Training
Among the nearly 1,500 students who received degrees from the University of North Dakota during spring commencement on Saturday were the first graduates in the nation with degrees in unmanned aircraft systems operations. “It’s truly the first and only kind of its major programme in the country at
Training
L-3 Communications has won a five-year contract under the U.S. Army’s STOC II contract for the U.S. Army’s Aviation Combined Arms Tactical Trainer (AVCATT) Post Deployment Software Support (PDSS) programme. L-3 Link Simulation & Training (L-3 Link) engineers will perform the work, which includes PDSS programme
Training
This summer, 20 Master and PhD students can get a unique experience and learn about unmanned aerial systems. NAROM, the Norwegian Centre for Space-related Education, together with Andøya Rocket Range, Narvik University College, University of Tromsø, University of Bergen and NORUT host the first summer school about unmanned aerial systems
Training
L-3 Link Simulation & Training (L-3 Link) announced yesterday that it has signed agreements with the University of North Dakota to jointly establish a UAS training centre at Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota. The centre, which is expected to begin operations in June 2011, will offer MQ-1 Predator
Training
The Fleet and Industrial Supply Center, Norfolk, Contracting Department, Philadelphia Office has a requirement for a Surrogate UAS in order to support the Joint UAS Center of Excellence as it seeks to meet all the USJFCOM requirements for its joint training related responsibilities. The focus of this initiative is on
Training
The UK Royal Air Force has completed a trial programme intended to assess the ability of non-pilots to fly UAS. Called Daedalus, the process "has successfully demonstrated that selection and training can generate remote pilots who, despite undergoing a different sort of training, are as highly trained and equally
Commercial
The US Coast Guard is training up UAS pilots in anticipation of Congress providing funding for its own aircraft. The skeleton of the service’s UAS programme is taking shape at the Aviation Training Centre, Mobile, Alabama. The Coast Guard has trained three pilots, officers with manned flight experience to
Training
The University of North Dakota has teamed with Corsair Engineering to provide University Students pursuing a UAS major at UND to use the ScanEagle UAS as an example platform to learn mission employment and operational techniques through the use of high-fidelity simulation. The ScanEagle simulator was created jointly by Corsair
Military
The US Navy’s Fleet and Industrial Supply Centre, Norfolk, Philadelphia Office wants to lease two UAS to “replicate a likely threat in visual, aural, and most importantly IR and RCS signatures at a series of training events”. The first event will take place in June 2011 on San Clemente
Training
Interest in Kansas State University Salina's Introduction to Unmanned Aircraft Systems course is soaring, with enrolment up 200 per cent since autumn 2010. The 22 students currently enrolled in the class agree on why they're taking it. They view unmanned aircraft systems as the future of
Military
Part of a series demonstrating what skills can be acquired during an Army career, the first episode compares the skills of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Systems Operator and those of a civilian Skycam Operator during an NCAA football game. This clip was posted on YouTube and the full series can
Training
BOSH Global Services has been awarded a $2.2 million one-year contract (with the option for a second year) to provide UAS training to United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) cadets. This training, which will incorporate AAI's Aerosonde Mark 4.7, familiarizes and orients future Air Force officers