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Bearded man in a black DJI Enterprise polo holding a GEO Trainer Certification and a DJI Matrice 4E, with a DJI Matrice 400 on a wooden table in front of him

Drone Training · DJI Enterprise

DJI Certifies First Benelux Dealer for Europe-Only Mapping Training

Drone Parts Center in Nivelles, Belgium, is the first Benelux dealer certified for DJI's GEO training. Matrice 4E and Zenmuse L3 courses now open.

Haye KestelooOct 53 min read

Two children in pilot caps sitting at a junior flight simulator cockpit with multiple display screens

Europe

Estonia's Capital Trains Kids From 8 on Drones, Citing Russia

Tallinn opened a drone classroom for children aged 8 to 16 and it is already fully booked. The city sold it as STEM. Its creator says the motive is Russia.

Haye KestelooOct 4

Royal Military Academy Sandhurst officer cadet kneeling with a drone controller as a small quadcopter hovers past his section at Hohenfels Training Area, Germany

United Kingdom

British Army Bought 10,000 Drones In A Year, Most Are For Training

The British Army acquired 10,000-plus drones through Project Rapstone in a year and points most at training: manual FPV, 30 simulator hours, no GPS.

Haye KestelooSep 26

A young boy in a Blue Angels flight suit holds a Blue Angels RC model jet at Flite Fest 2023

Industry

Army Has 40,000 Drones and Too Few Pilots. FAA Data Shows Why

The Army has drones for every squad but too few trained pilots. FAA data shows the hobbyist pipeline that produces them has been shrinking since 2023.

Haye KestelooSep 20

Jason Day of DRONERESPONDERS in a white cowboy hat and dark suit speaking at a podium marked Commercial UAV Expo, lit by blue stage lighting

ERIC TALLEY AWARD

DRONERESPONDERS Honors The Texas Program Behind 100,000 Sorties

Greg Whiting took the Eric Talley Public Safety UAS Excellence Award at Commercial UAV Expo, days after his Texas program logged its 100,000th sortie.

Haye KestelooSep 1

UAV EXPO

Pilot Institute Warns Of A Drone Hiring Cliff In Two To Three Years

Greg Reverdiau told Commercial UAV Expo the affordable drone that created this industry is disappearing, and aviation already ran this experiment once.

Haye KestelooSep 1

Overhead black-and-white view of a DJI Phantom quadcopter surrounded by folding DJI Mavic drones and other multirotors arranged on a white surface

Firefighters

IAFF Launches Drone Training To Cut Hazmat Exposure

The International Association of Fire Fighters is training its HazMat instructors as drone pilots, backed by the largest grant in the union's history — an $8 million NIEHS award. The five-year goal: put a Parrot ANAFI UKR into contaminated scenes before a single firefighter walks downrange.

Rafael SuárezAug 6