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Advanced Indigenous Drone Training in Canada

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Canada’s future drone industry just gained a powerful new talent pipeline. The second cohort of the Rupertsland Emergency and Industry Skills Program (REISD), aka Métis Drone, has officially graduated at the nationally acclaimed Métis Crossing, marking another milestone in Indigenous-led innovation, advanced technology training, and economic development. Funded in partnership with Rupertsland Institute, the Otipemisiwak […]

Indigenous-Led Métis Drone Training Builds Job-Ready RPAS Talent for High-Demand Sectors

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Training at Métis Crossing builds advanced drone skills for emergency, industrial, and environmental missions across Canada Canada’s drone industry has a new source of trained professionals. At Métis Crossing in Alberta, the second cohort of the Rupertsland Emergency and Industry Skills Program (REISD), also known as Métis Drone, has graduated. The program focuses on Métis […]

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Pentagon Stages First ‘Top Drone’ School

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The Pentagon last month held its first  ‘Top Drone’ school for drone pilots to demonstrate their skills in a threat-representative environment. The event took place as part of the Defense Department’s Technology Readiness Experimentation, or T-REX, a semiannual showcase and evaluation staged at Camp Atterbury in Indiana. The event aims to validate prototypes built to […]

BlueHalo and GrandSKY Partner to Create a Unique Hub for Tech Innovation, Testing, and Training

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– BlueHalo and GrandSKY, the nation’s first commercial business park focused on unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), announced a formal agreement today through a signed memorandum of understanding (MOU). The collaboration will promote the integration of BlueHalo’s next- generation autonomous systems, layered air defense solutions, hypersonic telemetry, and airspace command and control technologies into GrandSKY’s facilities […]

HENSOLDT and QinetiQ Germany Expand Cooperation

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The sensor solutions provider HENSOLDT and QinetiQ Germany have strengthened their collaboration in the field of unmanned aerial vehicles and systems, with ESG Elektroniksystem- und Logistik-GmbH serving as the prime contractor. This strengthened alliance supports QinetiQ’s Global Threat Representation strategy, reinforcing its reputation as a global service provider for military exercises, from operational analysis to […]

GA-ASI and CAE Sign Long-Term Agreement MQ-9B SkyGuardian Mission Trainer

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– General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. and CAE have announced a long-term agreement for the development and production of the next-generation mission trainer for GA-ASI’s MQ-9B SkyGuardian remotely piloted aircraft system (RPAS). The contract with GA-ASI includes a firm order for 11 mission trainers, with the opportunity to deliver up to 50 devices over the […]

UAS Safety Training by Southern California Safety Institute

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The idea for the UAS (Unmanned Aircraft Systems) course at the Southern California Safety Institute originated from a question during one of the Human Factors courses about automation and a DJI drone flyaway. Since then, the Institute has been delivering the course for 12 years. This industry-leading introduction to Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) […]

Saab Reveals Live Training UAV

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During the I/ITSEC event in Orlando, Florida, Saab has revealed a UAV training capability which can act both as an asset or threat during military exercises. Saab has also recently received an order from an undisclosed customer to deliver a number of prototype UAV live training systems. Saab’s new UAV trainer is used as an […]

Students Get to Fly Guinness-Record Drone

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UCI Professor Peter Burke set a Guinness World Record* for the farthest distance to control a drone. Now, the electrical engineering professor is teaching a class where students get to build and fly that exact drone model. His record-breaking drone was operated from 11,440 miles away – close to antipode, the furthest distance on the […]