Advanced Cockpit GCS for unmanned aircraft demonstrated by GA-ASI at Farnborough Air Show
NewsJuly 17, 2014
FARNBOROUGH, United Kingdom. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) engineers demonstrated the company's Advanced Cockpit Block 50 ground control station (GCS) at the Farnborough Air Show this week at the company’s stand in Hall 2 (Stand A-9).
GA-ASI won a four-year contract from the Air Force to design, develop, and test the Advanced Cockpit, which was initially created using internal research and development (IRAD) funds. Under the contract, the company will deliver seven ground control stations, manuals, and training.
Key enhancements include the human-centered display technology, including improved synthetic video with 3D graphics and moving maps, high definition video, and a 120-degree horizon field of view on multiple wide-screen graphical overlays.
The Advanced Cockpit is an updated version of GA-ASI's Predator/Reaper GCS which has logged more than 2.8 million flight hours since 1994. The GCS was designed in accordance with the U.S. Department of Defense’s vision for GCS interoperability and commonality as outlined by the Office of the Secretary of Defense’s Unmanned Control Segment Working Group (UCS-WG).
