NASA to robotize T-34C for unmanned studies - As The Croft Flies
NASA says the aircraft will be used for "validation and verification of communication systems that impact the UAS UAS flight, which is part of a broader one year of NASA and industry project to "develop and implement a national plan to successfully meet the challenges of the EMS system access national airspace (NAS) in a safe and timely manner."
The agency plans to release shortly a RFP for vendors to install computers for research and internal Ethernet which will interface with a two-axis autopilot, new, electronic flight instrumentation for pre-T-34C and the rear cockpit and Mode S transponder for ADS-B "out" and ADS-B "in" functionality, also in both cockpits.
meteorological satellites, either XM or WSI is also to be integrated into the avionics.
NASA requires that the aircraft be an operational readiness review 40 weeks after contract award.
Source: NASA to robotize T-34C for unmanned studies - As The Croft Flies
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