Northwestern Michigan College has received a Certificate of Authorization from the FAA to operate their UAV Factory Penguin B. The college, located in Traverse City Michigan, offers training on UAS systems to go along with their regular manned aviation training degree. Since 2010, the college has continued to grow their UAS program and graduates of the program are currently...
The Hinds Community College Aviation Department will offer a limited number of slots in the spring 2013 semester for students interested in the program for training in piloting unmanned aerial vehicles. In August, Hinds began training students interested in piloting UAVs to address the expected increasing demand within the civilian U.S. market. The spring semester begins Jan. 14. The...
The Liberty University School of Aeronautics has announced its first alumni to be hired to operate unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). When the school began offering training in unmanned aerial systems in fall 2011, it was at the forefront of teaching this burgeoning technology to college students. Liberty became just one of a few universities in the country to have a program...
This new division of Resource Group Ltd delivers foundation training for UAS (unmanned aircraft systems) operators and sensor payload operators. The scope of the training includes Nano, Micro and MALE UAV (Unmanned Air Vehicle) Systems and also covers Payload Operators for both manned and unmanned aircraft platforms. Delivery is by a combination of web-based and classroom based ground school and practical training...
Saint Louis University purchases first Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) simulator. Through a partnership with SLU’s Center for Aviation Safety Research (CASR) and Williams Aerospace, the University will research and train industry on technologies that improve national defense, scientific research, disaster relief, public safety and technological development. The simulator will be integrated with SLU’s current...
MANHATTAN — As an interim dean, industrial engineer Verna M. Fitzsimmons led Kent State University through tremendous change. Now she’ll be taking Kansas State University Salina into the future. Fitzsimmons was selected as K-State Salina’s CEO and dean. She will succeed Dennis Kuhlman, who retires June 30. “Verna Fitzsimmons is a proven academic leader who has the experience to...
Visiongain’s analysis indicates that the UAV flight training and simulation market will reach a value of $451.9m in 2012, as increasing demands for UAVs around the world drives the creation of formalised pilot and sensor operator training and simulation apparatus. A Visiongain analyst commented that: ‘Growing requirements for UAVs will lead to continued demand for more immersive operator training....
By Jim Phillips At two big open fields – one near Belpre, the other about five miles southwest of Athens – kids and adults gather from near and far to fly their radio-controlled model airplanes. But when Ohio University researcher Michael Braasch and his colleagues show up at either to do a little test-flying with their experimental aircraft model,...
Indiana State University (ISU) is collaborating with Corsair Engineering Inc., which created the simulator to teach students in the university’s unmanned systems program. The simulator, which will be integrated into unmanned system courses next fall, was created specifically for college students to learn the basics of operating unmanned vehicles. The ISU simulator is for unmanned aircraft. “You don’t have to spend...
By Alan Levin Bloomberg Russell Peters is a junior at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (78211MF), one of the top U.S. flight-training schools, who has no intention of taking to the skies. Standing next to a 3-foot-wide (91.4 centimeters) plane that searches for objects on the ground using artificial intelligence, he talks about how his fascination with robotics led him to theDaytona...
