Basic UAS Command, Control and Communications

Focus: Reliable, secure and resilient communications between UAS, ground control
stations and supporting command elements.
Target audience: UAS pilots, mission commanders, ground control station
operators, communications engineers and operational supervisors.
Key topics:
• UAS command, control and communications architecture
• Fundamentals of communication-link reliability and availability
• Communications security and cyber-threat awareness
• Electromagnetic interference awareness and degraded-link scenarios
• Lost-link management and contingency planning
• Operational continuity, incident analysis and lessons learned
Proposed duration: 5 days (30 hours).
Training method: Classroom instruction, architecture case studies and simulated
communications-degradation scenarios.

Expected benefit: Improved understanding of communications vulnerabilities,
operational resilience and contingency management