Method and system for teaming manned and unmanned aerial vehicles

A system in a manned aerial vehicle for teaming with an unmanned aerial vehicle, the system comprising:

• at least one central processing unit (CPU) including a plurality of cores, the at least one CPU being interconnected functionally to:
• a communication module;
• a navigation module;
• one or more display modules;
• and
• at least one memory device thereupon stored a set of instructions which, when executed by the at least one CPU, causes the system to:
• input to the navigation module coordinates for an area of interest;
• plot a course to the area of interest in the controller;
• identify one or more unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) near the area of interest;
• communicate to a ground controller rendezvous coordinates for one of the one or more UAVs;
• and
• negotiate a control hand-off of the one of the one or more UAVs from the ground controller to the controller.