The program provides training not only in piloting, but also in design and programming
A new course for preparing students to work with UAVs is planned to be included in the curriculum. This will help to develop technical skills in children, as well as motor skills, experts say. In the future, it is possible to introduce this discipline in higher education institutions.
Updating the school curriculum
Russia has developed a training course for schoolchildren on handling unmanned aerial vehicles, said Daria Borisova, director of the Avangard Educational and Methodological Center. He will be included in the program of initial military training, which has appeared in high school students since 2023.
— We will teach not only piloting, but also design, programming and, of course, countering drones. The course can easily be integrated into the school curriculum, as it is divided into those subjects that already exist. So, part of the clock is introduced into the subject of computer science, part — into the subject of technology, if we are talking about design, part — into life," she explained.
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And training in piloting and countering UAVs will be conducted by instructors of the center, including those with combat experience.
According to the director, an agreement has also recently been signed between the center and the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia, which will facilitate the implementation of this program in higher education institutions.
Izvestia's help
The Avangard Educational and Methodological Center was established by the governments of Moscow and the Moscow Region with the support of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. The center is designed for simultaneous training and round-the-clock accommodation of 900 schoolchildren and 1800 college graduate students from Moscow and the Moscow region. Military training camps for each category of students last five days, during which high school students and students of general education organizations study six military accounting specialties under the guidance of 110 professional instructors, teachers and counselors.
Training of UAV operators
This course will develop technical skills among schoolchildren, as well as motor abilities, military expert Viktor Litovkin told Izvestia.
— Drones can now be used for various purposes: photographing the city and nature, conducting surveillance, extinguishing fires. Therefore, it will also develop the children's observation skills. And in the situation that is developing in the world, it is better to be able to do this than not. You never know when and in what situation the skills of a UAV operator can be useful.
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The use of drones will actively develop in the coming years, not only in the military sphere, but also in the civilian sphere, military expert Yuri Lyamin told Izvestia.
— Now it is almost the main guided weapons and a means of surveillance and reconnaissance on the front line. It is being mass—produced, so we need a large number of operators, technicians, programmers, and various specialists in this field," he noted.
The expert recalled that recently the Minister of Defense spoke about the production of 4 thousand drones per day.
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— It is important that people understand what FPV drones are, how they are controlled, their device and the like. I don't think it's possible to train full-fledged operators and others in the lessons. But they can identify talented teenagers who can become good specialists in this field. Someone has the ability to pilot, someone has the ability to program. Maybe someone will start manufacturing drones later. And in adolescence, a person has a maximum reaction speed and at the same time an interest in some things is formed. He may not know that he has a talent for this," Yuri Lyamin summed up.
Three tasks — one FPV drone
Earlier, Izvestia wrote that Russian fighters received the first Piranha-13 FPV drone in the zone of a special military operation. This was told by the head of public relations at SKB Piranha.
One of the tasks that an FPV drone can solve is remote mining. The second task is to deliver water, food and ammunition to remote positions.
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— Fighters leave, for example, for a week, taking with them about 3 liters of water per person. After that, they go to be replaced, and it often happens that this squad does not reach for one reason or another. As a result, the fighters who left a few days ago have to wait another week for the next shift to come. And they have been living without water all this week. And with the help of Piranha-13, this problem is solved, since it carries up to 15 kg," explained the representative of the company.
The third task is to drop cluster munitions, explosives or improvised explosive devices.
Its predecessor, the Piranha-10 FPV drone, priced at $60, became widely known due to the destruction of the first American Abrams tank worth $60 million in its zone.
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