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Kurt Barnhart, executive director of the Applied Aviation Research Center and head of the aviation department, and Eric Shappee, associate professor of aviation, at Kansas State University Salina, have helped write and edit one of the first collegiate-level textbooks on unmanned aircraft systems, “Introduction to Unmanned Aircraft Systems.” Continue reading
The AEgis Technologies Group is now the largest provider of 3D visualization and embedded training devices for unmanned systems. Continue reading
College Hangar - Photo: Northland Community and Technical College
The state of North Dakota is trying to position itself to become a leader in unmanned aircraft. Continue reading
The 174th Fighter Wing, which has been operating unmanned aircraft over Afghanistan for nearly two years is about to start flying them out of Fort Drum and over Northern New York. Continue reading
Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio, has requested federal approval of a site at Springfield Air National Guard Base to do training flights of unmanned aircraft, in the latest effort by the region to develop itself as a center of education and expertise for UAS and the information-gathering sensor systems they carry. Continue reading
Northland Community and Technical College was recently informed that it will be receiving a $4.7 million grant for targeted job training and workforce development. Continue reading
Australia’s V-TOL Aerospace (V-TOL), a relative new comer to the aviation industry, and the Royal Queensland Aero Club (RQAC), with roots stemming back to 1910, are developing and preparing to teach the first certified Australian unmanned aircraft (UA) training courses through their specialist training organisations. Continue reading
Pilots of remotely piloted aircraft will become more prevalent in the Air Force than pilots of manned aircraft, the commander of the service’s Air Education and Training Command said on Monday. Continue reading