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The Air Force is expanding its experiment with advanced, artificial intelligence-infused pilot training to the pipeline for creating drone pilots and sensor operators. The program, called RPA Training Next, takes some cues from the Air Force’s Pilot Training Next program. In a June 1 interview, program director Maj. Adam “Boomer” …

Pilots report TWO drone near-misses every week with more than 400 incidents in the last five years, investigation finds Aircraft pilots are reporting two near-misses every week, investigation reveals There have been 405 near-misses between drones and aircraft since 2015 This includes 115 in the year to November – 44 …

On Friday night in an old newspaper printing plant in Austin, the future of drone automation lifted off, accelerated and flew, nearly fast enough to beat one of the best drone pilots in the world. Gabriel Kocher, known in the professional Drone Racing League as Gab707, sat behind a net, …

South Korea’s MinChan Kim, one of the fastest drone racers in the world, placed first in the race followed by second place winner Soren Anderson and third place winner SungJu Park. All 3 racers are among six of the top drone pilots in the world that competed at the event. …

Dan Landis was a model aircraft enthusiast who cut his cut his teeth flying drones in Afghanistan and Iraq as a military contractor. Desiree Ekstein was a videographer whose mother suggested a drone might give her work some new perspective. Scott Shepard was a commercial photographer who was introduced to …