Friday, June 11, 2010

Boeing To Demonstrate UAV Cooperative Control Technologies

Boeing To Demonstrate UAV Cooperative Control Technologies: "Boeing has received a three-year, $9.8 million contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory to further develop and demonstrate technologies that will enable multiple small unmanned aerial vehicles to coordinate with each other and a manned airborne control station to more safely and effectively carry out intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions.
The Foxhunt Multi-Small Unmanned Aerial System Cooperative Control Demonstration will leverage Boeing's networked systems expertise and technology advancements to directly support an emerging and challenging U.S. Air Force need.
'The focus of the Foxhunt program is the airborne control of a varied mix of unmanned aerial vehicles,' said Patrick Stokes of Boeing Research and Technology, the company's advanced, central research, technology and innovation organization, who will manage the research effort."