Overview

The use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) has quickly expanded in the past few years, which has a dramatic effect on the necessity for competent operators to accurately remotely control these aircraft. Not only is the military and other government agencies rapidly expanding the use of UAS’s, but now the biggest growth is about to take off in the civilian / commercial use of the UAS’s untapped capabilities. It is already an incredible challenge to operate in harsh and hostile environments, but now there is the added complexity to operate in populated areas and crowed civilian airspace. As a result, for precise and timely remote ground control, it is critical to provide real-time comprehensive flight data and extensive situational awareness information, to ensure successful missions, while maintaining a maximum threshold of safety. This means that ground station sub-systems are becoming more-and-more sophisticated, while the operational usage must stay simple and approachable.

For several years, CES has been designing and manufacturing subsystems, which have been integrated into European drone ground stations. We have been on a fast learning track and have benefited from our rich experience in ground test computers, flight test computers and mission computers. CES provides state-of-the art technology and techniques and is highly competitive in all aspects of quality of development and time-to-market.

Product	Description	Fact Sheet
Ground Station Subsystems	In order to keep contact with the embedded mission computers in UAV systems, CES provides equipment for use in ground stations. This equipment is based on the same components, which are used in our mission computers, ensuring seamless integration and the use of the same development tools and principles, as well as design assurance guidelines. The interfaces are adapted to the requirements of the project, typically including avionic interfaces, serial lines, graphics output and a large number of discrete signals, for status display and control functionality. In response to the environmental conditions, the equipment is typically housed in a ruggedized air-cooled enclosure.	Please Login for Fact Sheet