UAV Fundamentals Course in Las Vegas - For Beginners

PHOENIX - June 21, 2014 - PRLog -- A recent economic report indicated that commercial UAVs will generate 70,000 new jobs. Unmanned Vehicle University is giving a three-day UAV Fundamentals Course at the Las Vegas Hotel and Casino August 12-14 starting at 9AM. On the last day, a drawing for a free DJI Phantom drone will be held and the course will finish at 2 PM on August 14. The course includes a free copy of our new textbook: Introduction to Unmanned Systems ($87 value) and a copy of the UAV Fundamentals Course on DVD. The live course includes a module analyzing commercial UAV business start-up applications including agriculture, communications, food delivery and many more. The course starts with the basics and builds to advanced technologies. Topics include:

UAV Basics
300 Commercial Applications
How to Start a UAV Business
UAV Components
UAV Communications & Data Links
UAV Sensors & Characteristics
UAV Ground Control Systems
Small UAVs
Civil Airspace Integration
Sense and Avoid Systems
UAV Mishaps, Causes of Failure
Improving Reliability
Human Machine Interface
UAV Alternative Propulsion (Fuel Cells and Solar)
UAV Alternative Navigation
UAV Autonomous Operations
UAV Swarming
Future UAV Roles & Technologies

Unmanned Vehicle University (UVU) is the first University in the world licensed to grant Doctorate and Masters Degrees in Unmanned (Air, Ground, Sea and Space) Systems Engineering and a Certificate in UAS Project Management as a totally online curriculum. The University’s primary focus area is on Unmanned Air, Ground and Sea Systems education and training. Most of the faculty at the school have PhDs in engineering and combined experience of over 500 years. The schools UAV instructor pilots have combined experience of over 60,000 hours in Predator, Reaper, Global Hawk, Hermes, Heron, Aerostar and many small UAVs. UVU is located in the heart of downtown Phoenix. on St. close to many civic, cultural and sporting venues. Students are prepared for certifications in systems engineering and project management. Call 602-759-7372 or admissions@uxvuniversity.com