MQ-9 trainers are still facing a task to increase the output of pilots and sensor operators, on track to reach a high of 700 this year with even more needed. Continue reading
Category Archives: Training
UAS Camp for Girls
Leaders of an unmanned aircraft camp tailored toward young girls hope the lessons learned there will help the aspiring pilots with leadership skills, teamwork and more.
US Air Force Graduates First Enlisted Female UAS Pilot
The US Air Force’s first female enlisted pilot completed Undergraduate Remotely Piloted Aircraft Training August 4, at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas. Tech. Sgt. Courtney is part of the Enlisted Pilot Initial Class. Continue reading
Kansas State UAS Student Spends Summer with NASA
Kurt Carraway, left, UAS executive director and Edmonds’ supervisor at the Applied Aviation Research Center
Kendy Edmonds, a senior at Kansas State University’s Polytechnic Campus, is spending the summer advancing unmanned aircraft systems technology at the nation’s best-known entity for space exploration. Continue reading
L-3 Gets $14M Predator Training Contract
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
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