Unmanned Vehicle University Press Publishes Two New Courses

Feb. 21, 2013 - PRLog -- Unmanned Vehicle University Press just published two now courses. The first is “How to Start a UAV Business.” There are hundreds of businesses starting up to manufacture and operate small unmanned aircraft vehicles. Civil applications include law enforcement, firefighting, precision farming, pipeline inspection, aerial photography and many more. The FAA has stated that there will be over 10,000 commercial UAVs in the next 5 years. Gene Payson, President of Troy Built Models, a very successful small UAV manufacturing and training company, and third largest small UAV business in the USA, explains the requirements necessary to start a Small UAV business. After receiving initial flight training, individuals can follow Gene's checklist to start a successful UAV business which includes: small UAV markets, small UAV commercial applications, small UAV components, labor, flight consumables, test areas, communications service, maintenance subcontracts, flight training subcontracts, software licenses, advertising, insurance expenses and profit. The video is published on a DVD, in MPEG-4 format with an embedded University seal.

The second course is “Police UAV Applications, Operations and Regulations.” Chief of Police, Dimitris Gkritzapis, PhD describes police applications for small unmanned aircraft vehicles including: aerial policeman, GIS & mapping applications, accident investigations, traffic management, SWAT, explosive disposal unit, emergency response team, hazardous material operations, crime scene investigation, gathering evidence, gunfire rescue of civilians, conservation enforcement, VIP protection, training of police forces, search and rescue, criminal intelligence, disaster response, prevention of attacks, surveillance missions, narcotics investigations, chemical biological agent detection and suspect or vehicle tracking. Gain a thorough working knowledge of small UAVs and sensors including operational capabilities of the most common systems available today and the technologies behind them. Lectures also include Definitions and Types, Small UAV Sensors, Small UAV Design, Small UAV Propulsion, Small UAV Energy Storage, Small UAV Regulation and Small UAV Operations. The course contains 16 hours of lectures published on a DVD, in MPEG-4 format with an embedded University seal. You will receive a professional certificate after viewing all videos.

Unmanned Vehicle University Press, a division of Unmanned Vehicle University, publishes textbooks and courses on unmanned systems. The first textbook in the world on unmanned systems is  “Introduction to Unmanned Systems: Air, Ground, Sea and Space, Technologies and Commercial Applications”. Courses on DVD include UAV Fundamentals, Small UAV Design and Operations, Police UAV Applications. Operations and Regulation and How to Start a Small UAV Business. To promote publication in this new career field, UVU Press is offering free publishing for the first 100 authors that wish to publish a book on unmanned systems. All books and DVD courses are available on Amazon.com. To learn more about the school visit the website at uxvuniversity.com or send email to admissions@uxvuniversity.com or call 888-400-2112