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Unmanned air and ground systems work Images to the left: together from single controller in ? ight Dave Martin of Neya Systems uses an Android tablet to control both an demo; UCS architecture enables collabo- unmanned aircraft and ground vehicle at the same time.

ration between big and small business.

A ? ight demonstration using a hand- The K-MAX helicopter, seen here with the unmanned UxInterceptor vehicle, held tablet has shown how unmanned air can be operated in the manned or unmanned mode, and can lift 6,000 lbs.

and ground vehicles can be supervised together by a single operator, and how big and small businesses can work together.

The demonstration was conducted on

March 26, 2014, at Kaman Aerospace in Bloom? eld, Conn., involving a Ka- man K-MAX helicopter equipped with

Lockheed Martin’s mission manage- ment system operating in the unmanned mode, and a Neya Systems UxIntercep- tor unmanned all-terrain vehicle. During the medical casualty response and resup- ply scenario, the two vehicles were given instructions by a single operator using a

VTOL Evacuation and Resupply Tacti- cal Interface (VERTI) Medic Interface and UxFleet / Collaborative Mission

Planning system from Neya Systems.

The ? ight test showed how the UCS

Architecture can integrate a handheld ground control station with the aircraft and ground vehicle and enable collab- orative activities between multiple au- tonomous platforms.

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Neya Systems, a small business located in Wexford, Pa., near Pittsburg, devel- oped the rapid prototype and demonstra-

Simplified tion effort leveraging several differ- ent small business innovation research (SBIR) grants and follow-on DoD fund- ing. The company was partnered with the Lockheed Martin and Kaman team

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The UCS architecture enabled the seamless integration of the K-MAX he- • Data transfer rates 40 times faster than via cable licopter with the Lockheed Martin UCS- • Auto export to multiple formats simultaneously compliant ground control station; the Ux- • Integrated GPS included in cast data

Interceptor UGV and the Neya VERTI android tablet. Using the UCS-compliant • Backwards compatible with all X•Series profilers

VERTI system, there was no redesign of the UAS or UGV system required.

The user interface on the tablet is sim- ple to use. The operator conducting the demo had no previous experience con- 1-250-656-0771 trolling unmanned systems and was able www.AMLoceanographic.com to control both the UAV and UGV at the conductivity / sound velocity / pressure / temperature / turbidity / biofouling control same time after just one hour of famil- iarization training.

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