New Ground Control Center
New Ground Control Center
September 18, 2015
This September we have finished the construction of a brand new fixed ground control station in the BCN Drone Center. It has been prepared to be able to work both a UAV piloting and operation simulator and as a ground control center for beyond line-of-sight operation with UAVs. It integrates all required equipment for the operations such as real-time video display, telemetry data, TCAS system… in order to properly operate any kind UAV from the BCN Drone Center. Fixed-wing UAV operation course students will have the chance to start training with it.
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In a major step toward advancing global firefighting technology, 𝗔𝗲𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵, an international consortium of 16 companies, lead by CTTC and BCN Drone Center, has been named a semi-finalist in the prestigious XPRIZE 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. The four-year, $11 million initiative aims to accelerate the development of innovative tools to combat destructive wildfires and promote sustainable coexistence with natural fire cycles.