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Demo Shows How Ground Control Stations Could Support eVTOL Flights
Honeywell and Frequentis conducted the flights in Austria during June
Honeywell ground control station drone trials
Honeywell and Frequentis flew drones in Austria that were controlled from a ground station in the Czech Republic.

Honeywell and Frequentis recently conducted a flight test to demonstrate how eVTOL aircraft could operate with a ground control station. In June, the partners flew a T-Drones VA25 drone at Amstetten in Austria, with the operation managed by Honeywell’s new ground control station from its research and development facility in Brno, Czech Republic.

The work is being conducted under the European Sesar Joint Undertaking’s Operate Anywhere (Project OperA) consortium. It is intended to prepare for safe and efficient operations by uncrewed aircraft to prepare for the time when some eVTOL vehicles will not have a pilot on board.

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