ASTM International and the DRONERESPONDERS Public Safety Alliance – an official program of AIRT, a 501(c) non-profit organization supporting Drones For Good, have announced a new strategic initiative designed to standardize the training and use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and related technology across the public safety and emergency services sectors around the world. Continue reading
Category Archives: Training
Thailand’s First UAS Training Centre Opens
The Defence Technology Institute Unmanned Aircraft Systems Training Centre (DTI-UTC) was established in response to rising demand for human resources development required by the Ministry of Interior, agencies related to national security, and general public as well as extensive growth in Unmanned Aircraft Systems or drone usage. Continue reading
FAA Continues Drone Training Initiatives
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced 26 schools have been selected so far to participate in the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Collegiate Training Initiative (UAS-CTI). Continue reading
K-State Polytechnic Granted Nationwide BVLOS Waiver
Heliguy Partners with SOARIZON on Training
HELIGUY.com and SOARIZON by Thales enter into new partnership; Drone pilots trained by HELIGUY.com will be offered discounted access to SOARIZON’S drone operations management platform; SOARIZON’s digital drone planning software provides operators with advanced mission planning capabilities; HELIGUY.com is training drone pilots through Blackbox – an online drone training portal. Continue reading
Adaptive Therapy Utilizing Small Unmanned Aerial Systems
Over the many years that I’ve been training disabled veterans into becoming small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) commercial (FAA Part 107) operators with Wounded Eagle UAS, it’s come to my attention that there is an amazing therapy treatment that physical therapists and those in the medical community are unaware of. Continue reading
DroneUp Acquires AeroVista Innovations
DroneUp, LLC, an end-to-end drone pilot service provider for aerial data collection, is pleased to announce that it has acquired AeroVista Innovations, LLC to provide full-service drone training to private and public sector organizations. Continue reading
GA-ASI Installs New Predator Mission Trainer at FTTC
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. has installed a new Predator Mission Trainer (PMT) at its Flight Test and Training Center (FTTC) in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Continue reading