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Display Your Credentials.
Prove Expertise.
Stand Out.

Earn your DARTdrones Wings.

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The DARTdrones Wings Program

A nationally recognized credential showcasing a comprehensive baseline of knowledge and areas of expertise.

National Recognition.

DARTdrones has developed extensive curriculum and trained 10,500+ pilots across the country. The DARTdrones Wings have set a standard for drone pilot proficiency.

Real World Training.

Through interactive online courses, real world scenarios and assessments, DARTdrones Wings pilots prove their ability to launch successful sUAS missions.

Credentialing System.

Drone pilots can easily display their qualifications through a simple, industry-accepted credentialing system.

Industry Certification.

The DARTdrones Wings curriculum has been certified as Level 1 training for the AUVSI Trusted Operator Program™.

Allowing the nation’s leading drone pilots to display their expertise.

It’s hard to stand out in such a new industry. The DARTdrones Wings and Endorsements allow the best of the best to showcase their training and qualifications.

Earn Your DARTdrones Wings

Two Ways to Complete Your Wings

For Pilots With Flight Experience & Part 107

Just take the Real-World Flight Planning and Execution Program to earn your Wings
  • Step 1: Complete Online Flight Assessment

  • Step 2: Upload your Part 107 Remote Pilot License

  • Step 3: Complete the Real-World Flight Planning and Execution online courses

$ 399

For Beginners Just Getting Started

Complete the Professional Drone Pilot Package in 3 easy steps to earn your Wings
  • Step 1: Complete DARTdrones Drone Pilot Training Course

  • Step 2: Complete DARTdrones Part 107 Test Prep Course

  • Step 3: Complete the Real-World Flight Planning and Execution online courses

$ 1649

Once you've earned your Wings, add DARTdrones Endorsements

DARTdrones Endorsements are a nationally recognized credential showcasing areas of expertise. View our Endorsements below:

Roof Inspections Badge

Roof Inspections

A 2-day, advanced workshop teaching students how to safely and effectively maneuver their aircraft in order to gather and analyze the data necessary for a successful inspection.
Mapping & Modeling Badge

Mapping & Modeling

A 2-day, intensive workshop with hands-on experience to learn how to effectively collect, analyze and export high-quality mapping and modeling data for commercial use.
Disaster Response Badge

Disaster Response

Our Disaster Response Drone Training is an interactive online course that covers the challenges of a disaster zone, vital operational factors, the Incident Command structure and more.
Night Operations Badge

Night Operations

Get prepared to fly your drone at night with our interactive, online Night Flight Drone Training course.
TOP Level 1 badge

TOP Level 1

After completing your DARTdrones Wings, earn your AUVSI Trusted Operator Program Level 1 Certificate simply by paying a $250 certification fee.
TOP Level 2 Badge

TOP Level 2

After completing your TOP Level 1 Certification, earn your TOP Level 2 Certificate by completing a one day in-person course and hands-on flight assessment.
As seen on ABC's "Shark Tank"

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.

Instructor Alex flying a drone

Your questions. Our answers.

The DARTdrones Wings are not a “certification”. The Wings are a certificate of completion given by DARTdrones that shows that a drone pilot has completed training on equipment, regulations, flight assessment hazards, risks of flight, and holds an active Remote Pilot Certificate with the FAA.

The DARTdrones Wings do not guarantee that a drone pilot will never have an accident. The DARTdrones Wings do not include an in-person assessment and cannot ensure that the pilot has adequate flight experience.

The DARTdrones Wings expire on the day that your Remote Pilot Certificate expires. To renew your Wings, students must take the assessments again as well as upload their new Remote Pilot Certificate. There is no fee to renew your Wings.

If you have already taken and passed your Part 107 remote pilot certification exam AND have flight experience, you can start at Step 3: Real-World Flight Planning and Execution Program.

Once you receive your Wings, you’re able to take additional drone training courses to add specialized areas of expertise. DARTdrones offers the following Endorsements:

  • Thermal Imaging for Search and Rescue
  • Thermal Imaging for Inspections
  • Broadcast Media
  • Night Operations
  • Disaster Response
  • Aerial Mapping & Modeling
  • Aerial Inspections
  • Roof Inspections
  • Search and Rescue
  • Aerial Photography and Videography
  • TOP Level I
  • TOP Level II