L-3 Link Simulation and Training, Arlington, Texas, has been awarded a $13,946,359 modification (P00071) to previously awarded contract FA8621-13-C-6323 for Predator Mission Aircrew Training System (PMATS) Blue Box High Definition (BBHD) retrofit upgrade. Continue reading
Category Archives: Training
Microsoft Shares Open Source Drone Training System
When most people with normal vision walk down the street, they can easily differentiate the things they must avoid – like trees, curbs and glass doors — from the things they don’t, such as shadows, reflections and clouds.
US Reservists Train with Unmanned Systems
Engineers, technologists and operators served as part of a dynamic development team throughout the Ship to Shore Maneuver Exploration and Experimentation (S2ME2) Advanced Naval Technology Exercise (ANTX) 2017 at Camp Pendleton, April 17-28. Continue reading
ConsortiQ is Now a UK Approved Training Centre
ConsortiQ, has announced that it is now an Approved Training Centre, able to award the ProQual Level 3 Certificate and Level 4 Diploma in The Remote Piloting of Unmanned Aircraft Systems for Commercial Operation. Continue reading
Grand Forks Opens Drone Academy to Public
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North Dakota’s first-of-its-kind drone academy open to the public is ready to accept potential unmanned aircraft system pilots. Continue reading
Avion Unmanned Launches Online UAS Training Portal
After countless hours and iterations, the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Training Team at Avion Unmanned announces the long-awaited launch of their Online UAS Training Portal. Designed and developed to prepare groups and individuals in the commercial sector, as well as law enforcement, for the challenges they face in the operation of UAS (drones) in the National Airspace System (NAS), the UAS training portal offers self-paced remote training that encompasses recently released Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) UAS regulations. Continue reading
USAF’s 1,000th RPA Student Graduates
Lt. Col. Jason Thompson, 558th Flying Training Squadron commander, presented 2nd Lt. Kevin a certificate commemorating the thousandth graduate of the Undergraduate Remotely Piloted Aircraft training program at Joint Base San Antonio–Randolph, Texas, Jan. 20, 2017. Continue reading
First Drone Training Centre in Singapore
A new drone training centre at Republic Polytechnic (RP) will offer courses to people who want to learn how to fly these unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). According to RP, this is the first dedicated UAV centre among Singapore’s institutes of higher learning that provides training and education for drone users. Continue reading