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NASA Tests Prototype UAS Datalink Radio

NASA has flight tested a prototype datalink radio for command and control of unmanned aircraft systems on an S-3 Viking research aircraft. (Photo: NASA)

July 5, 2013

NASA started flight testing a prototype data link radio from Rockwell Collins to support the planned introduction of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in the U.S. National Airspace System. The agency said it conducted laboratory tests of a radio delivered to the NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland in February, and then performed flight tests in May and June using a Lockheed S-3 Viking research aircraft.

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