Army Developing Universal Control Interface For UAS Operators

By Tactical-Life

The following is a release from J.D. Leipold and the U.S. Army:

The Army is working toward a universal control interface for unmanned aircraft systems that will help operators pilot more than one type of UAS.

“Probably one of the biggest and most impacting changes that we’re looking forward to in our strategy is that of a universal operator and a universal control interface,” said Col. Paul Cravey, Training and Doctrine Command capability manager for UAS.

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Currently 15W Soldiers are trained on a singular platform, either the Shadow or the Gray Eagle, he said.

“Once qualified on that universal interface, they then can control the assets that are apportioned to the brigade combat team or the ground commander who is being supported in that environment,” Cravey explained at an Association of the U.S. Army “Hot Topic” forum on aviation, Jan. 14.

“We look for that universal control interface to be scalable, tailorable and modular so it might be in an Army Intelligence and Security Command formation, inside a Tactical Operations Center or permanent base, maybe in a Joint Light Tactical Vehicle or the cockpit of an Apache,” he said.

“We’re working the interface, …Read the Rest

Source:: Tactical Life