General Atomics shows ability for pilots to control unmanned aircraft with tablet computer via data

[rangerrebew]

 General Atomics shows ability for pilots to control unmanned aircraft with tablet computer via data link
Sept. 16, 2021

Visual friendly interface presents data from friendly drones and offers a way to issue commands to individual unmanned aircraft or to networked groups.

Fighter Tablets 14 Sept 2021

WASHINGTON  – A major U.S. defense contractor conducted a demonstration to show how combat pilots in fourth- and fifth-generation jet fighters will work together with advanced semi-autonomous loyal wingman-type unmanned aircraft in the future. The Drive reports. Continue reading original article

The Military & Aerospace Electronics take:

16 Sept. 2021 -- Researchers at General Atomics Aeronautical Systems in Poway, Calif., enabled a pilot in a specially configured Beechcraft King Air twin-engine turboprop to issue commands to a stealthy Avenger unmanned jet aircraft through software app loaded onto the pilot's tablet computer.

The test, over southern California on 25 Aug.,shows how Avengers, or other loyal wingman-type drones, might operate while networked together via data link with manned fighters to conduct aerial combat missions.

https://www.militaryaerospace.com/communications/article/14210354/tablet-computer-unmanned-data-link

[Kamaji]

Until some 20-something driving his momma's minivan on a wardrive figures out how to do a man-in-the-middle attack on the feed.

[GtHawk]

General Atomics? I like it, sounds like whoever named the company is a science fiction fan.