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Military & counter-UAS drone training

Military drone training and counter-UAS operator courses

Operator and UAS training courses, simulator hours and instructor certification, built around the same VTOL, fixed-wing and radar systems Orbit UAV delivers. Crews that fly the mission, not just the aircraft — run at your site or ours.

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5 days
Operator fundamentals
1:3
Instructor to trainee
On-site
Or at Orbit UAV

Drone operator training tracks

01 / Programs
TRACK 01
Operator fundamentals

Pre-flight, launch and recovery, ground station operation, airspace and safety procedure. Ends with a supervised solo sortie. [placeholder — confirm syllabus]

TRACK 02
Mission specialist

Payload employment, ISR workflows, GNSS-denied operation, radar and PTZ cueing, coordinate handoff to ground units. [placeholder — confirm modules]

TRACK 03
Instructor / train-the-trainer

Certifies your own staff to deliver the operator and specialist tracks in-house, with courseware and assessment tooling. [placeholder]

Train on the system you will fly

Crews rehearse on the same ground station interface and mission planner used in the field, so the first real sortie is not the first time they see it.

02 / Curriculum

Simulator and field hours per course

Indicative structure. Final hours, platforms and delivery mode are set per cohort and per contract. [placeholder figures]

CourseSim hField hDelivery
Operator fundamentals1216On-site
Mission specialist2018On-site
Radar + PTZ operator1410Hybrid
Instructor / TtT2424At Orbit UAV
Maintenance & field repair420On-site
Recurrency / re-check64Hybrid

Certification & assessment

03 / Standards
Written & practical exam

Each track closes with a knowledge test and an observed sortie against a published standard. [placeholder]

Orbit UAV certificate

Named to platform and role, with an expiry and a defined recurrency interval. [placeholder]

Regulatory mapping

Course content mapped to your national UAS operator requirements on request. [placeholder — jurisdictions TBD]

04 / Partners

Corporate & channel training

For integrators and distributors standing up their own delivery, support and demo capability around Orbit UAV systems.

01
Partner enablement

Product, positioning and demo-flight training for sales and pre-sales engineers. [placeholder]

02
Field service certification

Authorises partner technicians for warranty maintenance and airframe repair. [placeholder]

03
Licensed courseware

Slide decks, checklists, simulator scenarios and exams for partners running their own academy. [placeholder]

Who it is for

Defence & security units

New crews on VTOL and fixed-wing ISR, plus counter-UAS radar operators.

Border & coast guard

Long-endurance patrol operation and night thermal search workflows.

Critical infrastructure

Powerline, pipeline and site survey teams moving to fixed-wing VTOL.

Survey & mapping firms

LiDAR and photogrammetry production with survey-grade deliverables.

Integrators & distributors

Channel partners building their own delivery, demo and support capability.

Training academies

Institutions licensing Orbit UAV courseware and instructor certification.

Tell us who needs training, on what, and where.

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