A drone control system for controlling a drone, said drone including an onboard flight system, said onboard flight system being previously configured to receive navigational data in a format compliant with a standard navigational data transmission protocol, said system comprising: a remote sensor located remotely from the drone and configured to determine position data of said drone relative to said remote sensor and to provide said position data to said drone; said drone control system being characterized by further including: an interface coupled with said remote sensor, said interface replacing a conventional onboard GPS sensor, said interface being configured to receive said position data from said remote sensor, said interface further being configured to produce a pseudo GPS signal from said position data, said pseudo GPS signal replacing a GPS signal which would have been produced by a conventional onboard GPS sensor, said pseudo GPS signal indicating the position of the drone, said interface further being configured to provide said pseudo GPS signal to an onboard flight system of the drone, the format of said pseudo GPS signal being fully compliant with said standard navigational data transmission protocol employed by said onboard flight system, wherein said onboard flight system is configured to receive inertial tracking data and said pseudo GPS signal, said onboard flight system being further configured to track the position of the drone by merging said inertial tracking data and said pseudo GPS signal and to navigate said drone accordingly, said onboard flight system receives the inertial tracking data from an onboard inertial measuring unit of said drone. a remote sensor located remotely from the drone and configured to determine position data of said drone relative to said remote sensor and to provide said position data to said drone; said drone control system being characterized by further including: an interface coupled with said remote sensor, said interface replacing a conventional onboard GPS sensor, said interface being configured to receive said position data from said remote sensor, said interface further being configured to produce a pseudo GPS signal from said position data, said pseudo GPS signal replacing a GPS signal which would have been produced by a conventional onboard GPS sensor, said pseudo GPS signal indicating the position of the drone, said interface further being configured to provide said pseudo GPS signal to an onboard flight system of the drone, the format of said pseudo GPS signal being fully compliant with said standard navigational data transmission protocol employed by said onboard flight system, wherein said onboard flight system is configured to receive inertial tracking data and said pseudo GPS signal, said onboard flight system being further configured to track the position of the drone by merging said inertial tracking data and said pseudo GPS signal and to navigate said drone accordingly, said onboard flight system receives the inertial tracking data from an onboard inertial measuring unit of said drone. an interface coupled with said remote sensor, said interface replacing a conventional onboard GPS sensor, said interface being configured to receive said position data from said remote sensor, said interface further being configured to produce a pseudo GPS signal from said position data, said pseudo GPS signal replacing a GPS signal which would have been produced by a conventional onboard GPS sensor, said pseudo GPS signal indicating the position of the drone, said interface further being configured to provide said pseudo GPS signal to an onboard flight system of the drone, the format of said pseudo GPS signal being fully compliant with said standard navigational data transmission protocol employed by said onboard flight system, wherein said onboard flight system is configured to receive inertial tracking data and said pseudo GPS signal, said onboard flight system being further configured to track the position of the drone by merging said inertial tracking data and said pseudo GPS signal and to navigate said drone accordingly, said onboard flight system receives the inertial tracking data from an onboard inertial measuring unit of said drone.