Collins Aerospace Nears Completion of Drone Data Link Project

data link radios
Prototype CNPC-1000 (left) and CNPC-5000 data link radios.
Credit: Collins Aerospace
Collins Aerospace is nearing completion of a nine-year project with NASA to develop a command-and-control (C2) data link waveform that has informed the C2 certification basis for unmanned aircraft to safely fly in controlled airspace. Over seven generations and flight-test campaigns since 2011, the...

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