A Fully Network Controlled Flight Test Center and Remote Telemetry Centers

Abstract

The purpose of this abstract is to show how Airbus Military Telemetry Ground Station has evolved from a Single Ground Station towards a Distributed Ground Station. For this we had to adapt ourselves to our growing number of remote stations, as well as developing the control needed to reach full interoperability among remote stations. In short, creating a Virtual Ground Station. In this paper we describe the starting point, a single ground station and its control, and the arrival point, different Ground Stations, and how control has evolved by using our own developed software called ENCOS (Network Equipment COntrol System).