New UAV command and control technologies, satellite BLOS links and Multi-Domain Multi-Platform Drone Control

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) is defined as a powered, aerial vehicle that does not carry a human operator, uses aerodynamic forces to provide vehicle lift, can fly autonomously or be piloted remotely, can be expendable or recoverable, and can carry a lethal or nonlethal payload. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are quickly becoming ubiquitous in military command and control operations. With reduced radar signatures, increased endurance, and the removal of humans from
immediate threat, unmanned (also known as uninhabited) aerial vehicles have become indispensable assets to militarized forces  around the world, as proven by the extensive use of the Shadow and Predator in recent conflicts. UAVs have become indispensable to modern military for large number and variety of missions; intelligence & reconnaissance missions like signal intelligence, image intelligence; communications mission like radio relay; electronic warfare missions like electronic attack and electronic protection, and Nuclear, Biological and Chemical (NBC) missions.