Taiwan improves drone capabilities with enhanced army training｜Taiwan News

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Drone warfare has become prominent in the modern battlefield. Today we’ll take you to the Taiwanese military’s Unmanned Aircraft System Training Center where army instructors are teaching trainees how to operate all kinds of drones in preparation for a potential war.

Like a gray helicopter, a manually-controlled drone takes off vertically. It gradually increases its altitude. Once stable, it can perform all kinds of operations.

The army’s tactical short-range UAV named “Capricorn” has an operational range of up to 30 kilometers, a loitering time of one hour and a top speed of 64 kilometers per hour. It is able to provide reconnaissance capabilities in all kinds of weather. As a trainee operates the flight, instructors are on hand to provide detailed explanations. This is the military’s newly-established Unmanned Aircraft System Training Center.

Wang Pei-yu
Unmanned Aircraft System Training Center instructor
What we want to teach the trainees is how to handle all kinds of situations during these flights. Before their flights, we require trainees to conductor a preliminary check of environmental conditions and the state of the drone.

The army has also set up small-scale indoor training facilities where trainees operate the flight of small drones. These facilities incorporate audiovisual reaction training systems designed to improve reaction speed and accuracy, as well as throttle control training to enhance the precision and finesse of manual control.

By combining drones with virtual reality technology, officers and soldiers can fly from a first-person perspective, which enhances immersion and makes UAV flight training more comprehensive.

Lo Ching-yu
Unmanned Aircraft System Training Center trainee
Drones are really difficult to control, it’s not like what you’d imagine. It’s not like playing with a remote-controlled airplane. I think it’s because they have a high degree of sensitivity, so if you don’t control them well, they’ll fly around erratically. Actually, more and more people are coming here for drone training, and this is really important.

Drones have already become a prominent feature of the modern battlefield. The military is increasing training capacity with hopes of enabling more service personnel to become proficient in their operations.

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