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At first glance, the 15E Unmanned Aircraft Systems Maintainer Advanced and Senior Leadership Course at the U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence Noncommissioned Officer Academy looks and feels like a well-oiled Army training machine honed over the years by experienced Soldiers. And that glance proves true, except for
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Israel Aerospace Industries announced that it has established the IAI UAS Academy - a unique solution for training and certification of UAS operators and technicians - at the IAI facilities near Ben Gurion Airport, Israel.The UAS Academy is based on IAI's vast knowledge and experience of four decades in
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Holloman Air Force Base is the primary training base for some of the newest aircraft in the military. The MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper at Holloman represent advances in technology and one of the newest career fields in the US Air Force. "My unmanned aircraft can go
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UVision Wasp Simulated by Simlat Simlat was recently awarded a contract to provide UVision Global Aero Systems with a highly advanced simulator for training & testing, including built-in, external, and Hardware-in-the-Loop (HWIL) simulation, all customized to UVision’s unmanned aerial platforms. This multi-purpose system is
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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
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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