstrating for the first time revolutionary improvements in battlefield communication and information sharing. The UGCS is NATO Standardization Agreement 4586 compliant and incorporates an all-digital Tactical Common Data Link (TCDL) for data transmission, increased bandwidth and data security. The AAI UAS One System® Remote Video Terminal (OSRVT) enhanced with bi-directional capability was utilized during several scenarios, demonstrating how dismounted troops can view and control live, full-motion video and receive […]
AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems Demonstrates Manned/Unmanned Teaming Capabilities During U.S. Army’s MUSIC Exercise