K-State Salina’s unmanned aircraft systems program is getting a significant addition with the recent completion of one of the largest enclosed unmanned flight facilities in the nation.
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VM-aware Storage Improves US Army Unmanned Aircraft Training
Tintri Inc., a producer of VM-aware storage (VAS) for virtualization and cloud environments, today announced that the U.S. Army Joint Systems Integration Lab (JSIL) is increasing user satisfaction and improving performance by using Tintri’s VM-aware storage to manage all virtualized workloads in its unmanned aircraft training systems division. Continue reading
US Air Force Delays Decision on Airmen Flying RPAS
The U.S. Air Force has delayed until possibly next year a decision on whether to let enlisted airmen fly RPAS. A decision on the matter was expected in November, but will probably be pushed back until January, officials said last week at the Air and Space Conference near Washington, D.C. No explanation was immediately available.
GA-ASI to Open RPA Training Academy in Grand Forks
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. has confirmed plans to open a RPA Training Academy in Grand Forks, North Dakota. GA-ASI has signed a 10-year lease and is expecting to break ground soon. GA-ASI flight crew training will commence early next year and the company expects to welcome its first Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers shortly thereafter. Continue reading
CAE Plans to Extend Predator Training
CAE has revealed plans to replicate the unmanned air vehicle training that it offers to the US Air Force to more operators of the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems family of Predator UAVs.
New UK Training School Opens with CAA Approved Training Courses
A brand new drone training school in the UK UAV Air is the brainchild of four senior airline pilots along with two of the country’s most widely respected drone operators, Cloud12 and UAViate. Continue reading
South Africa’s First SACAA Approved RPA Flight Training School
Gauteng-based ProWings Training is the first flying school in South Africa to be approved by the SA Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) as a commercial remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) training organisation. Continue reading
AEgis Delivers UAS Simulation to Sinclair College
AEgis Technologies has successfully fielded a Vampire Institutional Training System (VITS) for classroom simulation at Sinclair College in Dayton, Ohio. Sinclair has incorporated Vampire as part of a state-of-the-art learning lab included in the National UAS Training and Certification Center. The simulation will support both credit and non-credit courses, as well as training and research leveraging live, virtual and constructive technologies and partnerships. Continue reading