Category Archives: Training

UMS SKELDAR Partners with Swedish Aviation Technical Training School

UMS SKELDAR has partnered with the leading Swedish Aviation Technical Training School as part of its expanding training initiatives. In addition, UMS SKELDAR is working with the school to develop the highest quality UAV standards in a bid to pave the way for the impending regulations towards the end of 2019. Continue reading

SKELDAR R-350 Flight Crews Pass UK Certification

UMS Skeldar, has teamed up with UK CAA (Civil Aviation Authority)-approved specialist UAV and drone training organisation Remote Unmanned Systems Training Academy (RUSTA) to complete a range of theory and live-flying exercises leading to PFCO (Permission for Commercial Operations), providing commercial drone pilots with the skills and qualification to operate safely and legally in UK airspace. Continue reading

US Army Concludes New Equipment Training for Gray Eagle Extended Range

The U.S. Army has completed its New Equipment Training (NET) at Fort Campbell, Kentucky for the MQ-1C ER Gray Eagle Extended Range. The training covered new maintenance procedures, manuals and ground support equipment associated with the MQ-1C ER, which is a new Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) produced by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI). Continue reading

German Crews Start Heron TP Training

German air force personnel have begun training on their new Heron TP unmanned aerial vehicles at Tel Nof airbase in Israel, ahead of the planned delivery of the first example by the end of 2019. A contract for the delivery of the TP—developed by Israel Aerospace Systems—to replace Germany’s Heron 1 variants was signed in June 2018, and now the first crews to train on the type have traveled to Israel for eight weeks of training. Continue reading