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Dakota College Hosts sUAS Industry Bootcamp in 2026
Dakota College at Bottineau is quietly becoming one of the more interesting places in the US if you care about practical drone education, especially the kind that actually leads to jobs instead of just Instagram clips and dusty certificates. In…
UK Ministry of Defence invests £240,000 in drone degree as Army confronts artillery’s decline
When I first covered the NMITE drone degree announcement last month, the funding details were conspicuously absent. Now we have numbers. The Ministry of Defence has committed £240,000 to what officials are calling the UK’s first “drone degree,” with enrollment…
College of DuPage Wins $4M for Drone Training
The College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, has been awarded $4 million in federal funding to expand its aviation and drone education programs, a move aimed squarely at fixing growing workforce shortages across the U.S. aviation sector, as Aviation…
Police Officer Brings Drone Tech Lessons to High School
Columbian High School in Tiffin, Ohio welcomed Officer Stevens from the Tiffin Police Department for a full morning dedicated to drone education, and the visit quickly turned into a hands on exploration of how unmanned aircraft are shaping the future…
Students Gear Up for Mescalero Apache Drone Competition
The students at Mescalero Apache Middle and High School are getting ready for their annual aerial drone competition, which takes place this Saturday, December 6, on the reservation near Ruidoso in New Mexico, as reported by Ruidoso News. The event…
Pilot Institute Black Friday Sale: Part 107, Mapping, and LiDAR Courses Up to 50% Off
Pilot Institute just launched what it calls its “biggest sale ever“ with steep discounts on drone training courses that could transform your flying from hobby to career. The Black Friday promotion slashes prices across the board, making professional drone education…
Lake Mills Students Take Flight with Drone Designers STEM Program
Lake Mills Community Schools in Iowa are giving students a new reason to look up. Thanks to a grant from the Iowa STEM Scale-Up Program, the district launched Drone Designers: Exploring STEM Careers this spring, a hands-on initiative that blends…
Edison High School’s Drone Program Is Taking Off
Edison High School in Richmond is giving students a head start in one of the fastest-growing technology fields. Its drone program, now in its second year, is helping juniors and seniors gain real-world flight skills and a path toward FAA…
Russia Spends $82 Million On 18,000 Combat Drones To Train Teenagers For War
Russia has purchased 18,000 drones for 500 schools at a cost of 8.38 billion rubles ($82 million USD) in 2024 as part of a program training teenagers to operate unmanned aerial vehicles for combat, according to Ukrainian intelligence reports. The…
North Carolina’s ‘Drone Audition’ Model Shows How Pentagon Plans To Accelerate Military Innovation Beyond Failed Replicator Program
Based on reporting by Dan Barkin for Business North Carolina A first-of-its-kind drone competition in rural North Carolina is quietly prototyping how America might finally close its innovation gap with Ukraine’s battlefield laboratories—by letting military commanders “audition” new systems at…
Wake‑Up Call: How China’s Colleges Are Powering the Next Drone Arms Race
More than 200 university teams competed in military drone scenarios organized by China’s top defense leadership, revealing Beijing’s systematic campaign to recruit young talent for autonomous warfare development. The final round of China’s National Youth Intelligent Unmanned Systems Application Competition…
Lithuanian Kids Learn to Fly Drones Near Russian Border
In a small town just 20km from the Russian border, a new kind of school is in session. Here, children as young as 10 are not just learning math and history; they are learning to build, code, and fly FPV,…