COMMAND & CONTROL
Pilot comfort
Command and control vehicles, containers, or fixed installations are important contributors to an effective unmanned aerial drone program. Pilot comfort ensures concentration levels are maintained over a long period thus contributing to a safe operating environment. Our ergonomically designed drone command installations ensure pilot comfort and protection from the elements.
Quality components
We choose the best components for installation into our command centres. Our focus is on pilot comfort whilst planning for demanding environments. In all we do we keep safety in mind and build command centres that are safe to operate from. Standard equipment includes fire extinguishers, fire gloves and fire blankets. We understand the risk of working with high power batteries in confined spaces.
Airband radios
The airband radio is your number one risk mitigation tool. We install hi-power radios that can communicate over more than 50 km with other aircraft in the vicinity. In outlying areas collisions are avoided by pilots talking to each other. To this end we train pilots in the proper use of aviation radio procedures so they can obtain a restricted radio license.
Ground forces
Ground security personnel want to see what the drone pilots are seeing. It is however not convenient for the drone pilot to have a number of people looking over his shoulder. For this reason we install separate monitors so the ground operations can be coordinated from a safe distance whilst still being able to talk to the pilot and camera operator.
Battery management
Our installations all include inverters and batteries so you can recharge drone batteries on demand. The command vehicle has internal and external lights to facilitate whole night operations. Battery management is an important part of the training we provide so you can get the most from your batteries.
Antenna
To get the most range from your drone operation the correct installation of antennas is of utmost importance. The higher the antenna the better so as to retain radio line of sight when operating with ground-based radios. For more demanding installations we can use the GSM network or satellites.
