For the purposes of evaluating network communication scenarios for our drone-related research, a software solution was put together by utilizing two network emulators in tandem: the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s Common Open Research Emulator (CORE), which houses a representation of a real-time computer network using containerization technology, and the Extendable Mobile Ad-hoc Network Emulator (EMANE), which represents the wireless network using a pluggable MAC and PHY layer architecture. It allows us to take a prepared UAV trajectory plan and test out our data transfer expectations and goals in a true-to-life emulated system without having to run tests with real hardware for every iteration, giving researchers valuable insights while saving them prototyping time.