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DRONE
(Diseño de una Red de Comunicaciones para Vehículos Aéreos No Tripulados (UAV) de Nueva Generación)
(Communication Network Design for Next Generation Unmanned Aerial Vehicles)
Contact: 
Francisco Valera Pintor (fvalera@it.uc3m.es)
Funded by: 
Spanish Ministry of Defence (Ministerio de Defensa)
Duration: 
December 2011 to November 2013
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The project aims at evolving the data communication system of Milano (a strategic system developed by the National Institute of Aerospace Technology, INTA that performs reconnaissance, surveillance and target acquisition using unmanned aerial vehicles, UAV) into a next generation network that will result in substantial improvements in terms of security, robustness, reliability, scalability, flexibility and interoperability with other defence systems and a reduction in system costs.