Gallery: Inside a Predator Drone Control Station

Uas

A General Atomics Predator B of the Italian Air Force. Credit: David Cenciotti

A Reaper taxies back to the apron at the end of a training sortie. Credit: David Cenciotti

Italy has ordered six Predator B (MQ-9) to equip the 32° Stormo at Amendola airbase. Credit: David Cenciotti

The ROVER tactical hand-held receiver. Credit: David Cenciotti

The front door of the Predator B Mobile Ground Control Station. Credit: David Cenciotti

Inside the Predator Ground Control Station during Remote Split Operations. Credit: David Cenciotti

A General Atomics Predator A+ of the 32° Stormo. Credit: David Cenciotti

A Predator B lands at the end of a mission. Credit: David Cenciotti

A Predator B (MQ-9 Reaper) performing a low passage at Amendola. Credit: David Cenciotti

The antenna used by the ROVER (Remote Operations Video Enhanced Receiver) hand-held receiver. Credit: David Cenciotti

Five crew members control a Predator A+ flying in Afghanistan from the Amendola ground control station. Credit: David Cenciotti

The two type of UAS of the ItAF: the Predator A+ (foreground) and the brand new Predator B (background). Credit: David Cenciotti

The pilot and sensor operator’s workstations inside one of the ItAF MGCS at the Amendola airbase. Credit: Italian Air Force