) Drone Training

Custom On-Site UAV Training for Organizations

Provide your team with comprehensive, in-person UAV training customized to your needs. Our elite team of instructors are manned and unmanned aviation pilots that utilize professionally developed, custom curriculum.

Specialized Instructors

With over 30 instructors across the United States, we will provide an instructor who brings expertise from your industry. Our instructors have backgrounds in public safety, industrial inspections, mapping and modeling, broadcast media, and more.

Customized Approach

Our off-the-shelf UAV training can easily be tailored to train your unique use cases. With a custom on-site training, your team receives the appropriate experience that is relevant to them.

Convenience

This is your team's training. Your team dictates the locations, dates, times, and topics depending on what works best for your group. Work with our experts to create the perfect UAV training program.

Scalability

DARTdrones is uniquely positioned to help organizations scale their sUAS programs. Whether you are training 5 or 500 pilots over the next 3 years, DARTdrones is the premiere partner for starting a sUAS program.

Professional Training For Professional Pilots

Training Curriculum

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Equipment Training

Outdoor hands-on training about flight best practices, emergency procedures, checklists, maintenance, and autonomous flight modes.
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Part 107 Test Prep

A comprehensive course designed to teach drone pilots to pass the FAA's Remote Pilot Exam and earn a commercial drone license.
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Thermal Imaging & FLIR

Hands-on training about thermal imaging, night operations, and utilizing a FLIR camera to capture data with a drone.

Aerial Photography & Videography

A course that takes on-the-ground pilots into the sky and teaches about settings, modes, shot lists, and more.
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Aerial Inspections

A two-day course designed to help drone pilots capture the important images and data for aerial inspection operations.

HazMat Operations

Protect you and your team by equipping them with the training to properly manage hazmat operations with our drone training.
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Aerial Mapping and Modeling

A two-day course teaching drone pilots to utilize, capture, and analyze mapping and modeling software.

Refinery Inspections

Develop the skills needed to fly drones for advanced missions in our 5 Day Aerial Refinery Inspections Workshop.
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Aerial Search and Rescue

A course taught by our public safety instructors teaching about search patterns, thermal imaging, and flight best practices.
Disaster Response

Disaster Response

An online course designed to teach drone pilots how to respond and work with public safety organizations in disaster response efforts.

Close Proximity Flight

Our course will ensure you understand the intricacies of close proximity flight, protecting your hardware investment prior to take off.

AUVSI Trusted Operator Program

The Trusted Operator Program is designed to help drone pilots differentiate themselves by proving safety and expertise.
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Our Expert Instructors

Roger Hall

Retired Firefighter Learn More Roger Hall

Sean Pagliari

Private Pilot and Patent Holder Learn More Sean Pagliari

David Barker

Public Safety Drone Pilot Learn More David Barker

Danny Burk

Chief Curriculum Developer, Private and Commercial Pilot, and Drone Business Owner Learn More Danny Burk

Bryn LeRue

Public Safety Officer & Public Safety Drone Pilot Learn More Bryn LeRue

Christopher Rudolph

Part 61 & 107 Pilot, Law Enforcement & Drone Business Owner Learn More Christopher Rudolph

Seth Zora

Drone Business Owner and U.S. Air Force Veteran Learn More Seth Zora

Jim O’Keefe

Sergeant Milford Police Department Learn More Jim O’Keefe

Kevin Gillespie

Pilot & Entrepreneur Learn More Kevin Gillespie

Gregory Pratt

Retired FBI, Naval Flight Officer, and Drone Business Owner Learn More Gregory Pratt

Michael Martin

Avid Drone Photographer Learn More Michael Martin

Chris Grazioso

Operations Lead for the Massachusetts Department of Transportation's Aeronautics Division’s Drone Team Learn More Chris Grazioso
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WHY DARTDRONES? We have a proven track record for training pilots in dozens of industries.

22 QUALIFIED
INSTRUCTORS

Our instructors have manned aviation experience flying airplanes and helicopters and have gained the highest drone piloting recognitions in the industry. Many own successful UAS businesses themselves.

10+ CITIES
NATIONWIDE

As featured on ABC's Shark Tank, we are the nation's leading drone training company with an extensive network of alumni and partners throughout the country.

150+ HOURS OF
MATERIAL

Created and refined by UAS training experts, our curriculum is the best in the industry and has been tried and tested by clients in dozens of industries.

25K+ PILOTS
TRAINED

With a community of over 65,000 drone enthusiasts across the US and internationally, DARTdrones is at the forefront of UAS technology.

Expert Instructors

Our students absolutely love our instructors! Our classes are engaging, fun, and extremely informative.

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Advanced Training Courses

We don’t just train our students on the basics. We have extensive advanced training courses to help our alumni succeed in mapping, inspections, disaster response, aerial photography, night operations, and search and rescue.

Step by step guide to earning your drone pilot license

Industry Certified and Vetted Curriculum

Our curriculum has been vetted and certified by AUVSI, the leading UAS industry association, to ensure professional quality.

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