Command, Control and Communications[SWARM-GCS]
One station and one operator commanding a whole formation: launch, shape, task, release and recover.
- Aircraft
- Up to 50
- Extensible
- Formations
- 8
- Operators
- One
- Reshaping
- Collision-free
Overview
Flying five aircraft is only useful if it does not take five operators. This station presents the formation as the thing being flown, not the individual aircraft, so the workload stays flat as the fleet grows.
It arms and launches the fleet, forms it up at a set altitude, reshapes it in the air without a collision, flies it to a destination, releases payloads and brings it home to land in formation. Any single aircraft can still be taken under direct control at any moment.
System qualities
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The formation is the vehicle
Commands apply to the whole fleet: arm, take off, form up, go there, release, return, land. The aircraft roster is there when you need it and out of the way when you do not.
02 / 04
Reshapes safely in the air
Slots are assigned to minimise total travel, then paths are separated in time and space, with an altitude-layer fallback for tight geometry.
03 / 04
Direct control on demand
Keyboard control seizes the whole formation and pauses autonomy; a transmitter takes one aircraft while the rest continue their task.
04 / 04
Honest about failure
Per-aircraft link, battery and navigation state are always visible, and a vehicle that cannot comply says so rather than silently lagging.
Specifications
Figures marked undisclosed or on request are released against a stated requirement.
Software
- Delivery
- Browser based, served locally
- Fleet size
- Up to 50
Formations
- Presets
- Line, column, wedge, echelon L/R, circle, grid, diamond, arrow
- In-air change
- Collision-free reshaping
Tasking
- Fleet commands
- Arm, take off, form up, destination, release, return, land
Control
- Keyboard override
- Whole formation, autonomy paused
- Transmitter override
- One aircraft, rest continue
Telemetry
- Per aircraft
- Mode, position, battery, link, navigation state
Documentation
- Command, Control and Communications overviewAvailable on request
Works with
These are built to operate together, on one network and one picture.
Command the formation.