Personnel for unmanned aircraft systems

2024

In 523 schools and 30 colleges in Russia from the new academic year will open circles for training in drone control

In 523 schools and 30 colleges, circles for training in drone control will be opened from the new school year. This was announced by a representative of the Ministry of Education at a meeting of the government commission for the development of unmanned aircraft systems (ALS), which took place on April 22, 2024.

We are talking about the opening of the so-called practical training centers for training in drone control. About 17 thousand drones and teachers will be purchased for educational institutions to organize training.

source = Ministry of Education of Russia

Full readiness of the program should be ensured from September 1 [2024], when students begin the next academic year. To do this, it is necessary to launch the program from July [2024], - said First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov.

According to him, educational institutions should not only be equipped with drones, but also have appropriate sites for training flights. The First Deputy Prime Minister noted that within the framework of the project, specialized classes, small and main flight zones, repair stations and 3D printing zones will be equipped in schools and colleges. 

In addition, as the press service of the Cabinet adds, Belousov instructed the Ministry of Education to further work with the Federal Air  Transport Agency on the issue of certification of prepared educational programs and teachers.

The school curriculum for grades 10-11 in primary military training has already included training in the basics of using drones. Within the framework of the "Fundamentals of Technical Training and Communications" module, schoolchildren will get an idea of ​ ​ the methods of combat use of drones and conducting terrain reconnaissance with them. In addition, students should know the "algorithm for countering enemy UAVs" and "perform practical actions to control UAVs."^[1]

The Government of the Russian Federation launched a project for the training of specialists in the field of production and control of drones

In March 2024, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a decree on the launch in Russia of a pilot project to train specialists in the development and production of unmanned aerial vehicles. As the press service of the government clarifies, within the framework of this initiative, training programs in the field of unmanned systems will be developed, as well as test the mechanisms for training and certification of students on these programs.

The project, which will last until the end of 2029, is aimed at creating a system for continuous training of specialists in the development and production of drones, as well as the operation of aircraft weighing up to 30 kg. The developer of training courses will be the University of the National Technology Initiative 2035, on the basis of which this project will be carried out.

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In addition, experts from the Aeronext Association of Unmanned Aircraft Systems Industry Enterprises and employees of the Agency for the Development of Professional Excellence (WorldSkills Russia) will take part in the development of the program.

Methodical support to "pilot" will be given by the Ministry of Labor, the Ministry of Education and Science and Minpromtorg. The Ministry of Transport will establish the procedure for conducting the exam, accreditation of the centers for conducting the exam, as well as monitoring the level of qualifications of specialists in the field of unmanned aircraft systems, valid during the implementation of the pilot project. At the end of the training, students will take qualification exams at the Russian University of Transport.

The press service of the Cabinet adds that the decree signed by Mishustin is necessary to fulfill the president's instructions. The list of instructions related to the development of unmanned aircraft systems was approved by the head of state Vladimir Putin in December 2022.

Government of the Russian Federation Resolution of March 21, 2024 No. 348

2023

Mishustin allocated 8.3 billion rubles for school classes for drone classes

At the end of January 2024, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed an order that allocated more than 8.3 billion rubles to equip schools and colleges with equipment for studying and developing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The funds are intended for 30 regions of Russia.

According to TASS, citing a document signed by Mishustin, classes on the study and development of drones will be held as part of additional educational programs. More than 550 educational organizations will be equipped with subsidies. The rules for the provision of funding and the distribution of funds were approved by the Cabinet of Ministers in December 2023.

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The government instructed the government to create a system for continuous training of specialists in the development, production and operation of unmanned aircraft systems at the Vladimir Putin end of 2022, the agency recalls.

Earlier, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko said that modules for teaching skills in the design, development, production and operation of drones will be included in 140 educational programs until 2030. By the beginning of 2024, 11 out of 30 advanced engineering schools have launched such educational programs and are conducting research and development on the topic "Unmanned Aircraft Systems." According to Chernyshenko, a number of Russian universities already have educational programs for drones, but they are planned to be scaled, given the rapid development of the industry.

In September 2023, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin held a stratification for the development of unmanned aircraft systems; it was tasked with almost doubling the volume of the Russian market for heavy and medium-sized vehicles in the next seven years. We have to not only form the industrial base and software, but also develop scientific and technological competencies. To do this, we will prepare engineering and design personnel. It is very important to attract young people, - concluded the Deputy Prime Minister.[2]

Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation creates a digital register of personnel for unmanned aircraft systems

At the end of November 2023, the Ministry of Science and Higher Education announced the development of a digital register of unmanned aircraft systems personnel. The new system is designed to take into account the training of specialists who have mastered professional educational programs.

According to TASS, citing a statement by the Ministry of Education and Science, the project developed by the department to create a digital register of personnel for drones will help Russians get new skills in demand in the formats of basic vocational training programs or additional professional programs. It is also planned to take into account the needs of the industry and specific enterprises in specialists in the development, production and operation of unmanned aircraft systems.

The Ministry of Education and Science has developed a digital register of personnel of unmanned aviation systems

The Ministry of Education and Science has developed a draft decree of the Government of the Russian Federation on the provision of a subsidy to the ANO "University of the National Technological Initiative 2035" for the training of professional personnel in the field of UAVs. The initiative is aimed at implementing the activities of the federal project "Personnel for unmanned aircraft systems," which is supervised by First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov.

In July 2023, the Ministry of Education and Science announced that in 2025 about 40 thousand students will study at universities in the field of unmanned aviation systems; in 2030, the number of such students should grow to 180 thousand people. At the same time, the ministry noted that educational modules within the framework of the planned federal project "Personnel for unmanned aircraft systems" will be developed and updated every year.

Russian President Vladimir Putin called the UAV industry "the most important area of ​ ​ the country's activity" and proposed to start teaching drone management in schools. According to the head of state, the volume of this industry can reach 1 trillion rubles.^[3]

The study of the combat use of drones is being introduced in Russian schools

In mid-November 2023, the Ministry of Education issued an order to introduce a program for studying the combat use of drones in Russian schools. The agency named the goals of the initiative:

• forming an idea of ​ ​ modern combined arms combat;
• understanding of the possibilities of applying modern achievements of scientific and technical progress in modern combat conditions, including methods of combat use of UAVs.

The program is being introduced into a new school course on the basics of security and defense of the Motherland (in the past - "Fundamentals of Life Safety," life safety). Pupils, among other things, must also receive:

• the idea "of ​ ​ the role of Russia in the modern world, threats of a military nature, the role of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in ensuring the protection of the state";
• knowledge of the elements of initial military training and safety requirements in the handling of small arms;
• the notion "of the value of safe behavior to the individual, society, state."

The Ministry of Education issued an order to introduce a program for studying the combat use of drones in Russian schools

The order makes "changes to the federal state educational standards of basic general education and secondary general education in terms of changing the name of the educational subject" Fundamentals of Life Safety "to the name" Fundamentals of Safety and Defense of the Motherland, " as well as adjustments to the requirements for subject results of mastering the subject "Fundamentals of security and defense of the Motherland" for students in educational programs of basic general and secondary general education, "the explanatory note says.

In September 2023, Minister of Education Sergei Kravtsov previously said that high school students, among other things, will be taught how to counter unmanned aerial vehicles. Then the head of the Ministry of Education announced a professional retraining program for participants in hostilities.^[4]

Russian schools began to teach drone control

From September 1, 2023, Russian schools began to teach drone control. Work in this area is being carried out within the framework of the approved federal project "Personnel for unmanned aircraft systems."

According to "Parlamentskaya Gazeta" with reference to the rector of the University of the National Technological Initiative 2035 Vadim Medvedev, it is assumed that by 2030 1.1 million children in 42.8 thousand schools and colleges will be trained in the development and operation of drones. And practical-oriented educational programs in the field of unmanned aircraft systems will appear in 70 universities. 65 thousand students will undergo training or retraining using state support measures to obtain competencies in the production and use of drones.

Russian schools began to teach drone control

In April 2023, Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed to start teaching how to control drones in schools. According to the Russian leader, such an "early career guidance" "will benefit the country," and will also distract children "from what would not have to be done."

I fully support the proposals made by our companies so that from school the guys can learn to control, assemble, design drones. I am sure, firstly, this will take the guys a useful and interesting business, distract from what would not have to be done; secondly, this so-called early career guidance will benefit the country in the end, "Putin said (quoted by TASS).

According to RIA Novosti, citing the deputy chairman of the Council for the Development of the Digital Economy under the Federation Council, Senator Artem Sheikin, the school program for drone control provides for the study of "types, purpose, tactical and technical characteristics and general structure, reconnaissance of the area and methods of ​ ​ countering enemy UAVs."^[5]

The Government of the Russian Federation allocates 57.7 billion rubles for training personnel for the field of drones

The Russian government allocates 57.7 billion rubles for the training of drone specialists. This became known from the federal project "Personnel for unmanned aircraft systems" in mid-May 2023.

As Vedomosti writes with reference to this document, the indicated amount will go to train specialists in the development and use of drones in 2024-2030. It is expected that in 2024 alone, about 5.3 billion rubles of budget funds will be spent on this initiative.

57.7 billion rubles allocated for the training of drone specialists

According to the passport of the project "Personnel for unmanned aircraft systems," its main goal is to create a system for continuous training of specialists in the development, production and operation of unmanned aircraft systems and control over the level of qualification of such specialists. As a result, modules for unmanned aviation systems (ALS) should be developed and introduced into educational programs of general, secondary vocational and higher education.

The authors of the document expect that this will prepare at least 100,000 new workers for various areas of development and use of ALS in 2024, and by 2030 their number should grow to 1 million specialists.

One of the educational institutions training ALS operators within the framework of the project will be the Center for Unmanned Systems (CBS) in Tula. By mid-May 2023, representatives of units of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and other law enforcement agencies are trained here. For six issues of cadets, the center has prepared 147 operators of unmanned aerial vehicles, said Maxim Sinyavsky, Deputy Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Tula Region.

In April 2023, the secretariat of the First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Andrei Belousov told reporters that the government had formed a national project for the development of unmanned air systems and would soon report to the president on the state of work. According to the Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the RFVasiliya Shpathe RFVasiliya Shpak, a passport of the national project has been created, within the framework of which several federal projects are being formed. Two of them - "Stimulating demand for domestic ALS" and "Development, standardization and mass production of ALS and components" - are under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Industry and Trade.^[6]

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