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Senators Urge Defense Secretary to Standardize UAS Pilot Training

Wednesday, June 10th, 2015

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The Senate Armed Services Committee’s top Republican and Democrat are calling for the Defense Department to standardize drone pilot training.“We are disturbed that the Department of Defense has no standardized training program for UAS pilots and personnel,” SASC Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Ranking Member Jack Reed (D-R.I.) wrote in a May 27 letter to Defense Secretary Ashton Carter. “The continued lack of consistent and uniform training standards is simply unacceptable. In addition to collecting critical intelligence, the Department’s UAS…

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