U.S. Army uses virtual drone training to prepare soldiers for future warfighting

How do you train thousands of soldiers for drone operating proficiency when you have limited training resources? One answer: virtual simulators. U.S. Army post Fort Benning ...
Army Times

Soldiers in Army basic training now knocking down drones

Maj. Gen. Phil Brooks, Fires Center of Excellence commander, center, observes students disable drones at the Joint Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft Systems University. (Christopher Wilson/U.S. Army) ...
Stars and Stripes

Marine Corps announces 6-pack of new drone courses for all its members

The Marine Corps is adding six new piloting courses as the service prepares to field tens of thousands of commercial drones in the coming year. The plan, announced Monday in a memo from the service, ...
Task & Purpose

Army revamps basic training to simulate battlefield stalked by drone swarms

The Army has revamped the Forge, which has been the capstone event of basic training for over half a decade, based on lessons learned from the war in Ukraine, Gen. Gary M. Brito told Task & Purpose in ...
Military Times

Marine training chief wants to ‘let NCOs loose’ with more drone access

U.S. Marines operate a Skydio X2 drone at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, April 2022. (Staff Sgt. Akeel Austin/U.S. Marine Corps) The Marines’ new Attack Drone Team is tackling the challenge of turning ...