"Ukrainian troops taught the British Army what it takes to get soldiers up to speed on drone flying. Sixty hours is typically the minimum requirement for pilot competence, a senior British officer said. Lt. Col. Ben Irwin-Clark, the commanding officer of the 1st Battalion of the Irish Guards, an elite British Army infantry regiment, told Business Insider that the Ukrainians said a decent pilot needs at least 30 hours on a simulator and 30 hours of actual flying in the field."
"At about 60 hours, "they are pretty competent at being able to fly different types of drones," he said. After that, improvement comes with repetition and exposure to more systems. "It's an upward curve in terms of how good they can get," he said. It takes practice. The battalion received those lessons while it was helping train Ukrainian troops for their fight against Russia's invasion."
"The US Army has also been learning from Ukraine about the value of simulators in drone training. Its Unmanned Advanced Lethality Course at Fort Rucker, Alabama - designed to help the service catch up on drone warfare - uses simulated flight training before soldiers progress to live drones, Maj. Wolf Amacker, chief of the Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Tactics Branch at the Army's Aviation Center of Excellence, told Bu"
Ukrainian forces advised British trainers that roughly 60 hours of flying typically yields basic competence for drone pilots, split into about 30 hours on simulators and 30 hours of live flying. At around 60 hours, pilots can operate different drone types competently, with further improvement driven by repetition and exposure to additional systems. The 1st Battalion of the Irish Guards integrated those lessons while supporting Operation Interflex to train Ukrainian troops. NATO partners are learning frontline lessons from Ukraine, and the US Army is adopting simulator-first training in its Unmanned Advanced Lethality Course to speed skill acquisition.
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