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Pfc. James Leaverton receives his aviation wings from Commanding General of the Intelligence Center of Excellence Jerry Proctor – Photo: Beatrice Richardson Private First Class James Leaverton was honoured for being the 10,000th unmanned aircraft system operator to graduate at the United States Army Intelligence Center of Excellence (USAICoE), Fort
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This footage, just posted on YouTube, shows MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aircraft participating in training operations. The aircraft were stationed at Creech Air Force Base, Indian Springs, Nevada, and the footage dates from 2011. Source: YouTube
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Spain’s Aries Ingeniería y Sistemas and Global Freedom recently conducted the first specific training for operational visual intelligence for ISR and UAS in the country. The training lasted two weeks. It was held last in December and six UAS payload operators from the Army were trained. This kind of
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Two members of Beale Air Force Base were recognized as the first RQ-4 Global Hawk pilots in the new 18X career field during a winging ceremony January 13th. Second Lts. Jacob and Scott began training Oct. 3, 2011, after a decision by Air Staff officials in June 2011 established undergraduate
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Officials recently unveiled a new remotely piloted aircraft simulator facility at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada. Colonel Steven Garland, the 99th ABW commander, spoke to those gathered and explained the importance of the new facility to the base's operations. "This new simulator marks the first in
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Maj Mirmirani, Dean of Embry-Riddle's College of Engineering, said that the College is "contemplating" adding a master's degree in autonomous and unmanned systems engineering, which could start in 2013. At the start of the fall semester in August, the university launched a bachelor'
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Air Vice Marshal RKS Bhadauria VM, Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Projects), IAF, visited the Aircraft and Systems Testing Establishment (ASTE) in Bangalore to attend Valedictory Function of the first Remotely Piloted Aircraft Flight Test and Evaluation Course on December 21st The Air Force Test Pilots School (AFTPS) established in
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AAI Logistics & Technical Services, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. company, announced that it has earned the highly selective Sweden Armed Forces Technical School maintenance training provider certification. It is the first unmanned aircraft system (UAS) training provider to have earned this designation, and only the
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Presagis, a provider of commercial-off-the shelf (COTS) modeling, simulation, and embedded graphics solutions, announced that it has signed a Corporate License Agreement with General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. The Agreement will enable a closer and more strategic business arrangement between Presagis and GA-ASI, while governing all future business transactions. “Presagis
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SDS International has been awarded a contract to deliver a ROVATTS-based MQ-9 Reaper Mission Training Device (MTD) to support Air National Guard Distributed Mission Operations (DMO) activities at 1st AF/AFNORTH, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. SDS’ Advanced Technologies Division, Orlando, Florida, will deliver the latest version of its Reaper
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Sinclair UAS Training and Certification Center just posted this video of a recent UAS testing session at Indiana's Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center. A ten-member team of professionals and trainees assembled on site to test Sinclair's UAS, beginning with a systems operation overview and through
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Innocon and its Thai partner, G-Force Composites Ltd., have introduced a new highly advanced training solution for the G-Star Tactical UAS, which is in use by the Royal Thai Air Force. The enhanced solution includes Simlat’s training system, offering high-end UAS simulation. The training solution presents a customised, turnkey