Forces of Unmanned Systems: The Armed Forces Instructor of the Armed Forces told about changes and whether it is difficult to find an operator
The hero of the material is a former Iito and a military French foreign legion, who himself entered the ranks of the Defense Forces of Ukraine in 2022, after the beginning of a full -scale invasion of Russia. In the landing troops, he almost immediately became the commander of the UAV department. He had never flew on drones before, but technical skills and ability to look for information on the Internet.
In fact, the position of UAV instructor is associated not so much with training, but more with the guidance and coordination of pilots in the assault battalion. At the beginning of the invasion, there were no drone operators - only were taught to work with such large drones as Stork. So the interview hero took the operator's courses in Victory Drones after injury in the summer of 2022.
But the skills were not immediately needed - on the front of the front where the service was held after them, specific models of drones could not be used. The UAV instructor unit remains in the DShV, despite the creation of unmanned forces. But in the last two months the military has not heard of their actual formation. The pilots of UAV pilots in the brigades also did not increase, and real pilots in parts one and a half times more than by staff.
"For example, there are people in the unit who are on the state of storms but work out by operators. And there are not enough people to fly on all the birds that are available. I am monitoring the situation. On Lobby X, Work. ua on other platforms is not visible SBS recruitment, "the instructor complains about the operators' deficit. The available vacancies of UAV operators respond mainly to the military who want to be as far away from direct combat.
At the same time, they do not have the appropriate technical skills. The instructor is skeptical of such searches after multiple interviews with candidates. "FPV is the basis of drumpets at the near distances and to master these drones, it is really necessary to sit for simulators and to work skills. Cards, conditions of masking, actions of the IP and Rer, tactics, as well as cards of several types, systems of situational awareness, " - says the necessary skills of the instructor.
The military says that such civilian drones as Mavic, it is easy to manage, and it can recommend good copies of copter UAVs. He advises Victory Drones courses that are both for the military and civilians. "We have half of the best operators in the battalion are people who were previously involved in IT. This means those experts who are used to constant training, analyzing the tone of information and the recerty on the Internet.
I remember when I am after being injured in 2022 It fell for half a year, then the FPV, antenna and I had to study almost again, " - said the instructor. Earlier, the Armed Forces officer and the famous activist Yuri Kasyanov called the shortcomings of the creation of the forces of unmanned systems. He believes that the army is undergoing deep restructuring, the war is radically changing, but this does not have time.